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Nike has launched a new iPhone app targeting footy fans - or at least those who want to get off their sofas and develop their skills.

Nike Football+ Presents: Master Control is its slightly cumbersome title, and it's free to download from the App Store.

The application offers a four-week skills training programme designed by coaches from FC Barcelona, complete with videos. Stars included in the app are Pep Guardiola, Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas.

Arsenal fans may wonder why their captain is appearing in a Barca-dominated iPhone app. Perhaps Nike really does have an inside line to future transfers...

The application also includes a Fabregas-branded Challenge, which lets users benchmark their skills and post scores to a global leaderboard.

For the first time I'm going to talk about an IPhone application which is a must for supporters that want to follow soccer leagues.

Campionato is an IPhone application wrtten by two great Italian coder: Stefano Sanna and Roberto Fraboni with the help of Simone Marinelli and Maurizio Terzo.

It's mainly about Italian Serie A for which presents the following features:

• Live info;
• Matches live scores;
• Match details;
• Fixtures;
• Updated tables;
• Players rankings;
• Info about teams and stadiums;
• Maps integration for stadiums localization;
• Favourite team choice;
• Links to teams and general soccer websites

For the other leagues it is possible get the live scores. The supported leagues are:

• Premier League (England);
• Primera Division (Spain)
• Bundesliga I (Germany)
• Ligue I (France)
• Eredivisie (Holland)
• Superliga (Portugal)
• Premier Liga (Russia)

The applications is available on the AppStore