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Media Football
Media football is a version of football in which the teams are mainly made up of celebrities (influencers, actors, business stars, etc.). Media football emerged and developed in Russia in the late 2010s, although Russian teams have held matches between celebrities before. History In 2017, Russian YouTubers who make content based on the ''FIFA'' video game series united in the 7F United team. The squad included , PandaFx, Finito, German El Classico Popkov, Stavr, Den4ik Flomasteroff and Goodmax. They recorded football challenges, but the channel did not last long due to organizational difficulties. In 2018, after the FIFA World Cup, Popkov decided to revive the idea of creating a media football club and invite "fifers" and football bloggers to the project under the temporary name German's Team. Football matches came to replace the challenges, and in August 2018 the team was named Amkal. In 2020, Popkov organized the , in which 12 teams participated. Among the participants wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afisha
''Afisha'' ''( rus, link=no, Афиша — "Poster")'' was a Russian entertainment and lifestyle magazine published from April 1999 to December 2015 in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and 12 other Russia's major cities. In its peak years ''Afisha'''s readership reached approximately 1.5 million people. Its online version remains one of Russia’s most popular media brands with a monthly Internet audience of more than 4.5 million. History Founded in April 1999 by Moscow journalist Ilya Oskolkov-Tsentsiper, American entrepreneur Andrew Paulson and businessman Anton Kudryashov ''Afisha'' was intended as Moscow's version of Time Out which Oskolkov-Tsentsiper and Paulson tried and failed to license. It quickly outgrew its initial purpose as a bi-weekly listing magazine and ended up having a profound effect on Moscow’s cultural and nightlife scene. In the next 10 years Afisha turned into a Russia's leading publishing house by launching an array of spin-off publications such as monthly trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Football League
Media Football League (MFL; ) is a Russian football tournament for Media football, media teams. History Nikolay Osipov founded the MFL in 2022. During the second season, Osipov announced that his own stadium with an orange lawn would be built. In October 2022, it became known that the Medialiga would have a second division. At the end of the same month, news also appeared that Medialiga could begin to be broadcast on the Match TV channel. The first season of the league, which lasted from April to July 2022, was attended by 2DROTS, LFC Roma, Starmix, Na Sporte, Match TV, Basement, FC Art, SD Family, Reality and Broke Boys. In the end, which took place on July 10 at VTB Arena, in the presence of 11,000 spectators, 2DROTS beat Basement with a score of 4:0 and became the league champion and won a prize of 5 million rubles. After that, the acting president of the Russian Premier League, Alexander Alaev, said that the winner of the league could get the right to participate in the Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |