PUMA Club and Player Update
A weekly update of PUMA Contrcted Clubs and Players
Football…
PUMA have signed two new clubs for the 2010-11 season. Newcastle United and Burnley will endorse PUMA Football kits alongside high-flying Tottenham Hotspur. The signings of these two big clubs will ensure PUMA has good coverage in the higher leagues of English football.
African Cup of Nations 2010 Quarter Finals…
In the first all PUMA Quarter-Final tie, Ghana beat hosts Angola 1-0 to reach the Semi-Finals. In the second all PUMA tie, Algeria dramatically beat Ivory Coast 3-2 (aet) to progress. Don't forget to check out the new PUMA v1.10 Football Boots that are on show in the Cup
Other Quarter-Finals:
The third all PUMA tie takes place later on today with Egypt playing Cameroon, and then the fourth Quarter Final follows with Zambia playing Nigeria. There is guaranteed to be at least one PUMA endorsed team playing in the Final.
Cardiff City beat Bristol City 1-0 in an FA Cup replay. Cardiff then beat Leicester 4-2 on Saturday to set up a tie with Chelsea in the next round.
Reading beat new PUMA club Burnley 1-0 and now face a tie against West Bromwich Albion to progress into the Quarter Finals.
Peter Crouch scored the opener as Spurs drew 2-2 with a resilient Leeds.
Nicolas Anelka scored the first as Chelsea beat Preston North End 2-0 to progress in the competition.
The Championship…
Sheffield Wednesday won their third game in 3, since Alan Irvine took over. Wednesday beat Peterborough 2-1.
Rugby Union…
Heineken Cup…
Matthew Tait, who wears the PUMA v-Konstrukt III Rugby Boots scored a try in Sale’s 13-19 loss to Toulouse.
Andrew Trimble scored a brilliant solo try to help Ulster beat PUMA team Bath Rugby 10-28 at The Rec.
Tommy Bowe scored a try to help Ospreys beat Leicester Tigers 17-12 to progress into the Quarters.