We previously compared the TV viewership, revenue and prize money of the World Cup and the Super Bowl, and the World Cup had the clear advantage across the board. Although a closer contest, the World Cup vs Champions League analysis yields a similar result. The World Cup can't be topped.
Vladimir Putin and the insufferable Robbie Williams officially opened the summer's biggest soccer tournament in Russia. Fortunately, it’s not too late for you to kick off your own daily tournament with DraftKings’ Fantasy Soccer Cup, which will go through July 15, offering up thousands of dollars in prizes every day.
As Manchester United’s second highest-paid player, the Paul Pogba salary 2018 and net worth totals are pretty staggering. The 25-year-old French midfielder was the world’s most expensive player as recently as 2016, and he’s arguably the face of Adidas football when Lionel Messi is factored out of the conversation. But how much does Pogba earn per year?
Paul Pogba Salary and Contract
Neymar net worth and salary is pretty astounding for a 26-year-old. According to Forbes, the Brazilian forward takes home an annual paycheck of roughly $90 million per year. The former Barcelona attacker shocked the world with his record-shattering transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, and he’s taking home massive wages from both his club side and his bevy of sponsors and endorsements.
Soccer, unlike pretty much every other sport, regularly features massive upsets. Because sports like American football and basketball are higher scoring, typically the better team wins in the end. Soccer is low scoring, meaning an underdog can often hold off an opponent for an unlikely result.
MasterCard announced a campaign to donate hundreds of thousands of meals to starving children in Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to Lionel Messi, Neymar and the upcoming World Cup. It should’ve been a slam-dunk publicity stunt, raising awareness for kids going hungry and feeding them. Instead, the Messi MasterCard campaign is getting torched on social media.
One first half goal was all that was needed to help Fulham win promotion to the Premier League for the 2018-19 season. Fulham's captain Tom Cairney converted on a first-timed effort off a well-weighted pass from 18-year-old wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon (he was born in 2000, folks).
With the Champions League final and EFL Championship Playoff final all happening in the space of a few hours, soccer fans will be glued to their TVs, anxious to see who wins each game. In one, a team will be crowned King of Europe. In the other, a a team will be promoted to the Premier League again. But how much is at stake for winning the Championship Playoffs versus the Champions League final?
While they are completely different games, one has a much more significant financial gain compared to the other – and believe it or not, it's the EFL Championship Playoff final.
FC Cincinnati, the USL darlings that averaged over 21,000 spectators per game last season while also achieving a historic run to the 2017 U.S.