Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Of Aon, Manchester United and Global Branding
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 14 2022The global success of the English Premier League coupled with the Manchester United’s success in the last two decades has helped propel the English football club into pole position as…
Setanta loses 09-10 Premier League matches as ESPN and Sky prepare bids
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 19 2009The Premier League has terminated its license agreement with Setanta Sports for 09-10 Premier League matches after Setanta failed to meet the Friday deadline for making payments due to the…
Real Madrid Firesale: Sneijder, Huntelaar, Robben, Diarra, Van der Vaart and Ruud for sale
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 16 2009The other shoe has finally dropped. Real Madrid have put up nine players for sale, including their whole Dutch contingent. Joining Heinze, Saviola and Mahamadou Diarra on the transfer list…
The 2009 U-21 European Championship in Sweden
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 19 2009Watch the U21 Euro 2009 live here. The 2009 European Under-21 Championship will take place in Sweden from 15 June to 29 June. While it’s expected to be overshadowed in…
The 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa
Ahmed Bilal • Oct 11 2021Watch the 2009 Confederations Cup live here. The 2010 World Cup promises to be the biggest World Cup ever in terms of Internet coverage – live or otherwise. It may…
Manchester United accept £80m Ronaldo bid from Real Madrid
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 13 2009Manchester United have accepted a world record transfer bid of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. The decision was taken after Cristiano Ronaldo again requested the move and after…
Ancelotti leaves Milan for Chelsea job
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 2 2009Update: Chelsea have announced that Carlo Ancelotti will take over as manager in a 3-year deal. Carlo Ancelotti’s contract at AC Milan has been terminated by mutual consent and technical…
Sunderland want Wigan to get relegated next season
Ahmed Bilal • May 26 2009By some accounts, Sunderland should have been relegated this season. They didn’t, and with Ellis Short due to complete a full buy-out of the north-east club, the Black Cats are…
Watch the 2009 Champions League Final Live – in Rome
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 8 2023There’s a good chance you’ll be watching the 08-09 Champions League final live on TV, or watching it live online. But what if you could be sitting in the Stadio…
08-09 Champions League Semifinals Preview
Ahmed Bilal • May 5 2009This year’s Champions League semifinals have a familiar look to them – after all, three of these teams also featured in the English FA Cup semifinals earlier this month and…
The Experiments Are Over: Bayern Munich Sack Klinsmann
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 28 2009Bayern Munich’s season has been a difficult one (and not just in the league) and after losing at home to Schalke hastened the inevitable. Jürgen Klinsmann has been sacked after…
Ryan Giggs and Ashley Young win PFA Awards
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 28 2009Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs has won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award for the first time in his career, while Ashley Young takes the PFA Young Player…
Manchester United 5-2 Tottenham – All The Goals
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 1 2009The article below refers to a previous United-Tottenham game. To watch the latest United-Tottenham game, click here. Manchester United went into half time 2 goals down to Tottenham but a…
Can Roy Keane Take Ipswich To The Premier League?
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 24 2009He’s back. Yes, as most of you would have heard yesterday, Roy Keane is back in football management, taking over at Ipswich and given the remit of getting Ipswich promoted…
West Ham: the first recession casualty in the Premier League?
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 17 2009The Guardian reckons that West Ham will be taken over by the banks who have control of Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson’s various assets. Some people see this as the inevitable outcome of…