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Pele's hair turned into diamonds for superfans
Pele has unveiled an unusual line of diamonds using strands of the football legend's own hair, local media reported.
09 April 2014
China's Huawei partners with Paris SG football club
Chinese tech giant Huawei has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Paris Saint-Germain, one of Europe's biggest football clubs, the French club announced Saturday.
05 April 2014
Ridiculous goal: Syrian heel-scores from 30 yards
28 y.o striker sent a pass on the volley with his heel and into the net from 30 yards.
24 March 2014
Coca-Cola hoping to score big at World Cup
The world's football stars will not be the only ones competing for glory at this year's World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Coca-Cola will also be running hard.
17 March 2014
Huge price hikes for Brazil World Cup hotels
Football fans heading to Rio for the World Cup will have to pay at least double the going rate for hotel accommodation despite government attempts to limit price-gouging during the tournament.
14 March 2014
Aktobe FC signs up Brazilian football player
Ex-midfielder of Krasnodar FC and Armenian national football team Brazilian Marcos Pizzelli has signed a contract with Aktobe FC.
11 March 2014
Football: Nike overtake Adidas in World Cup teams battle
Nike will supply the kit for more teams than Adidas for the first time ever at this year's World Cup finals.
07 March 2014
Football: Kazakhstan vs Lithuania match ends in draw
Kazakhstan national football team has tied the match against the Lithuanian team.
06 March 2014
Football: Kazakhstan's youth team wins Island in UEFA qualifications
Kazakhstan national youth football team has won over the team of Island at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2015 qualifications.
06 March 2014
Low-key start for Singapore's glittering new stadium
Singapore's state-of-the-art new National Stadium will host international football and an Asia-Pacific Super rugby team after it opens as part of the billion-dollar Sports Hub project in June.
27 February 2014
Manaus World Cup stadium is 'fantastic': FIFA's Valcke
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke on Sunday praised work on the controversial World Cup stadium being built deep in the Amazon rainforest in the city of Manaus.
17 February 2014
Real Madrid Academy in Astana
A Real Madrid Football Club Academy may be opened in Astana.
16 February 2014
Kazakhstan national football team gets new chief coach
A new chief coach has finally been appointed for the Kazakhstan national football team.
07 February 2014
Kazakhstani football player transferred to Polish top division
A forward of the Kazakhstan national football team Sergey Khizhnichenko has signed up with Korona football club from Kietce, Poland.
29 January 2014
Brazil braces for World Cup protests
Brazil was bracing Saturday for a first wave of nationwide demonstrations against staging the World Cup after activists from the radical protest group Anonymous went on social media calling for action.
26 January 2014
Football: FIFA's policeman vows match-fixing won't ruin World Cup
FIFA corruption-buster Ralf Mutschke has warned that soccer's world governing body will do all in its power to ensure that match-fixing by mafia gangs does not ruin the 2014 World Cup.
13 January 2014
Coach Beranek leaves Kazakhstan National Football team
Miroslav Beranek, 56 has left the position of the Chief Coach of the Kazakhstan National Football Team.
10 January 2014
'I'm not anti-Semite,' French footballer Anelka says amid row
French footballer Nicolas Anelka on Sunday strongly defended a controversial gesture he made during a weekend match, saying "I am neither anti-Semite nor racist", even as British football authorities mulled possible punishment.
30 December 2013
Football: Singapore businessman lines up Valencia takeover
Singaporean businessman Peter Lim has made a bid to take over financially stricken La Liga side Valencia and wipe out its debts, the club's president Amadeo Salvo announced on Sunday.
23 December 2013
Tourists to spend $10 billion during Brazil World Cup
Foreign and Brazilian tourists are expected to spend $10.4 billion during next year's World Cup, more than the public funds invested for staging the event, the Brazilian tourism board said Friday.
21 December 2013