- Goal.com
Goal.com, founded in 2004 [cite news |title=Halbzeit? Maus her! |url=http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2004/0630/medien/0031/index.html |work=
Berliner Zeitung |date=2004-06-30 |accessdate=2008-07-16 ] is a website for international football news. Goal.com represents one of the largest football community in the world, with 16 language versions, covering over 200 countries. Goal.com provides users with the breaking news, live scores, match previews and latest club news through its interactive web site and community forums. [cite news |title=Blinkx Scores a Goal |url=http://www.searchenginejournal.com/blinkx-scores-a-goal/5822/ |work=Search Engine Journal |date=2007-10-15 |accessdate=2008-07-16 ]Writers
Notable writers include:
Features
Champions League Manager
During the summer of 2008, Goal.com launched Champions League Manager, which has attracted hundreds of players from around the world. [ Champions League Manager http://fantasy.goal.com/cgi-bin/admin?url=login2.html&action=page&gid=246&lang=uk] Champions League Manager is an online game where the user creates an account and selects several players for his squad. The user receives points depending on how his squad players perform, relative to their real life performances. Subleagues were further introdcued to the game to allow users to create a mini-league, exclusive to them and their friends. [Champions League Manager - Subleagues http://fantasy.goal.com/cgi-bin/admin?gid=246&lang=uk&action=rankmp&sp=0] Prizes are awarded to the teams with highest points. [Champions League Manager - Prizes http://fantasy.goal.com/cgi-bin/admin?gid=246&lang=uk&action=page&url=prizes.html]
Live Commentary
Goal.com provides live commentary for the majority of
EPL ,La Liga , andSerie A matches, as well as theUEFA Champions League ,UEFA Cup , and several other international fixtures. Users have the chance to vote for their "top" and "flop" players of the game. [Live Commentary on Goal.com http://www.goal.com/en/MatchList.aspx ]Community
The goal.com Community is an online community feautring in six languages. The coummity is a series of forums and threads where users generally discuss footballing issues. The most common forums are the English, Spanish, and Italian. [Goal.com Community http://community.goal.com/goal/]
References
External links
*Goal.com Website [http://www.goal.com]
*Goal.com Community [http://forums.goal.com]
*Champions League Manager [http://fantasy.goal.com]
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