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Women’s soccer teams are coming to Football Manager in 2024

Sports Interactive said back in 2021 that it would , its long-running simulation franchise. Now, we have a clearer idea of when that will happen. In that looks at the franchise's future, SI says it will introduce women's teams in Football Manager 2025, which is next year's edition. The studio initially said it would take a while to bring women's soccer into the fold as it wanted to offer the same level of depth that it does for the men's game. Football Manager has an enormous database of tens of thousands of players,…

‘We were naive and nerdy. No one cared about us’: how American Football became indie legends against the odds | Indie

American Football didn’t intend for a dilapidated student house in Urbana, Illinois to become a cult musical landmark. As with much of the band’s career, it just happened. They’d chosen the now iconic photo of the white-panelled building to feature on the cover of their 1999 self-titled album at random – it captured the vibe of the town they’d just finished college in and the photographer, also a student at the time, was cheap. But when the record unexpectedly caught on years later, 704 W High Street became an indie…

Google Pixel partners with England’s men’s and women’s football teams

Smartphone brands have been tying up in some form or the other with football teams and clubs across the world. Xiaomi announced some association with the Argentina football team whereas Oppo has a partnership with UEFA as well. Now, Google Pixel has announced a new multi-year partnership with The Football Association as the Official Mobile Phone and Earbuds Partner. “Together with the England senior men’s and women's teams, we want to help bring fans closer to the game they love,” the company said in a blog post. Google…

Bend It Like Beckham: the film that ignited a love for football in so many women and girls | Film

When Bend It Like Beckham came out in 2002, women’s football wasn’t even a professional sport in the UK or Australia. But with Jesminder “Jess” Bhamra, the film’s inspiring central character, came hope for all women and girls dreaming of being the next big thing. More than 20 years on, fans still celebrate what the film did for aspiring women footballers and British-Asian women. And in the lead up to this year’s Women’s World Cup, it acts as a gentle reminder that opportunities in women’s sport haven’t been, and still…

Research finds ‘extensive’ drug culture in UK football

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Drug taking at football matches has superseded alcohol as a major safety concern, according to new research led by health and behavior experts at the University of Stirling. The research, which sought to explore the relationship between football fans and alcohol, found that both match-goers and

Qatari Fund Is in Talks to Buy Minority Stake in Washington Wizards, Capitals and Mystics

The move would add to the influx of money from the Gulf region reshaping professional sports across the globe. The move would add to the influx of money from the Gulf region reshaping professional sports across the globe. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors.…

EA Is Being Sued Over Its New College Football Game

Upcoming sports title EA Sports College Football has seen EA hit with a lawsuit by The Brandr Group, which has deals to negotiate group licensing contracts for 54 NCAA Division 1 schools. The lawsuit alleges that EA's current opt-in licensing arrangement for players is an attempt to go behind The Brandr Group's back on licensing.As reported by Front Office Sports, the lawsuit was filed in a federal court in the Northern District of California. Court documents alleged that EA has been in contact with The…

IRS Nixes Tax Edge for College-Sports Booster Groups Paying Athletes

Getting cash to college athletes isn’t a charitable purpose, the IRS says. Audits could follow. Getting cash to college athletes isn’t a charitable purpose, the IRS says. Audits could follow. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

At Least Dwayne Johnson’s Tequila is Doing Better Than His Football League

via Sony You can’t win ’em all, even if you’re one of the most famous faces in all of entertainment, but Dwayne Johnson has been racking up more losses than usual recently. The cancellation of Young Rock after three seasons marked the latest high-profile setback for the A-list superstar, which came hot on the heels of his dual-pronged assault on DC with League of Super-Pets and Black Adam yielding nothing but failure, before an embarrassing comedown saw him go back on his widely-publicized promise and return to…

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA

USC and UCLA won’t be able to ease their way into the Big Ten.The football schedules for their debut 2024 season, announced by the conference Thursday, include a heavy sprinkling of traditional powers.USC will face Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin at a time when it presumably will no longer have Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams, gone to try his luck in the NFL.UCLA gets Michigan and Ohio State during a season in which it will also play at Louisiana State, ending all jokes about the ease of the Bruins’…