The whole Barcelona team finally paid their homage to former head coach Tito Vilanova after his formal funeral on Monday night. It was a thoroughly emotional gathering attended by each notable of Spanish soccer and each of them looked highly centric towards the one of the greatest loss their team has seen in recent time. Whole team and top officials gathered in Barcelona Cathedral to pray for a better afterlife for their former coach. Vilanova left his wife and two children: son Adria and daughter Carlota and they all were also presented in the assembly. Apart from family and close relatives, Barca’s current president along with former ones also joined the ceremony that was conducted by Lluis Martinez Sistach, Archbishop of Barcelona. During the ceremonial, many delegates offered their formal speech in honor of the Tito and Jordi Roura was one of them who used to be Tito’s assistant during his maiden season at Camp Nou, he said, “Football was always your passion and it accompanied you … [Read more...]

It has long been supposed that no matter how many clubs are found breaching most talked about FFP rules, no one would finally be sanctioned – strictly, but this assumption is fast proving to be a wrong one – at least latest developments over the violating clubs hint this. Though, there are many clubs who are in the list of violating sides, but two of them are more noticeable than others thanks to their status in soccer fraternity and these two are league side Manchester City and French giant PSG. Both these sides are found guilty of not following any of the cost controlling measures, especially as far their under-20 team is concerned, hence FIFA has apparently offered them two choices: either accept the sanction or agree over a settlement with undisclosed terms. Accordingly the settlement agreement has been sent to both the sides to have a look and think upon before deciding over the future course of action. Knowingly, UEFA President has already said that they will not ban any side … [Read more...]

Liverpool’s star forward Luis Suárez perfectly demonstrated how the lives of sports stars change. He is the same man who bit the arm of a Chelsea player and faced a ten-matches suspension some twelve months back, in fact, he saw a drastically gloomy period after that including his open statement showing his dissent with club bosses or one dollar extra bid placed by Arsenal to trigger his contract clause. Thereafter, he improved, improved a lot, and showed why is among the best forwards of contemporary soccer. He got contract extension and became the eye candy for Liverpool side who is now ruling the league table this season. If experts’ predictions are to be believed, Reds could end their over two decades old title drought this season despite losing to Chelsea yesterday that put a small dent over their title hopes, and if they could win English topflight, Suarez would surely be an important contributor for this feat. Anyways, Professional Footballers' Association has already … [Read more...]

Every time English Premier League showcase a new champion, everyone starts inquiring about its past and how it had been doing until now, it holds true for sides who have had a bad spell in English tourney for years and one such side is undoubtedly this year’s most anticipated league champion Liverpool who has been on the top of the table for quite some time now. Less than four games are remaining in this season and they are edging from second positioned Chelsea by five good points, hence they are most likely to end their more than two decades’ old title draught. Since, a League champion enjoys the perks of being in the limelight not only for sponsors but across the world it starts being taken as a safest investment, therefore it is estimated to at least double its profit if not triple in coming years. Liverpool’s financial experts anticipate similar returns in 2014-15, but only few know that this mega performer of current league season was once on the verge of a financial collapse and … [Read more...]

There has been an untold saying in England that no matter how bad you are performing in the field Manchester United is the only club who offer you enough opportunities to prove your skills, but unfortunately, this theory went wrong in case of former manager Moyes who was sacked in a hotchpotch yesterday. Initially, it was not a socking news since everyone had expected something like this - if not now than few months later, but the way Moyes is now getting the support from all over the world is rather surprising. For example, Association of League Managers has thoroughly criticized United’s behavior to handle the Scott’s career, in fact, association called it the biggest tragedy in United’s long standing history of being with its loyal players/officials. Another high point they are raising is the way manager was informed about his dismissal, coz apparently, he got the news only through media – not from the club which shows unprofessionalism from club bosses’ side. Factually, no one has … [Read more...]