2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League Final Preview
UEFA’s newly-instated club football trophy is up for grabs. Both AS Roma and Feyenoord have defied all odds to reach this stage and are set to face off in the...
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Premier Sports gets UEFA matches broadcast rights
Multinational payTV service Premier Sports has bagged the rights for all UEFA national team competitions from 2022 to 2024 in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic...
LaLiga inks TVM deal
Korean firm TVM has been named as the Official metaverse partner of the LaLiga. The partnership will see LaLiga work with TVM to create an official digital environment which will engage the fans and also integrate the other partners of LaLiga. The 'Triverse' which is TVM's blockchain based, is dubbed as the 'metaverse for sports' that allows different leagues and clubs to create interactive experiences for the fans, provides access to content and also take part in mini-games. The LaLiga has also announced that the 'Web 3.0' development is aimed at expanding their reach, especially towards a younger crowd and also international fans, the development itself is one of the league's major steps into their digital transformation.
AS Monaco expand VBET agreement
Ligue 1 club AS Monaco have extended their partnership with online sports betting firm VBET. The new three-year partnership will see the Monégasque club work with VBET as they aim...
Bundesliga signs triple NFT partnership
The German Football League (DFL) has awarded licences worth more than US$179m for stickers, trading cards and NFTs to three companies: OneFootball, Sorare and Topps, which is a 208% increase from their previous deals. From the 2023/24 season, OneFootball will serve as an Official Partner of the Bundesliga and gain the rights to create digital trading cards and video moments NFTs, which could be collected, traded and sold on their Aera marketplace. Sorare will gain exclusive rights to use NFTs based on the Bundesliga players in a fantasy game, while Topps will have the rights to create physical digital stickers and trading card game and NFT equivalents of the same. All of the NFT-based agreements will last till the end of the 2024/25 season, while Topps’ physical stickers deal will last until the end of the 2028/29 season.
Liverpool partner with Extreme Networks
Premier League giants Liverpool have inked a new partnership with cloud-enabled networking brand Extreme Networks. The multi-year partnership will see Extreme Networks serve as the club’s Official Wi-Fi network solutions...
Serie A inks WSC Sports deal
Serie A, Italy's premier football league, has announced a new partnership with global AI-driven sports video technology firm WSC Sports. The deal will see WSC Sports work on creating real-time...
BKT renews LaLiga partnership
Mumbai-headquartered tyre manufacturing firm Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) has extended its global sponsorship agreement with Spanish football league LaLiga for a further three years. The new deal is set to...
CONMEBOL inks OneFootball partnership
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has announced a streaming partnership with football media platform OneFootball, which will let viewers get access to the sport in Brazil and Latin America....
Nike terminates Spartak Moscow partnership
Nike has ended its sponsorship deal with Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow. The decision comes following the club’s exclusion from European competitions next season after UEFA announced that Russian teams won’t be allowed to participate in major UEFA tournaments for the upcoming 2022-23 season due to the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Nike, which served as Spartak Moscow’s shirt supplier since 2005, will no longer continue its role with the club. The Russian club have announced that they have started looking for new partners.
Arsenal announce Unagi partnership
Premier League club Arsenal have announced a long-term partnership with Unagi, which will see the Gunners join Unagi's upcoming fantasy football game, Ultimate Champions. Ultimate Champions will be a free-to-play...
2021-22 UEFA Europa League Final Preview: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Rangers
UEFA’s second-biggest club football trophy is up for grabs this week. Both Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers have defied all odds to reach this stage and are set to face off...
Out and proud: Jake Daniels kick-starts normalisation of male LGBTQ+ footballers in UK by coming out as gay, but there’s a long way to go
There aren’t enough superlatives to articulate the extent of bravery it must have taken for Daniels to make this decision, that too at the very beginning of his career. After all, there’s a reason there haven’t been any openly gay male footballers in the UK in over three decades; there are very few of them across the world at all. Unlike its female counterpart, men’s football is plagued by homophobia to its very core. Troubled by the prospect of having to endure abuses and vile chants their entire lives, players have for long chosen to live closeted, lead a life of lies and refrain from simply being who they truly are. Even in retirement, very few footballers have chosen to come out and try to foster an environment that would encourage people of the LGBTQ+ community to live openly. It hasn’t been easy, however. Societal discriminations percolate into sporting communities, as is their wont. Matters of abuse on racial, communal and religious grounds have only recently become subjects of import, and even slower is the rate at which changes take effect. It is no surprise, therefore, that having openly gay male footballers in the game is almost unheard of, let alone being something that should have long been normalised.
Top 5 Manchester City players of the 2021/22 season
Manchester City recently crashed out in the most incredible of ways to a resilient Real Madrid side in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. However, the English champions have the...
Top 10 richest active male footballers in the world in 2022
Football is a sport that is played in over 200 countries worldwide, with nearly 300 million players playing the game all around the globe. Its reach and popularity makes it...
UEFA announces TikTok partnership
Social media entertainment app TikTok has signed a new deal with the UEFA that will see it become a Global Sponsor of the 2022 European Women's Football Championship. The partnership...
Chelsea announce WhaleFin partnership
WhaleFin becomes the Official Sleeve Partner of the club. European and world champions Chelsea Football Club have signed a new partnership with global leader of digital asset products and infrastructure,...
FIFA ends long-term partnership with EA Sports
FIFA has announced that it will not be renewing its three-decade-long licensing agreement with Electronic Arts for its football simulation video game series which has been, due to the agreement,...
Luka Modri? partners with SofaScore
Croatian sports data firm SofaScore has announced Luka Modri? as its brand ambassador. By bringing Modri? onboard, SofaScore hopes to boost its profile and reach out to wider audiences ahead...
AC Milan and OPPO Italia renew partnership
Serie A giants AC Milan have renewed their partnership with OPPO Italia that will see the mobile brand continue to serve as the Official Mobile Partner of the AC Milan...
MLS scores Socios deal
Major League Soccer (MLS) has announced a multi-year partnership with fan engagement platform Socios.com, which will see the latter become the Official Fan Loyalty Partner of all MLS teams except...
Liverpool announce Interwetten partnership
Premier League giants Liverpool FC have announced a multi-year regional partnership with sports betting operator Interwetten, with the latter joining as an Official Partner of the club.The partnership will see...
Argentine Football Association expands Binance deal
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has expanded its partnership with blockchain and cryptocurrency platform Binance, which will see the latter serve as the Main Global Sponsor of the Argentina national...
NWSL announces historic deal with UKG to tackle gender pay gap
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with leading provider of HR, payroll and workforce management solutions, UKG.UKG will be the first ever...
Top 10 male right-wingers in world football right now
With the 4-4-2 becoming more and more redundant in modern football, a myriad of formations and positional tweaks mean wide men now are a different specimen to the classic crossers and providers of the 1990s. The modern-day wingers have a lot on their plate considering the tasks given to them on both ends of the pitch, making it one of the most difficult and vital positions in the sport. These days, they’re goalscorers, pressers, raumdeuters and much more. While the overall criteria for judging wingers remain the same as before, nowadays, they are evaluated based on their goal-scoring abilities and contribution to the team’s build-up play in addition to their dribbling and delivering abilities.
Top 5 Liverpool players of the 2021/22 season
Liverpool recently registered an essential win at Villareal to make the Champions League final. The possibility of the side possibly winning the FA Cup, the Champions League and the Premier League, having already won the League Cup this season, is a testament to the quality of the players that the side field week in, week out. Among the extensive squad that the Reds boast, the following are my top five Liverpool players of the season. Mohamed Salah This season, there probably has not been a more prolific player than Mo Salah in Europe, let alone in England. The Egyptian has netted on 22 occasions this season in the league and has scored 8 times in the Champions League. He will be crucial to Liverpool's hopes of winning the European crown. Salah not only scores but also provides his teammates with opportunities to score. He has 12 assists in the league so far. In order for a player to score, they must first give themselves the best chance to do so. Salah does that by being available in the box or driving into the penalty area. He averages nearly 11 touches in the opposition box per 90'. He also averages nearly 4 shots per 90' this season, giving him a decent chance of finding the net on at least one occasion per game.
CR7 to be launched on Myntra
Cristiano Ronaldo’s signature brand CR7 will be launched on Indian e-commerce portal Myntra, following a partnership announcement between the two parties. The partnership will see Myntra offer more than 16...
Channel 4 announces English football deal
British free-to-air TV network Channel 4 has secured the rights to broadcast all of England’s national team games for the next two years. The newly-announced partnership sees Channel 4 replace...
Mukuru announces multiple new sponsorships deals
Deals include Crystal Palace, Malawi’s Mighty Wanderers and Bok legend Mtawarira. Mukuru, the leading next-generation financial services platform catering to Africa’s emerging consumer, has announced a series of sports sponsorship...
Atlético Madrid rope in WhaleFin as shirt sponsor
The Spanish club have announced the cryptocurrency trading platform as shirt sponsor. LaLiga side Atlético de Madrid have announced cryptocurrency exchange platform WhaleFin as their new principal shirt sponsor. The...
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