Europe has always been the biggest soccer playing region, but this continent is fast losing its sovereignty as the dominating soccer hub since many nontraditional States are fast getting into the scene, and more importantly, many biggies are getting lured to these future destinations. Like, when Qatar was first won the world cup hosting bid no one took them seriously even everyone was skeptical about their entitlement to host the biggest soccer event, but when they successfully shown it to the world that they can provide a world class infrastructure – if not in summer, in winters! Now, Asian region is also getting into the limelight and many English and European clubs are turning to it to raise their fans base in this area. After Manchester United’s association with an Indian tyre manufacturing brand off late, now its turn to German powerhouse PSG to show a similar dominance hence they just singed a sponsorship deal with a Chinese networking equipment manufacturer Huawei. Huawei is … [Read more...]

If we point out some of biggest European clubs, Spanish sides have always been a rocking force among soccer fans, in fact, they always draw the biggest crowd among their neighbors and that is why whenever any of the top Spanish sides are in front of each other, it becomes a prestige issue for both the sides. Championship league is unarguably a biggest tourney containing European giants and Spanish top always play an important role over here. Barcelona need no introduction and so as Atlético Madrid and when these two would again be in front of each other in the Champions League quarterfinal second leg at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, everyone is curious to know how Messi and other Barca stars will perform in the upcoming high profile showdown which could be the last one before semis. Even, Coach Gerardo Martino is relaying on his star player who has been a proven teammate for them with many significant feats to his name. As far Blaugrana chances are concerned, they would have to win … [Read more...]

Soccer world is perhaps the biggest among most of contemporary sports and that is why some of the biggest corporate houses fight to have a share of its worldwide reach. Championship league which is the biggest European club’s annual event has now changed its automobile partner when they signed Japanese giant Nissan in place of Ford. According to some media reports, Ford intentionally ended its long running partnership with UEFA after negotiation talks failed recently while some close insiders are causing it by a lucrative bid placed in by the Japanese manufacture and UEFA had to choose it over American sponsor. According to the latest agreement, Nissan will be the official partner of Championship league along with UEFA Super Cup for four years starting from 2014-15 to 2017-18. However, the amount involved in it is not officially disclosed by anyone, but some insiders have claimed that Nissan would pay somewhere around $75 million per season to the European governing body to have an … [Read more...]

The same old story is repeating again where an ageing player is trying to impress his manager to get more exposure in the league matches, and this time this is being happened with none other than 30-year-old Spanish footballer Fernando Torres who missed the Championship league tour to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. In fact, he just participated in fifteen out of thirty played games this league season and now manager Mourinho seems to be ignoring him for European tour as well, which hints he is not having a long career at the Stamford Bridge. But wait, Spanish forward is not willing to let it go so easy hence tiding his shoes to prove his worth for the A-team irrespective of his age and a long absence from the field. As far his association with the Blues is concerned, he has been an integral part of the A-team since he switched from Liverpool back in 2011; in fact, he has scored some 19 goals in his 109 appearances which is not a bad record either. He talked about his sinking career … [Read more...]

Ever since Barcelona has been banned by the FIFA to sign any underage player, it has become a hot topic of discussion among football geeks who are coming up with different sets of excuses about the current system being followed by the Spanish giant. Notably, world governing body recently found Barca in violation of its code of conducts regarding less than eighteen years of age players hence they banned the La Liga champions to sign any player for next fourteen months, which means, they would not be able to impart in at least two transfer windows. However, in a dig to find out the base of FIFA investigation, many had said Barcelona would find out the complainant who is behind these allegations and suspect a conspiracy in the whole process. It is a fact that Catalan giant has been passing through a bad phase these days as their former president had to resign off corruption charges in Neymar transfer deal and now their system of nourishing players is under scrutiny. But, despite all the … [Read more...]