Manchester City revealed Football Academy training complex

BAM Construction will begin work in the coming weeks on the 80 acre site adjacent to the Etihad Stadium.

The City Football Academy will provide a centre for up to 400 young players, will house the first team training base and Manchester City's operations functions.

It will include; classrooms for 200, on site accomodation for junior and senior players, 16.5 football pitches, a first team building with changing rooms, a gym, a refectory and injury centre, a 7000 capacity stadium for youth matches, offices and a media centre.

Ferran Soriano, CEO of Manchester City Football Club said: “The development of young and home grown players is central to our strategy of creating both a winning team and a sustainable football club.

"We are now in a position, after four years of research and planning, to execute that strategy and we are delighted to join with BAM who will play a large part in helping us to do so

2014 World Cup mascot is Armadillo

Armadillo: 2014 wc mascot

The mascot of the 2014 World Cup is a yet to-be-named endangered Armadillo.  FIFA said Brazilians will have until mid-November to choose the name from three choices — Amijubi, Fuleco and Zuzeco.

The announcement was made on Sunday on a television show with the participation of former Brazil star Ronaldo.

The three-banded armadillo, which is in danger of extinction, rolls up into the shape of a ball when threatened and is commonly found in northeastern Brazil.

The mascot carries the colours of the Brazilian flag. It is yellow, with green shorts and a blue shell and tail.

Will Barcelona lead 3 points today

Football club Barcelona has a chance to take a 11 points lead than Real Madrid today

Barcelona will face  Granada at nue camp today

on this match Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has to worry because their best to center back Pique has injured in the last match while their captain Carlos Puyol also got injury and rulled out from game for 1 month'

on this match the best player of the club lionel messi is in a terrific form

he has scored 11 goal in last 8 match . it will be benificial for football club Barcelona . on the other hand Granada will face a great exam to stop lionel messi . 

Argentina lose 2-1 against Brazil

Brazil beat Argentina in todays match 

The match was the first of two between teams drawn only from the domestic leagues of two great South American rivals. They will meet again in the north Argentine city of Resistencia on October .
The penalty, awarded for a handball by Argentina defender Leandro Desabato, turned chants from local fans against Brazil coach Mano Menezes into joyful celebration at the late victory.

Argentina, on the back foot for the opening 20 minutes, went ahead in their first dangerous incursion into the Brazil penalty area.

Striker Juan Manuel Martinez, who plays in Brazil for Corinthians, passed out wide to Clemente Rodriguez before heading into the box to collect the left back's cross and beating goalkeeper Jefferson with a shot inside the near post.

Brazil equalised six minutes later when midfielder Paulinho headed home from a Neymar free kick on the right.

Argentina had met Brazil three times previously since Alejandro Sabella took charge of the team.

Last year in matches between home-based selections, the rivals drew 0-0 in Argentina with Brazil winning the return fixture 2-0.

Argentina won 4-3 in a friendly in New Jersey between the full national sides inwere messi scored a hattrick. it was a match where only latin domastic player players where argentina star lionel messi G Higuain De Maria missed the match

R.Madrid wins a threiler aganst M. city

The home sides makes a 3-2 goals victory against visitors 

a late goal froma c Ronaldo makes their way to make their first game victory against the hot fabourite city 

the first goal from Edin Ezeko leads Mancity in 69 minute  

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal in the 90th minute as Real Madrid secured a 3-2 victory against Manchester City after an incredible second half at the Santiago Bernabeu.

All five goals were scored in the final 21 minutes. Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov twice gave Manchester City the lead but Real Madrid equalized twice thanks to goals from Marcelo and Karim Benzema

.Dzeko came off the bench to give the visitors the lead after a surging run from midfield from Toure, but Marcelo quickly replied with a curling shot.

Pablo Zabaleta allowed Ronaldo to glide away from him far too easily. Vincent Kompany, City’s captain and usually such an alert sentry, ducked as the ball came thudding goalwards. The ball appeared suddenly in front of Hart like a malevolent zephyr, dipping and deceiving the keeper.

Frustration bit deep into City, into Roberto Mancini in particular. The Italian utterly detests such lapses of concentrations, having constantly told his players about the fine lines between triumph and failure. City were leading 2-1 with five minutes remaining. They were within touching distance of three precious points at the home of the Group D favourites, a result that would have given City the perfect platform to go on and ascend to the knockout stages. They have to learn how to see out games.

Real Madrid will face Manchester City

Manchester City will fly to the Spain capital to play their first game of Champions League  at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid. this is a game where two worlds richest teams will face to each other .  

On the home sides there are some major problem like their best player Christiano Ronaldo is now on top of Head lines for his unwillness to play at Madrid as he is unhappy there

on the other sides City coach is free from any tense as he has no problem like this

eal Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has a fully fit squad to pick from going into his side's first Champions League game of the season, but the rumored dissatisfaction of star player Cristiano Ronaldo continues to hit the headlines at home and abroad.

The Portuguese manager's opposite number Roberto Mancini has no fresh injury concerns going into the game, but there are still a number of players who will miss the trip.

Brazilian right back Maicon could be handed a European debut for his new club after starting against Stoke, with Micah Richards still battling an ankle injury and Pablo Zabaleta nursing a hamstring strain.

Elsewhere, Jack Rodwell may manage to shake off a knee injury in time, while Sergio Aguero could still play some part as he completes an earlier than expected return from his own knee problem.

Madrid are 8 points behind than thier Barcelona in the league they lost the  last match too

but City are unbeatten in the league

 

Barcelona to wear their away joursey

Barcelona's away kit for the 2013-2014 season will feature the red and gold colours of the Catalan flag, according to regional newspaper Sport.

Fans have waited 113 years to see the Bars of Aragon on the region's most successful club and will finally get their wish next year.

The jersey will feature the famous red and gold stripes in an attempt by the club's directors to promote the team's connection to the autonomous region and its people.

According to Sport, Barca is "reinforcing the sporting and sentimental ties that the majority of the population of the region share,"

The current home and away jerseys already have had the colors of the Catalan flag on the back of the shirt since Joan Laporta's regime took charge in 2003, but this move goes a step further.

Brazil makes a crushing victory aganst china

Neymar scored three goals as Brazil thrashed China 8-0 on Monday, rebounding from a lackluster win over South Africa and easing the pressure on coach Mano Menezes

Neymar, who was among those jeered three days ago after the poor performance against South Africa, scored in the 26th, 54th and 60 minutes at the Arruda Stadium in the northeastern city of Recife.

Ramires opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, Lucas added another in the 48th and Hulk got his goal in the 51st. Brazil also scored through an own goal by Chinese defender Liu Jianye in the 71st, and Oscar sealed the victory by converting a penalty kick in the 75th.

Brazil beat South Africa 1-0 Friday as fans in Sao Paulo loudly jeered the team, especially Neymar and Menezes, who was booed nearly every time he left the bench to give instructions to players or to make substitutions.

The pressure for the coach to resign had increased significantly last month after he failed to lead Brazil to the Olympic gold medal despite a squad filled with most of his top players.

The crowd of nearly 30,000 fans at the Arruda applauded the national team after Monday's match was over, though, and even Menezes was celebrated.

"Without the support from the fans everything becomes a lot harder," right backsaid. "It was important to have the fans on our side tonight."

It was the first time Brazil won by more than four goals since the coach took over after the 2010 World Cup.

Brazil didn't play great against China but faced fewer difficulties than it did against South Africa, controlling possession and threatening from the beginning.

Ramires put Brazil on the board after a give-and-goal play with Chelsea teammate Oscar. He received the ball in front of the net and chipped it over the Chinese goalkeeper.

Neymar added to the lead with an easy goal from the six-meter line after another pass by Oscar. Hulk, who scored the late winner against South Africa, started the play in a breakaway on the right side, and Neymar sent a low shot into the open net with no one near him.

Hulk set up the third goal too, clearing a defender outside the area and rolling the ball to Lucas, who had time and fire a low shot into the net. Hulk's goal came with a shot from outside the area after getting the rebound off Neymar's long-range shot into the crossbar.

"The team played with a lot of heart from the beginning," Hulk said. "We never gave up and that made the difference, it allowed us to get this big win."

Neymar easily scored his second goal by completing a left-side cross by Marcelo, then got his third from inside the area after another pass by Oscar, who got on the board by converting a penalty kick just moments after Lie found his own net while trying to clear a ball inside the area.

Brazil is not playing in South American World Cup qualifying because it has already secured a place in the 2014 tournament as hosy.                                                                                              footballfest