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Admiral Sportswear, the British sports brand with nearly 100 years heritage, has just launched a
capsule collection for online retailer Very.co.uk. The streetwear inspired collection comprises of
5 pieces in...
French sportswear firm Airness has unveiled the home and away jerseys to be worn by the Guinea and
Mali national teams at the upcoming 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. All...
Nike has released a special Zlatan Ibrahimovic edition of its Destroyer Jacket. Similar in design
to the Arsenal 125th Anniversary NSW Destroyer Jacket, the new piece of outerwear features stitched
designs of the Sweden and AC Milan striker's many tattoos. The brand new Nike video spot below
gives a good look at what the sportswear [.
Australian A-League club Newcastle Jets unveiled its 2011/12 home and away kits from from
Australian sportswear firm ISC on Friday. According to the club's website, the home kit "sees the
return of Newcastle's iconic colours, red and blue, the same colours worn by fellow Novocastrian
representatives, the Newcastle Knights.
With six goals in his first four games of the English Premier League season, Manchester City and
Argentina striker Sergio ‘Kun' Agüero is currently in fine form. After being spotted in PUMA's
signature v1.11 soccer boots for much of the season, Agüero has now signed with the German
sportswear firm.
Last season's Australian A-League regular season second place finishers and playoff finalists
Central Coast Mariners Football Club signed a two-year kit deal with Danish sportswear firm hummel
in May. Since then the Central Coast Mariners hummel 2011/12 away jersey has been unveiled and used
extensively during the club's pre-season.
Known for quality soccer boots and playing attire, UK-based sportswear firm Umbro introduced its
1350 collection earlier this year with its Diamonds Icons Range. Now the Nike subsidiary has
expanded the 1350 line with the new Milton footwear series designed for casual use. According to
Umbro: A selection of shoes crafted to offer you style [.
Once the kit provider of Real Madrid, Spanish sportswear firm Kelme recently signed a deal to
become the official kit provider of the Surinam national soccer team. Though a slew of
Suriname-born players and Dutch-born players of Surinamese descent such as Ruud Gullit, Frank
Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Ryan Babel, Aron Winter, and Jimmy [.
Sell me some soup, you poor bastard.
I'm really excited about the EPL starting. I'm out of town, and I won't be able to see any of
the games live, but I've set my DVR and I'm sure no one will text or tweet or email about results.
When I get back home on Sunday night I'll just sit on my couch and watch kickoff as if it was only
just happening at that moment.
Barcelona-based Spanish La Liga club RCD Espanyol has unveiled its away, goalkeeper and training
kits for the 2011/12 season from Chinese sportswear firm Li-Ning. The range was presented to the
press on Thursday along with the club's already launched 11/12 home kit. Several players from
Espanyol's teams, Álvaro Vázquez, Ernesto Galán, Débora García, Alberto Román and [.
English football was shocked by the arrest in Hong Kong of Carson Yeung Ka-sing, the chief and
single-largest shareholder of Birmingham City FC's HKSE-listed holding company, Birmingham
International Holdings, an investment, entertainment and sportswear firm registered in the Cayman
Islands. BIH shares were suspended from trading.
Barcelona-based Spanish La Liga club RCD Espanyol has unveiled its home kit for the 2011/12 season
from Chinese sportswear firm Li-Ning. The 2006 Copa del Rey winners finished last season in a
respectable 8th place in La Liga and are known as the fierce local rivals of the much more
successful FC Barcelona.
English Premier League club Tottehham Hotspur has unveiled its PUMA 2011/12 home, away and third
kits for its upcoming domestic and European seasons. The range will be the club's last PUMA kits
under its current deal with the German sportswear firm. Tottenham will wear Under Armour gear
starting in the 2012/13 season after inking a [.
Defending English FA Cup champions and English Premier League third placed finishers Manchester
City FC have released a preview video of their 2011/12 Umbro home shirt. The new Citizens jersey
uses a new Umbro design not yet seen in any other 2011/12 kit from the UK-based sportswear firm.
Stay tuned for detailed pictures of the the [.
After two years in the Spanish second division, Valencia club Levante UD (Levante Unión Deportiva,
S.A.D.) returned to the top-tier of Spanish soccer, La Liga, for the 2010/11 season and managed a
credible 14th place finish. With their eyes on next season, Levante launched their 2011/12 home,
away and third kits from Spanish sportswear firm Luanvi [.
Sportswear giant PUMA has launched the PUMA v1.11 Clothing Range (now available at World Soccer
Shop) to complement its new v1.11 soccer boots. Key items in the line include the PUMA v1.11 Tech
Tee, Knit Bermuda Shorts and Lightweight Woven Top. Over the past few days we've had a chance to
look at these in-person [.
SPANISH FOOTBALL giant REAL MADRID CF presented to media this morning their new uniform for season
2011 - 2012. The novelty is the gold colours that highlight the lines & the Sportswear
multinational trade-marks ( please send me the cheque via mail asap). REAL MADRID SHIRT 2011-2012
The shirt incorporates all the lastest fabric technology for cooling & sweat elimination.
UK-listed Findel plc is reportedly considering 'demerging' Kitbag, its online retailer of
sportswear and official football kits. The subsidiary manages the online retail operations for
several European clubs, including Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid. Last year it
recorded revenues of £58 million, up from £48 million, and made operating profits of £1.
By Chris Wright
If you happen to be a Tottenham supporter/amateur kit designer with a few minutes to spare today
then you may want to check out Puma's new Facebook app, 'Guess The Kit'.
Ahead of the official 2011/12 home kit release, Puma are allowing fans to draft up their own
fantastical designs, with the aim of the game being to second-guess the sportswear giants and match
their new design with a prize presumably on offer if you somehow manage to get it spot on, though
nothing is actually mentioned, so who knows?
An agreement regarding trade union rights in factories in Indonesia has been hailed as "historic"
by the International Trade Union Confederation, the representative body of more than 175 million
workers in 151 countries and territories. The pact was signed by Indonesian textile, clothing and
footwear unions, major supplier factories and the major sportswear brands, including Adidas, Nike
and
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has signed a kit deal with PUMA that will see Bafana
Bafana wear gear from the German sportswear firm until 2018. Here is a first look at the South
Africa PUMA 2011/12 home and away kits along with more details on the deal via a PUMA press
release. PUMA is [.
Following Sunday's release of the Arsenal Nike 2011/12 home kit, Nike has issued an official
detailed press release and a series of detailed, high-resolution pictures of the authentic (or
player issue) version of the new Gunners jersey. This is what the US-based sportswear giant has to
say and an up close look at the shirt [.
adidas Originals continues its line of Star Wars sportswear with the Boba Fett adidas Originals
Rasta soccer jersey. The collection already includes Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader jerseys.
According to adidas: In 1980 Boba Fett first came on the scene. The adidas Star Wars Jersey
celebrates his arrival in a Rasta coloured football kit that suggests he's [.
The Football Association has this morning revealed that a remarkable new concept known as
"Ronnie Radford Time" will be trialled during next season's FA Cup campaign. The FA have become
increasingly concerned with plummeting attendances in their premier cup competition and have
hastily drawn up proposals that could see the game of football significantly changed from round
three onwards.
Last September Nike launched it Nike 5 line of shoes for the small-sided soccer game. Now the
sportswear giant has unveiled the versatile small-sided game the Nike5 Gato Street. According to
Nike: The global appeal of the small-sided game is truly astonishing. Fly into Rio de Janeiro
airport and you'll see a small pitch adjacent to the [.
The Federación Peruana de Futbol recently signed a kit deal with Umbro that will see the Peru
national football team donning the UK-based sportswear firm's uniforms for Copa America 2011 and
for the South American qualification round of World Cup 2014. Shortly thereafter, the Peru 2011
Umbro home and away jerseys were launched.
News today that Mike Ashley's sportswear retail company Sports Direct has been cleared of any
wrong-doing in its acquisition of 31 stores from rival sports retailer JJB Sports, back in 2009.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK has now closed its investigation into the case, and found
no wrong-doing by any company during [.
So, people, turns out you can stop burning those Torres shirts in the street, as Chelsea coming
in with a bid Liverpool could never accept with four days left in the January market even if Roman
Abramovich had added a one to the front of it meant and means Torres isn't leaving in the January
market, full stop.
This time last week, we trailed our round-up of the ten worst football films ever
made. We meant it. This evening, we kick-off with the first two, and first up is Nick
Love's re-make of the 1988 film, "The Firm".
Dipping one's toe into the world of hoolie-porn can be a dispiriting business.