Showing posts with label Nike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nike. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY DIFFERENT KIT MANUFACTURERS ARE SUPPLYING THE 16 EURO 2012 FINALISTS?

At the UEFA Euro 2012 championship been co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, four kit manufacturers supplied the 16 teams at the tournament and they are the following:




Adidas (Spain, Greece, Germany, Denmark, Russia & Ukraine),

Nike (Netherlands, Poland, France, Portugal & Croatia),

Umbro (Sweden, Ireland & England) 

Puma (Czech Republic & Italy).

Friday, November 18, 2011

DO YOU KNOW WHY IVAN ZAMORANO WORE THE 1+8 SHIRT NUMBER WHILE AT INTER MILAN?

1+8 shirt man
Chilean striker Iván Zamorano wore the number 9 jersey for Inter Milan of Italy until a sponsorship deal with Nike saw Ronaldo de Lima (who was originally assigned number 10) given the traditional strikers' number. When this happened, they gave him the number 18 jersey, but Zamorano added a plus (+) sign between the two numbers (actually, 1+8=9). He was nicknamed Bam Bams (for Bamm-Bamm, a character from The Flintstones), and Iván el Terrible ("Ivan the Terrible").