FC Seoul 2-2 Pohang Steelers highlights: K-League defending champions FC Seoul started their new campaign with a tough encounter against Pohang Steelers on the weekend and it was indeed a very tight match as both sides come away with just one point.
Recent frequent racism issues in football apparently urged FIFA to plan for giving tougher punishment up to zero tolerance for those committing that stupid actions.
FIFA vice president, Jeffrey Webb explained that there' s a discussion in implementing a much tougher sanction for those involved in the incident, including potential relegation or exclusion from tournament as punishment for teams that are found guilty of racism.
FIFA plans to use the goal line technology starting from the upcoming Confederation Cup still receive some minor voice, especially from UEFA president, Michel Platini, who believes that the new system will cost a fortune to be implemented in football.
Racism issue continue to attract FIFA attention and recently the governing body's vice president Jeffrey Webb voiced out his support in the issue by stating a no-tolerance punishment for clubs that are proven to commit racism acts.
Two Bayern Munich stars Philipp Lahm and Arjen Robben spoke out their joy after defeating Borussia Dortmund in the DFB Pokal quarter finals encounter in midweek.
Robben stated that it was an important victory as they've been waiting for quite a while for it to happen after failure in previous seasons.
Asian clubs have been set as a new destination for former European football stars in recent years and their influence on the teams they played in are pretty huge.
Showcasing their importance, there's the latest top three goals from former European league football players during the first round of AFC Champions League.
David Beckham finally got his first start for Paris Saint Germain during the French side 2-0 victory over Marseille in French Cup this midweek, and after the match Beckham shared his views about that fiesty encounter.
FIFA's decision to accept Qatar's bid for holding the upcoming 2022 World Cup received many negative views at first and maybe still are, but the man behind that deal, Mike Lee believes that there should be no worries about that appointment.
Bayern Munich players were filled with joy after their team managed to defeat their arch rival, Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in the DFB Pokal quarter finals on Wednesday at Allianz Arena.
Defender Daniel Van Buyten is happy that they can provide the victory that their fans have been anticipating for sometime, since Dortmund have defeated Bayern quite frequently in previous seasons.
Al Rayyn 3-3 Esteghlal highlights: An interesting match occurred in AFC Champions League fixtures this midweek where home side Al Rayyn were held by Esteghlal.
The home team were keen on starting their Champions League campaign in the most positive way, but it was the visitor that managed to take the lead first through Samuel's effort on 27 minutes.
Having super star players triggered Paris Saint Germain to provide some special treatment as well for their stars as just before their French Cup fixture against Marseille in midweek, the likes of David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and others were being given red carpet treatment upon their arrival in Paris.
The midweek AFC Champions League fixtures might be a day that Anderson Martins won't be easy to forget as the El Jaish player scored a rather exciting own goal which aided his team's 2-0 defeat against their opponent Al Shahab.
There was plenty interesting matches in the opening day of AFC Champions League group stage campaign in midweek with many goal scoring actions following it as well. Among several games, Pakhtakor's home encounter against Al Ittifaq attracted some attention, not necessarily because the quality but a howler made by Ittifaq keeper which proved costly.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-2 Bunyodkor highlights: Japanese outfit Sanfrecce Hiroshima started out their AFC Champions League campaign in the worse possible way after picking up a home defeat against Bunyodkor.
An interesting encounter set to entertain football fans at Germany DFB Pokal match as Bayern Munich take on their rival, Borussia Dortmund in the quarter finals stage of that competition.
FC Seoul 5-1 Jiangsu Sainty highlights: Korean side FC Seoul got their AFC Champions League campaign off to a perfect start as they battered their opponent Jiangsu Sainty on midweek.