Portugal national side announce its probable list of players to be included in the upcoming world cup squad, and interestingly, there is no surprising name in the squad, in fact, most of the players added therein have already been declared by many media houses much before of their formal announcement. Anyways, it doesn’t matter who is not therein what matters is who is therein the list of thirty players who could impart in the Brazilian mega soccer event. Though, the current list announced by the Portugal is just provisional hence there could be more additions or subtractions there from. There are few players who are worth mentionable and one of them is undoubtedly Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo along with two more Real mates plus four players from Benfica who conquered the domestic league this season. Broadly looking at the squad, it is full of promising players no matter if they have been playing in the domestic front or for a foreign club, if they worth it, they are in the list. … [Read more...]

Fans violence has ever been a cause of disgrace for various nations; in fact, there have been many incidents in the past when teams were debarred off international soccer following a nasty violence causing countless unfortunate causality. This time, Uruguayan fans seem to be just doing that when violence took place inside the ground between the fans of two most popular teams that injured many policemen as well. Indeed, behaviors of the fans had then become so aggressive that entire board of Uruguay's Football Association including President reigned over the incident allowing political sources to take over the control of the board. Rumors were since in the air that Uruguay national team could also be debarred off the world cup after a similar action being taken up by the Confederation of South American football: Conmebol. But surprisingly, FIFA president has refused to do anything like that and openly said Uruguay will continue playing in the Brazilian event irrespective of the action … [Read more...]

Brazil world cup has become a hot commodity among sports journalists as they seem to be ready with new topic every other day to criticize the ground realities in this South American State and if it could successfully host the mega soccer event. There have been many debates over the speed of preparation work going on over there and every time a big media house raises this question work-in-progress speeds up, but for the first time, a notable has raised his concerns about the rapidity which is uncontrollable to some extent. Yes, we are talking about none other than FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke who confesses that the filing speed for readying stadiums for the FIFA event could be the biggest mistake for local organizing committee as it could lead to drastic failure on the last moment or during the tourney which would be even more shameful for Brazil as they are already passing through lots of attacks for their expenditure, hospitality, and domestic consensus to host a multibillion … [Read more...]

It is like hunting a dead horse if you keep coming forward again and again and present yourself as the best viable option for a long running debate about 2022 world cup. Yes, we are talking about Qatar and how a shift from traditional timings could mean for soccer spirit. There have been countless debates over the issue and every notable has until been given his own opinion about the ways organizers can handle the rising Sun over there or if a winter event is an option. That is why, when FIFA recently announced that they would look for best possible dates for a first ever winter World cup, it was both a good and a bad news for fans across the world. While, it would be the biggest achievement for Asian regions coz they would see biggest sports event being played in their own State for the first time while traditional soccer places like Northern America and European soccer notables have until been criticizing FIFA deciding to forego age-old traditional values and sentiments attached with … [Read more...]

Amid news of possible violence during upcoming world cup in Brazil, every participating team wants to secure its players along with following fans, and when it comes to show care England appear itself on the top and here too it is among the first few nations who have openly shown they concerns about the growing protests in Brazil. Reportedly, English think tanks are preparing a protocol to be followed by players and other traveling teammates along with fans who have planned to follow their national team. Accordingly, Brazilian national security agency, which has been entrusted to take care of all the security arrangements in coordination with local police, has reaffirmed their promise to provide a safest environment to all the roaming fans. This could again be a greater risk for casual fans who do not want to follow any guideline and visiting this South American country just for the sake of both fun and sports, as they could face the possible protest threatened by various … [Read more...]