According to a report in the Madrid newspaper El Pais, Maradona has a business relationship with Gabriel Heinze's brother who owns a marketing business that promotes sporting events and represents sports figures.

Maradona is a client of Heinze's brother. The company has a business deal with Maradona in which they handle promoting the "Maradona brand".

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Sabíamos de dos (2) hermanos de Gabriel Iván Heinze: Gustavo (alias Torta), conocido en el fútbol del interior de Entre Ríos y Hernán, también futbolista del Nacional B, Argentino A y Chile. Pero se afirma que hay un tercero (en discordia) llamado Sebastián. Click to continue reading...

I am Back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After a long hiatus , I have finally decided to restart my blog. At first, I thought will I be able to find the time to maintain a blog , but then I thought and thought more and said What the Hack !!! :) . Let's give it a try once more. Click to continue reading...

Aunque por su gruesa figura resulta difícil imaginarlos gambeteando, los elefantes fueron elegidos como símbolo de gran cantidad de clubes de fútbol alrededor de todo el planeta. Aquí algunos de los equipos que llevan a un paquidermo en su insignia:
Tres federaciones nacionales exhiben al más grande de los mamíferos terrestres, desde el África hasta el sudeste asiático. Click to continue reading...

This will be the biggest thing in a couple of years. Just like UEFA have done with their Champions League, we will do with this. This will be to cricket what the... er... Champions League is to football.

-Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions League T20

To all ye doubters who mocked at my observation of some other tournament being the clear inspiration for this tournament.

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New Delhi, India - Since there is not much to offer youth soccer players here in India, Deeksha Sports Management (DSM), a group of professionals engaged in promoting sports events, organized the first ever Italian Soccer Clinic this past September to help popularize the game of football.
In cooperation with Soccerkix, Italian Premier Soccer School, one of the most respected Italian Soccer Program in the world, DSM had the chance to bring its Director, Mr. Click to continue reading...

Quien haya visto la última ganadora del Oscar, "Slumdog Millonaire", pudo quedar satisfecho de ver la particular fotografía india, pudo comentar la lineal banalidad argumental, recordar y bajar su música, comparar situaciones latinoamericanas, mistura de glamour y pobreza, ilegal aquel, consuetudinaria ésta. Click to continue reading...

Some of our friend has started a i-petition to get La Liga Telecast in India. I am not sure whether this will make any diffrence. But sittying here idle also is not going to make any change. So this is one of our last resort. I want everyone to sign this petition. Once we have garnered enough signature we can take these to the Sports channels and give them the exact amount of fans whom they are depriving of a chance to watch the League. Click to continue reading...

It's so simple. Except for the breaking the law part.
A Nigerian soccer player was busted by customs officials for carrying 500 grams of heroin into India. He said he was promised a place on a local team if he could get the drugs to New Delhi.
So bizarre. Great find by Unprofessional Foul. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you wonder why Rafa is showing off his balls so arrogantly.... Taking your time during penalties making scoring more likely. (British Psychological Society) Smuggling heroin in women's clothing for a football career is a bad idea. (Unprofessional Foul) The big game between the two big egos. Click to continue reading...

Ok, This is one of the most dissappointing moment for a La Liga fan. I did contact Cheryl Long, Manager, Corporate Communications, ESPN STAR Sports regarding the telecast of La Liga this season in India. He has replied confirming the news that they will not be telecasting La Liga this season in India. Click to continue reading...

Delhi, India September 12th, 2009 - In September 2009 one of best Italian Youth Soccer Programs in the world, Scuola Calcio (Italian Premier Soccer School), will run a soccer training program in India.
This International program is being made possible by a relationship between Deeksha Sports Management (DSM) an HTC Group Company and Scuola Calcio, the Italian Premier Soccer School a Soccerkix Company. Click to continue reading...

There are reports emerging there is a high chance of the La Liga fans in India missing out on this season's actions. ESPN Star network had the right to telecast La Liga last season. The fans had already missed the opening day matches but was pinning hope of ESPN-Star network bagging the rights late on. Click to continue reading...

The FIFA world rankings are something every football fan checks out once in a while, but sometimes they do leave you with a question, of how they're actually calculated. When India's latest rankings were announced, many Goal.com readers requested us to explain just how these rankings work.

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Courtesy of FIFA:
India goalkeeper Subrata Paul was the hero as the host nation held their nerve to retain the Nehru Cup winning 5-4 on penalties against Syria at New Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.
Despite losing to Lebanon by a solitary goal in the opener, India bounced back to reach the final of the five-nation tournament with wins over Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka. Click to continue reading...

The Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament) is a tournament organized by the All India Football Federation. It was launched in 1982, but was not held between 1998 and 2007. After the trophy was won by the Iraq in 1997, it was reinstated only in 2007.
India -whose current FIFA ranking is 156 beat Syria who are ranked 95.

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A bad penalty call late in a match between Indian sides Vedic Village Reddy Enterprise and Kashipur Baghajatin Sangha caused supporters of the losing team to overreact just a smidge. From Express India:

Their supporters fired pipe guns, killing a spectator, Aminul Islam, and injuring five others.

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Arsenal continued their strong start to the 2009/10 season with an accomplished performance against Celtic at Celtic park last night. I cannot give you deep analysis into the match as I did not watch it live, since the match was shown in the very early hours of the morning here in India.

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The BBC airs a special on how the Premiership sells itself abroad.

For the first time annual revenue is expected to exceed £1bn, with much of this success fuelled from abroad.

Matches will be beamed into 575m homes in 211 territories around the world and a total of 90,000 hours of action will be broadcast.

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Balance Act
Originally uploaded by Arun.Ravi Me gusta la fotografia deportiva, principalmente la futbolera, por eso aquí los dejo con esta imagen.
Sencilla pero curiosa a la vez.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India have thrown Thailand out of this month's six-nation Nehru Cup tournament in New Delhi for planning to send a junior side despite initially promising to send the national team.
"They confirmed entry but when we checked the players' list we found it was an under-19 side," Indian football federation secretary Alberto Colaco told a news conference. Click to continue reading...

Se disputaron en Lisboa, la capital de Portugal, los II Juegos de la Lusofonía, el encuentro deportivo que reune a los países con población de habla portuguesa. Compiten bajo el lema "Unidos pelo desporto" (unidos por el deporte) y con la organización de la Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa. Click to continue reading...

This survey has run throughout� 2008/9 season. It will continue until 1000 replies have been made (257 so far recieved). Here is a summary so far:

Man Utd hated all over the world

Replies recieved from individual countries:� UK (52%), Unknown (8%), United States� (7%), Australia (5%), India (4%), Malaysia (3%), Ireland (3%), Norway (3%), Singapore (2%) and 26 others (1% or less of the total).

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You may (or may not) have noticed that the frequency of posting on Les Rosbifs has not been as frequent over the past few days. This is due to some extensive research into the playing histories of the members of the list, as well as checking if they are all at the clubs they were [...] Click to continue reading...

As well as explaining why Manchester United haven't spent the £80m from Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer, Glazers spokesperson, Tehsin Nayani, has given an update on the current debt situation.

"We do have debt service and carry a significant amount of debt," said Nayani. "But our interest payments are around £43.

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Stuff to read while you fall victim to the always deadly 45 yard free kick...... ManU to further The Brand by opening up cafes in India. (BBC) Jose Mourinho shows no signs of taming with age. (Serie Aaaaargh!) Man City usher in Tevez and a 2-3-5 formation. (Man City Offside) Kevin Doyle's agent is quite the character. Click to continue reading...

Yep. According to the Mumbai Mirror, former Tampa Bay Mutiny coach Tim Hankinson is going to take over as coach of Salgaocar SC in India. Seems like an odd move for both sides and not exactly sure how they hooked up or what they are paying him.
Hankinson has coached both in the college ranks and in MLS (Mutiny 1998-2000), but has never been that successful. Click to continue reading...

The 15th edition of the Gyalyum Chemo Memorial Gold Cup is currently being played in the vertigo inducing heights of Dharamsala(headquarters in India of the Tibetan Government in exile).The tournament was instituted in the memory of the Dalai Lama's mother and has been played since 1981.

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Greetings from India everyone. Why, you ask, am I in India during the hottest part of their year? Surprise, the answer ISN'T that I'm something of an idiot . Now, I'm not ruling out the possibility that I am in fact something of an idiot but I'm here for work so at least in THIS instance, that's not the reason. Click to continue reading...

It's been going on for a while now.India's soccer icon Baiching Bhutia got a nasty show cause notice from his club questioning his commitment to their cause.It was probably sent by some overenthusiastic member of the Bagan politburo who had too much free time on his hands.Bhutia's reply was a brief and courteous "I quit".

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Step aside club vs country. The new argument is club vs celebrity dancing show. India's most famous footballer Bhaichung Bhutia has fallen out with his I-League club Mohun Bagan over his appearances on celebrity dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (think Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing With the Stars). The 32 year old Bhutia (who's also national team captain) received [. Click to continue reading...

With the cancellation of the Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia over swine flu concerns the FA here has revealed they are considerin three alternative destinations for the Under 23s as they prepare for the SEA Games in December.
In July they have been invited to the Capital Cup in Vietnam. India have also invited them to compete in the Nehru Cup while Sri Lanka have also expressed an interest. Click to continue reading...

Former Futsalroo, Head of Coerver Coaching Australia and Canberra Jason Lancsar returned my call last night from the train from London to Newcastle!
"I'm with
Alf (Galustian, Head of Coerver International) we're heading to Newcastle to do some work with them," said Jason.
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An apology to the members of the exclusive Predictorship club for a tardy and abbreviated report this week. Following a 48 hour journey back from India via 6 airports, a return to a house without heating, one cremated cat in a box and another peeing on the sofas and pooing on the laminate flooring there [. Click to continue reading...

The day that changed forever how football was played in England.

On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives and 788 were injured. Amongst them was Steven Gerrard's 10 year old cousin, whose untimely death proved to be the inspiration for his success.

Gerrard recalls that day and says he will never forget:

"I was completely and utterly shocked whilst wondering if there was anyone we knew really close at the game.

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