India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian sportsman to feature in the Forbes’ list of the world’s most valuable athlete brands. Dhoni is ranked fifth with a brand value of USD20 million in 2014. His value in 2014 is slightly lesser than USD21 million from 2013. Forbes’s Most Valuable Athlete Brands in Sports lists […]
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Sergio Ramos in line to return for Liverpool clash
Sergio Ramos suffered a micro-tear in his right half playing against Athletic Club at the weekend and was forced to come off at half time in his side’s 5-demolition of the Basque side. The injury however has ruled him out of Spain’s European Championship qualifiers against Slovakia and Luxembourg in the next few days and […]
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ISL Team Preview: Atletico de Kolkata
Atletico de Kolkata, The team owned by Spanish La Liga Champions and UCL runners up Atletico Madrid and the former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly begin the tournament as favourites. The team went to Spain as a part of their preparatory camp and spent some valuable time under the eyes of Atletico coaches including Diego Simione. The […]
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Luis Garcia wants ISL to promote Indian talent
Luis Garcia has arrived in India along with his Atletico de Kolkata team-mates after training in Spain for more than a month. Luis Garcia is the marquee signing of Atletico de Kolkata. Luis Garcia enjoyed his best career days at Anfield, where he won the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FA Cup. He also scored the […]
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Holly Clyburn earns maiden LET win in Holland
The 22-year-old rookie professional from Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, playing in just her fourth LET event of the season, carded rounds of 71, 69 and 71 for a three round total of 211, eight-under-par, at The International in Amsterdam. The Curtis Cup winner used her links education to master the unseasonably cold and windy conditions […]
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WHO’S IN AND WHO’S OUT? TODAY’S TRANSFER GOSSIP
The transfer rumors are spreading like wildfire and it’s that time of the year where clubs scramble to eke out their best possible combination . So what does today’s transfer feed bring us? Here are the top stories: Liverpool is not deterred by the £22m valuation that Shakhtar Donetsk have put on Armenia international midfielder […]
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Three things you must know before The Ballon D’Or 2013
Among the glitzier events to start the New Year off, the Ballon D’Or presentation ceremony is scheduled for the 13th of January in a gala night in the upper reaches of Zurich, Switzerland. This year could be a watershed moment for the event; ever since its inception we have seen only one winner (a certain […]
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Atletico Madrid v Barcelona: Three things we learned
Very often Madrid is the setting for Spain’s biggest game of the season. And very often that game tends to be the ‘Clasico’ between Real Madrid and Barcelona. But the times they are a’changin. It wasn’t Real’s Bernabeu, it was their poor local rivals Atletico Madrid’s Estadio Vicente Calderon that staged the biggest game of […]
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THE RETURN OF THE ICEMAN
When he left Formula1 in 2009 despite having a contract, which made him among the highest paid sports person, with Ferrari to drive in the 2010 season, it was speculated that he had lost his passion- the money had gotten to his head. He returned in 2012, having spent two years in the relative wilderness […]
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Jose Mourinho – Relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo just a Memory
Jose Mourinho was interviewed last night by Portuguese television station TVI and spoke about his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo, who a few days ago he criticised for missing a penalty against Bayern in the 2012 Champions League, when he was first man to step-up for Madrid. About Cristiano Ronaldo. “The relationship does not exist. He plays for […]