A 21-year-old Saudi striker Nawaf Al Abed scored the definitive fastest goal ever recorded in a professional football match. The match was played between Al Hilal and Al Shoalah and he scored from the halfline for Al Hilal 2 seconds after kickoff.The ref had just about finished blowing the whistle to indicate the start of the game when he had to blow it again.

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Getting a telecom company on board could improve your team's flame resistance Saudi club Al-Hilal celebrated their new sponsorship deal with telecom company Mobily by holding a reality TV-meets-James Bond training camp atop a volcano. The team plays kickabout with some very hot footballs while dodging the various life-threatening hazards introduced by coach Eric Gerets (he is [.

This is being billed as the fastest goal in history, and it's pretty hard to argue with that even without the statistics right in front of you. Unless the likes of John Arne Riise or Michel Bastos have unleashed one directly off the kickoff, chances are this is it. The fastest goal ever, via Al-Hilal's [.

Asian Champions League, that is The Asian Champions League tie between Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal and Saba Battery of Iran last night was called off because of a sandstorm. While the closest the Premier League's finest get to sand on a Champions League night is a sneaky trip to the Caribbean if they collect enough yellow cards, [.

This installment of the Annual Rankings brings us to 1987. In the final rankings for 1987, a European club returns to the top of the rankings, though it was not the European Cup champion. That title belonged to the runners up in the Portuguese Liga, Porto, who defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 in the finals in Vienna by scoring two late goals to overcome a 0-1 halftime deficit.

There were a few continental milestones hit in 1988 with respect to the World Club Rankings annual rankings. One was a last, one was a first. The last was for CONMEBOL. Argentina's Newell's Old Boys became the final South American club to date to finish atop the World Club Rankings annual chart.

LFV frequent flyer Peruvian international Juan Manuel Vargas does it again by opening up scoring in Fiorentina's 2-2 draw with Sporting Lisbon in Champion's League play:
Here is a textbook finish by Al-Sawielh الهلال for Al-Hilal in the first week of the Saudi League:
An American youth player cracks a pub league shot - and makes it!

The site Futebol Finance produced a list of the top 25 salaries of Brazilian footballers around the world. The surprise? The list has a number of players who are veterans or have not produced much in recent seasons. That shows us that even in football, the brand is what counts. What is also scary about the list?

From Goff, about the earliest goal you can have.

That's Al Hilal's Nawaf Al Abed, last Saturday in a Prince Faisal bin Fahad Cup tie against Al Shoalah. The first goal in a 4-0 rout, so says the Times of London. That really set the tone, huh?

According to Sky Sports, Fulham footballer Seol Ki-Hyeon is unsure about his future with the club. Seol spent the second part of the season on loan at Al Hilal. Seol said,

"I have not made up my mind yet. I will explore all options I have .

According to Edwin Chong at Sky Sports News, Fulham footballer Seol Ki-hyeon will return to the club after a loan spell with Al-Hilal. Seol's management agency told Yonhap News,

"Seol really wants to try again. He also knows that this could be his last chance.

On the other side of the world to the eupohoria filled European Champions League, there is another ‘Champions League'. The AFC Champions League. For those of you unaware of this league, 35 teams participate, either though direct qualification, or if you're from the UAE, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand or India, you have the arduous task of a playoff.

With the end of the transfer window, Blog do PVC listed how many what players left the clubs playing the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. And this was not a good harvest season. Only 31 players left. Last year, by the 22nd round, 53 players had left, and four more left until the end of the tournament.

(3 secondi ed è gol. Protagonista Nawaf Al Abed)
Un gol incredibile. Clamoroso, perchè realizzato dopo solamente 3 secondi dal fischio d'inizio dell'arbitro. E' Nawaf Al Abed, attaccante dell'Al Hilal, l'autore di questa prodezza che finisce nel guinness dei primati: pochi istanti subito dopo il fischio d'inizio, esplode un sinistro da centrocampo che regala alla sua squadra la Coppa del Principe dell'Arabia Saudita e che sta gi facendo il giro del mondo per la velocit .