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If you asked most patriotic England fans how much they would pay to see the Three Lions lift the World Cup this summer, the answer would probably be “anything”. However, with this year’s tournament being held in Brazil, the actual monetary value placed on this “anything” would stretch even the most avid fan’s dedication to […]
FIFA claims to stand for the four ‘core values’ of authenticity, unity, performance, and integrity. But in recent years the leaders of world football have encountered waves of allegations concerning unaccountable and often corrupt administrative practices. Drawing upon exclusive interviews and oral evidence, a University of Brighton academic, Professor Alan Tomlinson, argues that those ‘core […]
Ahead of England’s opening World Cup game against Italy on Saturday, the media were allowed in to watch their training session.
Danny Welbeck sat out of training on Wednesday following an injury, but Wayne Rooney insists that his Manchester United team mate will be available for Saturday’s game against Italy.
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The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is now just a couple of weeks away and the attention of football fans is starting to turn towards the tournament in South America. All of the qualified nations are eyeing up a successful event and one of those is certainly Argentina who have been well backed for World […]
Every international tournament springs surprises. We’ve seen it all from the Czech pair of Patrick Berger and Karel Poborsky lighting up Euro 96 before earning moves to English giants Liverpool and Manchester United respectively, El Hadji Diouf’s exciting displays in the 2002 World Cup earning him a move to Liverpool and even Mesut Ozil’s creative […]
Starring: The World’s Top Footballers Including Neymar Jr., Mario Goetze, Daniel Sturridge, Cesc Fabregas, Luis Suarez, Chicharito and Robin Van Persie among others There is a game that starts before the kick-off, before the tip-off, before the face off; a mental game. It awaits every top athlete in the dressing room. It is a game […]
After months of speculation, Roy Hodgson named his 23-man England squad for the World Cup in Brazil and preparations for the tournament can now begin in earnest this week with the first of three warm-up matches taking place against Peru at Wembley on Friday night before jetting off to Miami where they will face Ecuador […]
Footballers are some of the most famous athletes on the planet. Stars both on the pitch, in tabloids and on televisions across the world. With the World Cup on the horizon, we decided to look at who would win the tournament if a team’s Twitter following was proportional to their success. We predicted results of […]
The anticipation is almost over with the World Cup in Brazil just around the corner. Coaches are busy finalizing their squads and fans across the world are debating who will be crowned world champions in Rio de Janeiro on 13 July. For some teams, simply qualifying from the initial group phase to the knock-out stages […]
June 12th 2015 – Brazil v Croatia – 21.00 – Arena Corinthians, Sao Paulo Brazil Population: 198.7million National anthem: Himno Nacional Brasileiro Best World Cup finish: Winners 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Premier League players: David Luiz, Ramires, Oscar (Chelsea), Paulinho, Sandro (Tottenham), Lucas (Liverpool), Fernandinho (Man City). Croatia Population: 4.26 million National anthem: […]
Gary Neville has sung the praises of Southampton left-back, Luke Shaw, following his debut for England earlier this week. “I’ve watched Luke Shaw live a few times this season for Southampton but the staggering thing to me after seeing him in training with England this week has been his age, he’s just 18,” said Neville. […]
Yaya Toure has posed in Ivory Coast’s new Puma kit that was released easlier this week ahead of the World Cup. Yaya Toure wears the new Ivory Coast World Cup kit by PUMA, available from Kitbag.com from Wednesday March 5th. For more information on PUMA’s national kit sponsorships and evoPOWER and evoSPEED boot ranges head […]
Goalkeepers Joe Hart His status as England’s number one is not currently under threat. Being dropped by City in November seems to have served as a wake-up call and he’s certainly become noticeably less error prone since then. Rob Green’s career was effectively destroyed by an error at the 2010 World Cup. He was […]
Brazil 2014 is one of the most hotly anticipated World Cup tournaments of all time. The Brazil side are on the resurgence, Spain have conjured their own samba style of play, and we’re currently witnessing a period where the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery are proving to be some of the […]
During Manchester City’s 2-0 victory over Newcastle, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa was guilty of a nasty challenge on Samir Nasri. City’s boss, Manuel Pellegrini has slammed the challenge and also indicated that the injury, which forced Nasri to be stretchered off, could be a serious one. “The kick he made to Nasri was absolutely a red card […]
They might not have earned a historic spot in next year’s World Cup, but the Jamaica Under-17 women’s team should be proud of their performances in the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship which finished on Friday. Held in Montego Bay, the hosts reached the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time and secured a very […]
Serie A league leaders AS Roma were brought back down to earth last night when their perfect start to the season of ten wins in a row was put to an end by a plucky Torino side who managed to hold the Giallorossi to a 1-1 draw after an impressive performance from their wide midfielder […]