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FOOTBALL HAS GONE MAD: I don’t really mean this in a negative connotation I mean it in the best way possible. I have over the past 7 years witnessed the game go absolutely berserk. Crazy transfer fees, crazy T.V. money for the Premier League, crazy score lines, crazy transfers and crazy salaries for players. Ok before you rubbish my thoughts let us go through a couple of things to defend my thesis: CHELSEA FC Of course yes I am a Chelsea fan so I shall start with a little something about my team and believe me that 2011/12 UEFA Champions league campaign was bizarre. It all started with the 3-1 loss to Napoli in Naples before Chelsea launched a comeback and won the game 4-1 with goals from Didier Drogba, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Branislav Ivanovic. Then yet another mountain arose for the men in blue. Chelsea would then go on and beat Benfica and book a date with a Barcelona side at some point looked like they were unbeatable. How Chelsea managed to win 1-nil at Stamfor...

Dear Antonio Conte, CC: Chelsea Football Club, I write to you this letter so early in the season as a die hard CFC fan. A fan who no matter what happens I never stop believing. But today's letter is not one of telling of my unending Love for my Club but a letter on something I would like done in the summer or in January if possible. Yes, it is about a specific transfer. I would like you to consider bringing back a specific player by the name Juan Mata. His contract with a certain team that wears red ends in the summer of 2018 making him a free agent and that means we could buy him as some manager deems him surplus to requirement. When Mata left in 2014 it broke my heart, he was our little magician who dazzled the world on his way to two consecutive player of the year awards for Chelsea in a team that had Drogba, Terry, Lamps and even Brana. But he scooped it. He was a creative force and in your system Mr Conte, he would sl...

The FIFA Council on Friday appointed Senegalese Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura as the Secretary General of the Football Governing Body. Ms Samoura is a 21 year veteran of United Nations Programmes who is currently the UN’s Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria. The announcement was made by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the 66 th FIFA Congress being held in Mexico City, Mexico. As a requirement of FIFA Ms Samoura will undergo an eligibility check administered by the Independent Review Committee as per Article 37 of the FIFA Statutes. Ms Samoura is expected to assume the role of FIFA Sec Gen before mid-June. Infantino praised Ms Samoura’s Integrity and said the council was particularly impressed with her operational experience, as well as her expertise in governance and working in multi-cultural environments. He also added that her expertise will complement the long-standing and deep knowledge of world football within the FIFA lea...

34 year old Swede striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be leaving PSG when his contract ends in the summer. Ibrahimovic is the Club’s record goalcorer with 152 goals in 178 appearances since him joining the team in 2012. PSG have won Ligue 1 in every single season he has been at the club and this season he guided the team to wrap up the title with two months to spare. PSG will host Nantes on Sunday in his final Ligue 1 appearance before meeting Marseille in the French Cup final on the 21 st of May. Already an agreement has been put in place for Zlatan to return to the club at the end of his career. Zlatan has finished as Ligue 1 top scorer in three seasons; 2012-13, 2013-14 and the current season 2015-16 he is on pole to take the award home as he leads Olympic Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette by 15 goals. Throughout his four seasons at Parc de Princes he has been included in the League 1 team of the year. On his Official Twitter account Zlatan said that “I came as a King, I leave a Leg...

Tv Broadcaster BT Sport who have the rights to the UEFA Competition, will be broadcasting the UEFA Europa League on 18 th May on their Tv Channel and on the Video-Sharing Website, Youtube. And on the 28 th of May will show the UEFA Champions League game pitting the two Madrid teams live on TV and Youtube. This is in an effort to get a large of their TV audience viewing the two games and increase viewership for the two finals. Liverpool fans in Merseyside will also be treated to a live experience at the City’s Echo Arena where 9,000 fans who will be unable to attend Basel’s St Jakob-Park will be able to watch the Europa League Final. The centre referee for the UEFA Champions League has already been appointed. Atletico Madrid versus Real Madrid Final in Milan this year will be handled by English Referee Mark Clattenburg .  The 41 year old will be Assisted by Countrymen Simon Beck, Jake Collins. The Fourth Official for the game will be Hungarian Viktor Kassai. ...

Confederations of African Football (CAF), has said that Kenya has a lot to do on Infrastructure ahead of the 2018 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN). This statement was made by CAF Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani, who completed a tour of the Country on Thursday. The CAF delegation alongside the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa toured the country and said that more than 10 stadia fall short of the required threshold due to the poor infrastructure around them and require massive renovations. The inspection saw the delegation go around Stadiums in Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, Meru, and Machakos. Hicham further stated that in order for one to host such a sporting event, a country needs to have at least four stadia with each having four dressing rooms. The FKF Chairman, Nick Mwendwa, stated that they will hold subcommittee meetings involving the media and medical units. He further added that a budget will be completed in the next 10-20 days as they ho...