Despite his growing age, former England captain David Beckham is still in the news as he has always been during his old glorious old days. Last few weeks, he found good media coverage by signing a short term deal for PSG; moreover, his every action is being closely watched by the media and his tons of fans there. Now, he has found a new job for himself which he will serve simultaneous to playing with France club. He has been appointed as the brand ambassador of China football to widen the popularity of Chinese league. His job profile will include his attendance in major league matches along with appointments with the various clubs followed by a discussion about the game. Actually, not many great players have managed to be associated with Chinese clubs in the past for various reasons, like Ex Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who joined Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua in June 2012, but left to Turkish side Galatasaray within six months. Moreover, Nicolas Anelka also left Shanghai to an … [Read more...]
Stan Kroenke is not selling his stake in Arsenal
Amid wide speculations about a possible Arsenal’s takeover by a UAE consortium is ruled out by the club’s spokesman citing his major stock holder Stan Kroenke is nowhere interested in selling his stake in the EPL club. Two of the biggest English newspapers recently reported that an Arab based consortium has offered almost double amount to take full control over Gunners. Moreover, reports also mentioned that consortium is even ready to bring major changes in the club by reducing ticket prices and selling players to increase its cash reserve. Recently, Arsenal behavior was widely criticized over its tickets price policy by fixing more than double amount for its home matches. Arsenal is reportedly having debts over 250 million and if such a deal takes place, it would have much cash reserves to clear all its debts coz the expected price being offered by consortium is around 1.5 billons. Since, all these rumors are based on media reports; no definite confirmation has been made ether from … [Read more...]
Messi could not save Barcelona losing second straight loss to Madrid
Spanish league La Liga is getting more interesting as it is reaching to its end, perhaps, in reality, there is no one to stop Barcelona winning La Liga title this season, but its arch rival Real Madrid did a splendid job to beat Barca two times in five days in two different leagues. Though, Madrid is still on the third position, but its margin is narrowed significantly from both Barca as well as second place holder Atletico. Its latest 2-1 victory over Barca proved what Tito Vilanova’s team is missing. On the other hand, this victory will surely boost the confidence level of Jose Mourinho’s men, especially ahead of their Champions league clash with Manchester United. Messi put some resistance to save his team but nothing could work in his favor, though he scored one goal. It is also a wake up call for Barcelona coz it has lost last few matches on a surprising note, like two consecutive victories to Madrid and a 2-0 loss to AC Milan in the Champions League. Actually, absence of its head … [Read more...]
David Beckham could stay at Parc des Princes beyond June
David Beckham, the former England captain, has recently signed a short term deal with French club PSG, and just on last Wednesday, he could play his first match for them. While looking at the wide applauded response from stadium crowd, he is extremely impressed and his preference in the match was also descent enough to keep him at Parc des Princes for a longer period of time than expected. Even, Beckham also wants to stay there, though he denied having any formal understandings over the matter. PSG defeated Marseille by 2-0 on Wednesday and Beckham remained on the field for a good 86 minutes and also assisted Zlatan Ibrahimovic in scoring a goal. The Galaxy star showed no signs of missing the field for so long, perhaps he was looking as fine as any other player, though, he admitted that he was tired by the second half but never let his exhaustion overtake him. Even since he has been in the France, he is getting immensely positive response all over, recently, when he took part in a … [Read more...]
FIFA approves fourth goal-line technology
In a bid to make coming World Cup full of technology rich, FIFA is working overnight to empanel as many Goal-line providers as it can so that they could have a variety of options when it comes to choosing one of the best goal line technologies. Until now, there were three providers who were licensed to offer their systems for FIFA matches including coming world cup and now FIFA has added one more provider under its licensed list of goal line technology providers. The newest goal-line licensee is called as GoalControl 4D system which is a German based provider and works on the basis of 14 high speed cameras to capture every frame of the moment and determines if ball has crossed the line or not. Hawkeye and GoalRef were the first approved technologies which were also used in Club World Cup in Japan last year. This time, it is evident that only one system will be used in upcoming Confederations Cup and next year’s FIFA World Cup; hence a best one of the available options will be … [Read more...]
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