When you hear Lionel Messi speak about Wayne Rooney, sometimes it’s like he is talking about himself. Of course, Messi is too humble to ever talk about himself in as glowing terms as you are about to read, but it is easy to see how his words could be founded in an appreciation of a kindred spirit.
We'll give Leicester City left back Christian Fuchs this: he's ballsy. The 29-year-old plays for the Premier League leaders, and has decided that after he retires from being a professional athlete, he wants to become a professional athlete.
Per Sky Sports, Fuchs wants to give American football a shot after his legs get too old and weary to carry him around a soccer field. He would be a kicker, obviously:
Dimitri Payet has 13 goals in all competitions this year. Five of them are on free-kicks coming off of his golden right foot. Sure, there are a lot of amazing free-kick takers out there, but I'm going to go ahead and just give Payet the title of "Free-Kick King". His right footed curling rockets have been giving goalkeepers fits since his return from an ankle injury in January and he's been key in keeping West Ham in the hunt for a top four finish. Go ahead a watch all of his golazo's from set peices this year. The best one, probably his rip from 30+ yards out against Russia.
Arsene Wenger knows his way around a youth prospect. He is the man responsible for bringing along Thierry Henry, Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Hector Bellerin, just to name a few. Most of those players are no longer at Arsenal, but it was under Wenger that they developed into the players they became. Wenger has made youth development the calling card of Arsenal, and this weekend the latest product of that was on full display.
The BBC has reported that Aston Villa have suspended Gabi Agbonlahor indefinitely. The veteran forward was pictured smoking a shisha pipe while on holiday in Dubai, and the club has suspended him from playing, pending an internal investigation. Here's the thing about that though: Does it really matter?
The NCAA Tournament will reach it’s climax this coming Saturday and Monday as the four teams who made progressed so far (North Carolina, Syracuse, Oklahoma, Villanova) square off to see who is this year’s king of hoops. Even if your bracket has been or is completely ruined, chances are you might be tuning in to see who will prevail, as this year’s field promises to bring some compelling drama.
With only a handful of games remaining across the top divisions in England, Spain, Germany and Italy, clear title favorites are beginning to emerge while pretenders are falling by the wayside. With the finest of margins separating this season’s elite, predicting the title winners in Europe’s top four leagues remains a tricky process.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump, a.k.a. Donald Drumpf, a.k.a. the Vulgar Talking Yam, a.k.a. F***face Von Clownstick, is actually a big soccer fan.
He likes the game so much he actually helped draw the FA Cup quarterfinals in 1992.
Sleaford Town FC vs. Boston was just another British lower-league game. At least that's what it appeared to be at the beginning.
Sleaford Town's Twitter account stole the show, mostly because the dude tweeting had to stop updating because he was subbed on in the second half.
So, here's the deal: supposedly, there is actually a Jamie Vardy movie in the works. No, seriously. The English striker's rise from factory worker playing non-league soccer to Premier League record-breaker has apparently perked up the ears of executives in Hollywood. The man behind the movie, Adrian Butchart, is the man behind the "Goal!" trilogy and he has reportedly started the conversation on getting a Vardy movie made.