Wednesday 25 August 2010

The richest football club in the world

Manchester United is still the most valuable football club in the world, according to Forbes magazine. The Premier League title holders, who came second in a list compiled by Deloitte in February, again topped the table ahead of Real Madrid. Forbes values United at £1.19bn($1.84bn), Real at £859m ($1.32bn), and Arsenal, in third, at £767m ($1,181m). It uses data on income streams such as broadcast rights, sponsorship and sales of tickets and merchandise. Barcelona is fourth in the 20-team list which includes six clubs from the Premier League plus Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan all made the top 10, but the trio's value had each fallen by 19% in the 2008/09 season according to the Forbes calculations.



The richest footballer in the World

The official richest footballer in the world is Sir David Beckham. David Beckham started his dazzling career playing for Manchester united back in the 1990s, he has sported shirts for Real Madrid and his current club LA Galaxy. He has got his fingers in all sorts of pies including ads for Gillette, Adidas and Armani and is married to famous ex Spice Girl Victoria Beckham. he currently earns over £120,000 per week, that's not including all his other slices of pie. He was given the name "Golden-balls" and has been known to have a choice of wacky haircuts. He has also had a cameo appearance in the film GOAL. He truly is the richest footballer alive.



The UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is an annual association football cup competition organized by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. The competition was initially a straight knockout competition open only to the champion club of each country Europe's strongest national leagues now provide up to four teams each for the competition. The UEFA Champions League should not be confused with the UEFA Europe League, formerly known as the UEFA Cup. The winner of the UEFA Champions League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.



Tuesday 24 August 2010

The Union of European Football Associations


The Union of Football Associations European is the administrative and controlling body for European association football and futsal. It is almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA. UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs Europewide national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. UEFA is the biggest of six continental confederations of FIFA. Of all the confederations, it is by far the strongest in terms of wealth and influence at the club level. Virtually all of the world's top players play in European leagues in part due to the salaries available from the world's wealthiest football clubs, particularly in England, Germany, Italy and Spain.


Football in Italy


Serie A: is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Italian football league system. It had been organized by Lega Calcio. It is regarded as one of the most elite leagues of the footballing world. The league hosts three of the world's most famous clubs as Juventus, Milan and Internazionale, all founding members of the G-14 a group representing the largest and most prestigious European football clubs; Serie A was the only league to produce three founding members. More players have won the coveted Ballon d'Or award while playing at a Serie A club than any other league in the world. Milan is one of two clubs with the most official international titles in the world. Juventus, the most successful Italian team, is tied for third in Europe and sixth in the world in the same ranking. They are also the only club in the world to have won all official international competitions.