Association football

We are still one year away from it, but Brazil's heart is already beating faster.

The Brazilian generous heart leaps up when confronted with two of its passions: Welcoming people from all over the world and competing with enthusiasm and fair play in a superb sport performance.

The Specialized Criminal Court started on Tuesday the trial against Bulgarian businessman Grisha Ganchev.

Ganchev was indicted earlier this year with charges of tax evasion worth over BGN 711 000.

Along with nine others, he allegedly took part in an organized criminal gang.

Famous Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Spanish giants Real Madridi has reportedly gifted a Greek island he owned to his long life agent and mentor, Jorje Mendes. The Portuguese footballer gave the island to his agent as a wedding gift, according to Portuguese newspaper ‘Move Noticias’. Ronaldo was Mendes’s best man at his wedding.

Players from FC Ashdod (Israel) were chased from the pitch by Bulgarian football fans during a match with CSKA Sofia played in Bulgaria's capital on Sunday.

Ashdod was leading 1-0 in the very last minutes of the game. At the time two Israeli players had been handed the red cards over foul play.

The executive board of the leading telecommunications company in Bulgaria - VIVACOM unanimously decided to become the sponsor of Levski Sofia football club for the next calendar year.

The players of Levski will be wearing jerseys bearing the name of the new sponsor in the derby against the reigning football champion Ludogorets in Razgrad on Saturday.

Fiorentina?s German international Mario Gomez has become the latest world star to set up shop in the Turkish Super League after signing a two-year loan deal with Istanbul?s Be?ikta?.

The German international?s arrival follows that of other well-known players in the league, including Ricardo Quaresma, Robin Van Persie, Nani, Lukas Podolski and Sameul Eto?o.

Bulgaria's reigning football champion Ludogorets signed on Wednesday a contract with the Brazilian player Natanael Batista Pimienta.

Before coming to Razgrad, the 24-year-old left back played for the Brazilian team Atletico Paranaense, where he recorded 55 games and scored one goal and seven assists.

A major crisis surfaced in the Spor Toto Super League club Trabzonspor July 28, one day before a Europe League qualification stage game.

Greek club Panathinaikos managed to turn a 1 goal deficit into a 2-1 victory against Belgian club Bruges. Bruges scored first in the 10th minute, but Pana equalised in the 37th min after they had missed a penalty shot earlier. The winning goal for the greens was scored in the 65th minute through another penalty. Pana were playing with 10 men from the 44 min in the first half.

Watch the ten best goals as selected by UEFA for the 2014-15 season in all competitions across Europe. Some of the big names like Messi, Ronaldo Neymarr etc of the top football clubs of Europe are among the candidates. The winner will be announced on August 27 during the UEFA Champions’ League group stage draw for the 2015-16 season. Enjoy 9 of the ten:

Lionel Messi