Soccer personalities are known for losing their self-control on the fields when they are caught using abusive languages or manhandle any of their colleagues. But, it is very surprising that any senior official of a known soccer club can be arrested with a charge that severally deals with domestic violence. FC Dallas’, an American soccer club, CEO has been indicted of beating his wife in a Manhattan hotel room last Saturday. His wife: Elizabeth and he have had an argument over an issue which tuned violent and he punched on her face, perhaps, he tried to cover his face with a pillow and applied pressure so she could not breathe, but he went unsuccessful coz his wife could somehow overcome him and saved her life. Police arrested him at 2 p.m. and accused him of second degree strangulation and a malfeasance charge of assault with an intention to cause injury to someone. Since, he is expected to be ‘busy’ with his personal matters now, he is asked by his club to take indefinite leave and … [Read more...]
Manchester United squeezes its debts to £359.7m
When we say Manchester United is a global leader as far soccer’s various aspects, like training and development, competing, and financial strategies are concerned, we mean it. No matter how United is performing on ground (though it is leading the tally with 27 points in EPL at the moment!) Glazer family always keeps itself busy in balancing its financial structure. In doing so, Man United released bonds worth £62.6million in the first quarter this financial year which resulted in its overall gross debts’ reduction to £359.7m, which is an 18% drop right away. There are other reasons for its improved balance sheet, like its comprehensive surge in sponsorship deal’s revenues. In fact, there is around 30% jump in sponsorship revenues; the topmost sponsorship deal was with General Motors for Chevrolet logo to be printed on players T-shirts for next seven seasons until 2014. Moreover, in last quarter alone, it signed around ten more sponsorship deals with various global brands including … [Read more...]
Andriy Shevchenko to coach Ukraine’s National Team
If rumors are to be believed, ex AC Milan’s man of golden feet could become the national coach of Ukraine’s soccer team. Andriy Shevchenko is 36 years old former soccer player of Italian native who has played for many clubs in his career, including AC Milan, Chelsea, and Ukraine’s soccer club Dynamo Kiev. He departed from international soccer few months back when Ukraine excited from EURO 2012 which he captained and co-hosted by Ukraine. Earlier, reports were that he would join politics and perhaps, he tried his fortune in politics, but could not make any significant success, coz he lost his only fought election. His striking rate was among the bests in Ukraine with as many as 48 goals in 111 matches, which is very impressive considering the conditions he played in. About his probable entry to Ukraine’s national squad as coach, the fact is, Andriy Konkov, president of Ukraine’s Football Federation, has himself offered him this job, but as per the reports, he has not accepted or denied … [Read more...]
Ex-Everton striker Michael Branch is jailed for Drugs abuse
How soccer makes players’ life amazing is known to everyone, perhaps, top soccer players enjoy being millionaires in no time on the peak of their careers. But there is another side of the story when a retired player or rather an unsuccessful player is forced to live as an ordinary man lacking any perk of being an ex-soccer player. Few days back, we heard an ex-Chelsea player pleaded to the court to excuse his eight thousand pounds fine imposed on him for his over speed driving, and now in an another incident, an ex-Everton striker Michael Branch is forced to live behind the bars without getting any discount of his ex status. Michael Branch is jailed for seven years on Thursday on charge of selling drugs. Actually, last 10th of July, he was caught with 1Kg cocaine at his home in Otterspool, and later during investigation, 34 years old himself accepted to deliver another 3kg of ban substances to another man inside a car parked in Liverpool. About his conviction in a drug case, Serious … [Read more...]
Chelsea’s Winger Marko Marin could return back to Borussia
This year, Chelsea has placed itself on the second top position in the leaderboard of the premier league. It has played ten matches this season and scored 23 points, perhaps it is not wrong to say that it is flying through the sky at the moment, so it doesn’t mind missing its costly players, coz it is already winning. One such player is Marko Marin who joined Chelsea last summer at a mounting £7 million, but he is so unlucky that he could not land on the field – not even for a second despite his five year’s contract span he signed with the Blues. Now, there is news developing that he could return back to his previous club Borussia for remaining active on international level. Since, he is on contract with Chelsea; Borussia will have to hire him on loan in coming transfer - doesn’t matter if he didn’t get a chance to play for Chelsea. Bundesliga coach Lucien Favre said on getting back his favorite winger, “A player like Marin could be a good fit for us. We will wait and see what happens … [Read more...]
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