Submitted by: Fantasy Yirma: Fantasy Football GW36 preview: Double up on Aguero as finish line looms Well we’re nearly there aren’t we? As the season’s finish line looms large over the horizon each and every point becomes vital in your head-to-head, mini-leagues and of course the #FYCup, the fact that six teams are playing in […]
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The World At Their Feet – Karachi United Football Foundation
In the poverty stricken slums of Karachi, Pakistan – the Karachi United Football Foundation are helping youth and communities through the unifying power of football. Editors note: I last went to Lyari when I was three – 27 years ago. Since then the security situation in that area means I have never ventured back. By […]
Where would each EPL club be without its top scorer?
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said the date United really won the Premier League title was 17 August 2012 – the day they signed Robin van Persie from Arsenal. “We wanted Van Persie because we knew he could be an important player,” Mancini admitted . “He has changed their situation, he is the difference between […]
Fantasy Football GW34: Has Michu’s magic returned?
For news, views and insight into the #EPL game from PremierLeague.com, head over to www.fantasyyirma.com or follow us on twitter @fantasyyirma The sun is shining and Michu (£8.0m) is scoring goals. It suddenly feels like August again doesn’t it? Swansea’s Spaniard made one of the most spectacular entrances into Fantasy Premier League that we can remember, scoring four […]
Is criticism of Qatar 2022 justified?
When Sepp Blatter announced Qatar as host of the 2022 World Cup, his words echoed around the vast Zurich conference hall where the FIFA Executive Committee had gathered. Then, like a baby taking a breath before crying, came the reaction, one of shock and exasperation. Also, jubilation among the small bid team that had travelled […]
Real Madrid usurp Manchester United as richest club in the world
Read Madrid have usurped Manchester United as the richest football club on the planet for the first time since Forbes magazine began their rankings in 2004. The Red Devils have sat at the top of the list for nine years in a row but Jose Mourinho’s men are now worth $135 million more (€103m) at […]
Fantasy Football – Gameweek 33
Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their picks for Gameweek 33. Gameweek 33 Preview: Arsenal pair can offer double delight The business end of the season has already both approached and made its presence felt, and as if that wasn’t ramping up the pressure enough this Gameweek has an added element of complications about it. […]
Human Traffic – Africa’s Lost Boys
It has been a starting point for some of the world’s top soccer players. As youngsters, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano, Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka all played in the Mondial Montaigu youth tournament in France. Known as “Mondial Minimes,” the 40-year-old competition is contested by under-16 national teams over Easter, […]
All in the mind – Is the brain the new frontier in football training?
Today’s soccer professionals have a battery of physios, fitness trainers and doctors all striving to fine-tune their players’ physique for optimum performance. But are football clubs missing a trick in overlooking dedicated training for the most important organ of all — the brain? Scientists at London’s Brunel University believe the game’s top talents, such as […]
Roberto Baggio
In football, history only remembers the losers. Roberto Baggio’s glittering career is defined by a single penalty miss and that’s not fair: ‘the divine ponytail’ was a player to rank among the greats. It ended as it started: in Pasadena, with a missed penalty. A calendar month after Diana Ross’ orchestrated shot trundled hilariously wide, […]
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