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UEFA ties up with Rent-A-Car

Car rental company signs three-year deal with UEFA.   Rent-A-Car has renewed its sponsorship deal with UEFA to continue sponsoring the Europa League (UEL) while also signing on as a new sponsor for the new Europa Conference League (UECL). As part of the deal, the car rental company will get branding and advertisement at the...
Aditya Chaudhuri

WHICH TEAM SHOULD ANTONIO CONTE COACH NEXT?

Antonio Conte is one of the most underrated managers in world football who possesses a winning mentality that is second to none. The Italian, who was much aggressive during his playing career, has a similar attitude when it comes to coaching, which often brings the best out of his players. Conte is an animated figure...
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NWSL ties up with Deloitte

Deloitte joins as Official Professional Services Provider. National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has inked a multi-year deal with Deloitte, strengthening its growing sponsorship portfolio. The partnership sees Deloitte serve as a sponsor and advisor to the women’s league. Deloitte will also support the league with a range of initiatives and help develop its ten-year strategic...
Aditya Chaudhuri

The evolution of wingers in football : from Orthodox to Inverted

Modern football is dominated by inverted wingers – a left-footed right-winger or a right-footed left-winger. These players traditionally prefer to collect the ball, cut inside and get away from their marking full-back to take a shot or deliver in-swinging crosses. The likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Mo Salah, Riyad Mahrez, and Lorenzo Insigne are the...
Ali Qazi

Thomas Tuchel’s Journey So Far

Thomas Tuchel has become a household name in European football for his managerial prowess, taking charge of some of Europe’s elite clubs in the last few years. Thomas Tuchel has provided some incredible moments during his rise to prominence by working wonders with youth teams to manage the world’s best players in Germany. With stints...
Ali Qazi

STOP ONLINE ABUSE IN SPORTS

In early May 2021, the English Football Association, English Premier League, English Football League, and Women’s Championship came together to boycott social media for four days. This meant the Premier League would be silent across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in an era, the COVID era, where most fans followed the games on the social media...
Aditya Chaudhuri

Tokyo Olympics: A disaster waiting to happen

The last time the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo in 1964, Yoshinori Sakai was the torchbearer. Born in Hiroshima, the day the bomb was dropped, his presence was a symbol of hope. Now a city and country that is reeling from a pandemic is clinging onto that hope, that the return of the biggest...
Rahul Saha

REVIEW: “Naomi Osaka” – The docuseries

“Did you think by the time I’m 22, I would have done more? Or do you think this is, like, acceptable?” This question summarizes this riveting, three-themed miniseries that tries to bridge the gap between an average fan and the athletes. This slow-burning, contemplative, and feature-theme-styled documentary by filmmaker Garrett Bradley follows the four-time Grand Slam champion...
Rahul Saha

Why is cricket not an Olympic sport?

Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, wanted cricket to be included in the very first modern Olympiad in 1896. Although that did not happen, the sport did make a one-off appearance at the 1900 Games in Paris, where an amateur team from Britain comfortably defeated a weak French side, but since then cricket...
Aditya Chaudhuri

LIONEL MESSI v CRISTIANO RONALDO : THE MARKETING INFLUENCE

Every year, the Ballon d’Or is given out by French magazine France Football to the best footballer of the year across the globe in the men’s game. Between 2008 and 2018, no one else won this award other than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo and Messi. Two of the greatest footballers of all time....
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