Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Steve Price

    “Music plays a big part” says England and Chelsea forward Lauren James when describing how she prepares for major tournaments, “I’m not someone that really has strict pre-match rituals or superstitions – I just focus on my training.”James faces a race against time to recover from a hamstring injury ahead of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament in Switzerland this summer, but took some time out to head to the Wild West for Pepsi’s Refresh the Game campaign.

  • 3 weeks ago | forbesargentina.com | Amura CMS |Steve Price

    Con la ventana de transferencias del verano boreal cada vez más cerca, la atención se centra en la Saudi Pro League y en los grandes nombres que puede atraer. Se espera un verano cargado de trabajo para Natalia Jirala, encargada de las relaciones con los jugadores del Al-Ittihad. Ella se ocupa de trámites como los pedidos de visado, la entrega de tarjetas SIM y la apertura de cuentas bancarias.

  • 3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Steve Price

    As the summer transfer window approaches, all eyes will be on the Saudi Pro League and which big names the league can attract. That means it will be a busy summer for Al-Ittihad’s player care relationship manager Natalia Jirala. From monitoring visa applications and sorting out SIM cars and banking, to shipping players’ cars, Jirala looks after the needs of Al-Ittihad’s superstars like Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante and Moussa Diaby.

  • 1 month ago | forbes.com | Steve Price

    “There’s something about the dynamic of being on water,” says Rhode Island FC chairman Brett M. Johnson. He’s talking about a picture he saw of the USL Championship team’s new Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, which held its first matches earlier this month. The 10,000 seat soccer-specific venue sits alongside the same Seekonk River that Johnson once rowed on as a student at Brown University. “It wasn’t pretty, honestly,” says Johnson, describing the polluted river of his student days.

  • 1 month ago | forbes.com | Steve Price

    Bristol City is having a great season pushing for a spot in the Premier League, but it’s also one of the most environmentally sustainable soccer clubs in the country. At least half the food sold on matchdays is locally sourced with plenty of plant-based options available, unsold food is given to a homeless shelter, and waste is composted on-site. Bristol City’s green push was put into focus by an unlikely source: a BBC documentary.