Cristiano Ronaldo and FIFA President Sepp Blatter have been involved in a heated exchange during the past few days after Blatter made derogatory remarks about Ronaldo whilst giving an interview in England. Blatter has since apologised via twitter after the Portuguese striker used social media to vent his anger at the 'joke' whilst also suggesting FIFA have preference for Barcelona over Real Madrid. … [Read more...]
La Liga dominates Ballon d’Or shortlist as 7 Spaniards vie for title
FIFA has announced a 23 man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or award which will be announced at a gala on January 7th 2013. Included in the list are seven players from the victorious Euro 2012 Spanish squad whilst 12 of the 23 selected ply their trade in La Liga. 6 Real Madrid players are named and 5 from Barcelona with Atletico Madrid's Falcao being the sole candidate exempt from the big two teams. FIFA and a group of experts from France compiled the list for national team coaches, captains and various journalists to vote from. … [Read more...]
FIFA Goal Of The Year 2010 Award Shortlist
Here's your chance to vote for your favourite goal of this year as part of the Fifa Ballondor Puskas award. To help you decide, this video features the ten shortlisted nominees for the award including Arsenal's Samir Nasri, Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben and Glentoran's Matthew Burrows who was featured on Liquid Football before after winning the goal of the week award last month. Log onto http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html and register your selection. … [Read more...]
Alan Partridge “That was liquid football!”
Here's the video that started it all! Alan Partridge provides us with his special brand of commentary in the build to the 1994 FIFA World Cup. … [Read more...]