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Theo Walcott believes that Arsenal can build a team around a special player like Mesut Ozil, saying that the Germany playmaker “makes football look easy”. World Cup-winner Ozil has enjoyed a strong campaign so far, amassing three assists and creating more chances than any other player in the Premier League. One of those assists came in Arsenal’s win over Stoke …

Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal insists belief in his team’s title chances will grow if they can win at Arsenal on Sunday. Leading the Premier League by a point, Van Gaal’s United have still been questioned after several largely unconvincing displays. Van Gaal said the belief within his squad was high, but feels it will only grow with a …

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will not resign despite major sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa, Budweiser and McDonald’s calling for him to go immediately. The four each issued statements saying Blatter should quit after Swiss criminal proceedings were opened against him last week. Coca-Cola took the first step, saying: “Every day that passes Fifa’s image and reputation continues to tarnish.” McDonald’s said Blatter …

PZ Cussons and Manchester City Football Club, London are leading organizations in their different fields. While PZ Cussons is a major player in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Manchester, with EPL good record is currently leading on the 2015/2016 league table. The two organizations recently sealed off a three year partnership deal. The deal which was officially unveiled at the Wheatbaker …

The concept ‘Champions becoming Legends’ underpins the new brand identity for the 2015–18 UEFA Champions League which was launched in Monaco on August 27, 2015. The new UEFA Champions League brand identity for the competition’s 2015–18 cycle was officially launched  in Monaco at the season-opening draw. The concept behind the new identity, ‘Champions becoming Legends’, celebrates the very best players …

Disgraced former FIFA official Jack Warner made a profit of around £11million on World Cup television rights that Sepp Blatter sold him for a fraction of their true value, it can be revealed. Swiss television channel SRF has published a contract that Blatter signed off in 2005 for the broadcast rights for South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 to be …

  What constitutes a so-called “goal drought?” You can define these things by firm, established criteria, it seemed over the last three weeks, because nobody in the Spanish media was in any doubt that Cristiano Ronaldo was suffering from such a “drought.” He hadn’t scored a competitive club goal since May. We were now in mid-September. No matter that his …

Lionel Messi will kick off Barcelona’s Champions League title defense with yet another award to his name, having been named Europe’s top player for 2015. The Argentine won it for the first time since 2011, heading off clubmate Luis Suarez and last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid after Thursday’s group-stage draw. Barcelona, seeking to win European football’s top …

Serena Williams reflects on the evolution of her longstanding partnership with Nike and Nike, Inc. President and CEO Mark Parker.  Serena Williams has been a Nike athlete for over a decade, but her tennis and design passions first collided 20 years prior. As a three year old, the world’s number one female tennis player was taking her first on-court swings and sewing …

The Eagles’ handler reeled out list of foreign based stars for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with the duo not making the cut. Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has dropped England based John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo from his list of foreign based professionals for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania. Obi and Moses …