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Barcelona Club and Fitness Time to open 7 football academies standard

RIYADH: Vice President of Barcelona Club Javier Faus revealed here Thursday that his club and Fitness Time will be setting up seven football academies in Saudi Arabia, of which, three will be in Riyadh and two each in the Western and Eastern Provinces. Fitness Time has been chosen as the official partner of FC Barcelona in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The press conference was held at Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski in Riyadh in the presence of Chairman and CEO of Leejam Sports Company, Abdulmohsen Al-Haqbani, Chief Officer for Operation (COO) Fahd Al-Haqbani and Barcelona Club General Manager for Marketing Laurent Colette. Mohiuddin Nadher, deputy executive director of the Saudi Professional League Association, Saudi Football Federation member Ahmed AlAqeel, ...

FC Barcelona Sign Three-Year Sponsorship With Fitness Time image

FC Barcelona and Fitness Time reached a sponsorship agreement which makes the the fitness centre chain a regional Club sponsor in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the next three years. The agreement was signed on Tuesday at the Club’s offices and was attended by Fitness Time Director of Operations Fahad Al Haqbani and FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu. The deal was brought together and is managed by RPM Sports. Fitness Time officially becomes FC Barcelona’s second sponsor in Saudi Arabia, together with the Samba Financial Group, and the Club’s third in the UAE, along with the telecommunications firm Etisalat and United Arab Bank. Additionally, this agreement ...

Armada Look To the Future with Real Madrid Foundation Partnership gallery

Jacksonville Armada FC have teamed up with the Real Madrid Foundation, RPM Sports and Publix to put on a series of soccer coaching sessions in Northeast Florida this summer. The North American Soccer League (NASL) side intends to run eight player development clinics across the region between 23rd June and 15th August. The tuition will be provided by Real Madrid Foundation coaches, supported by their Jacksonville Armada counterparts. Steve Livingstone, the president of the Jacksonville Armada, commented: “In establishing this partnership and our summer clinics with Real Madrid Foundation, we are bringing an unprecedented level of player development to Northeast Florida, thanks to our partners RPM Sports and Publix. “This is the first of many steps that Jacksonville Armada will ...

New FIFA game debuts Saudi Premier League gallery

With the demo released this week, football fans and gaming enthusiasts alike are eagerly awaiting the official release of FIFA 13, the latest edition of the internationally popular videogame by developing giant Electronic Arts (EA) available on a range of platforms such as PlayStation, XBox, Wii, Mac and Windows. While Argentinean Barcelona FC star player Leo Messi appears on the cover for the global version of the game, Saudi al-Hilal FC player, Abdul Aziz al-Dosari, will be featured on the cover of the Middle East version. Saudi Arabia’s Premier League is the first in the Middle East to be featured in the FIFA-affiliated game. Players will have the chance to virtually play for a Saudi club, such as al-Shabab, al-Hilal, ...