Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been in the news a lot recently, he’s received both negative and positive press, so here’s a lighter story from earlier today (20.3.2013). The FIFA 2013 official Twitter account (@EASPORTSFIFA) tweeted “Box… continue...
The Rugby Football League has fined three players who were found to be tweeting abusive messages about match officials. York City Knight’s Tom Carr and Workington Town’s Ewan Dowes and Jamie Thackray were all given fines. A £200 fine was handed Dowes… continue...
A recent study, carried out by Mailman Group, has looked into the impact of European football clubs’ presence on social media in China. The “14 top European football clubs” that were analysed have a collective following of 15.6 million people in China,… continue...
This Saturday (23.2.2013) Norwich City will replace their usual shirt sponsor Aviva with the logo of the charity, Railway Children (@RailwayChildren on Twitter). The logo will be printed on the shirt for the Canaries’ game with Everton at Carrow Road. This… continue...
Last month New York Knicks played against Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia. Before the game Knicks’ number 8, J.R. Smith engaged in a direct message conversation with a fan of his on Twitter. As the first image shows, the conversation escalated quite… continue...
This video is one that even people who have no interest in basketball should watch. Ashlee Arnau (@Ashlee_Arnau on Twitter) is a cheerleader at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, her role there is to raise spirits and on Thursday night she surpassed… continue...
Schalke 04 have announced on their official Twitter account (@S04) that they have lodged an appeal with UEFA over Didier Drogba’s eligibility to play for Galatasaray in their recent Champions League match. Schalke tweeted “There are doubts as to a valid… continue...
After the announcement of a unique deal between the Ryman Premier League’s Hendon FC and the charity Street League, Hendon will now wear their home shirt with Street League’s hashtag #ChangeLivesThroughFootball printed on the front. Street League will… continue...
The Harlem Shake craze started as an internet video that was uploaded to YouTube in early February 2013; it soon went viral as millions around the world shared the video, it now has 13.5 million views. With the Harlem Shake soundtrack provided by DJ Baauer,… continue...
Former Leeds United and United States professional football player, Robbie Rogers has used his official Twitter account (@RobbieRogers) and his personal blog (http://robbierogers8.moonfruit.com/#), to announce to the world that he is gay. Rogers posted on… continue...
Manchester City and Belgium captain Vincent Kompany, has announced in a video posted on his own YouTube account that he has become the newest member of the Warrior Football brand. Kompany used his official Twitter account (@VincentKompany) to say “Very… continue...
The University of Akron is to hold a social media event on February 2nd in a bid to raise the team’s and the University’s profile, while building on the success of the Akron football social media day. The Zips men’s basketball team will play host to… continue...
Thanks to Century 21 and the infographic they have created, we can see how Americans plan to view Super Bowl XLVII. Not everybody is lucky enough to go to New Orleans and watch the big game in person and it seems not everybody wants to spend Super Bowl Sunday… continue...
To quote the opening words of SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt, “Sometimes Twitter is awesome...” He says this before presenting the show’s top ten plays, usually filled with NBA stars and the best college players, but in at number 10 is Owen Groesser… continue...
The Capital One Cup semi-final 2nd leg at The Liberty Stadium, a chance for Swansea or Chelsea to reach Wembley and face Bradford City in the Capital One Cup Final. The match finished 0-0 so Swansea progressed, winning 2-0 on aggregate. A great story for… continue...
In the build-up to every Super Bowl, comes what is referred to as the “Ad-Bowl”. Companies from the automobile industry to soft drinks, beers and snacks know that there is an enormous audience to market during the build-up to the main event in New Orleans… continue...
Big news for Premier League football fans as News International has acquired the rights to show “near-live” action from all 380 Barclays Premier League matches from the 2013/14 season up until the end of the 2015/16 season. The video clips will be available… continue...
French Skier Johan Clarey (@YoClarey on Twitter) has set a new world record by reaching 100.6mph during the Wengen downhill in Switzerland. With the previous record at 98mph, Clarey became the first person to break through the 100mph barrier. The conditions… continue...
Sports clubs from smaller local clubs right up to international giants like Real Madrid, realise that social media can be a powerful tool to promote their events and to interact with fans. London based company Eventility.com (@Eventility) help to promote… continue...
First to go was the former England striker and BBC pundit Gary Lineker. It came as a surprise when he tweeted from his personal account to say “I'm leaving twitter for personal reasons. Thanks all.” This short and simple tweet received 2,867 retweets… continue...
ESPN have launched a new advertisement in their long-running series to promote ‘This Is SportsCenter’. In this video that was posted on YouTube from the official ESPN account, you can see they’ve added a new chef to their kitchen staff and it’s none… continue...
