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.
The Middlesex Senior Charity Cup quarterfinal tie between Cockfosters (we are not making that team name up) and Hampton & Richmond Borough last Tuesday was notable for two reasons. Reason number one it ended in one of the longest penalty shootouts we have ever heard of, with Cockfosters winning 18-17 after 42 kicks. Reason number two is Martin Tyler was there.
Now, 42 is a number of spot-kicks bordering on the ridiculous, but that's not unheard of. What we really want to know is why a Sky Sports Premier League commentator was at a non-league game.
Former Sunderland player Adam Johnson was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for sexual contact with a child.
Johnson was found guilty of grooming a girl, then 15, in January 2015 because he is alleged to have found her sexually attractive.
Ryan Shawcross is a rough-and-tumble defender. He's part of that exclusive club of old-school, fearless defenders who never shy away from a challenge and throw around their hefty frames like a sack of flour into opposing players. It's a trait that Arsenal fans still loath him for after he broke Aaron Ramsey's leg with a late tackle, an injury that kept him out of action for almost a year (Editor's note: As an Arsenal fan, Ryan Shawcross' England career can go die in a hole).
Cess Fabregas took to Snapchat on Tuesday night to vent about a mandatory anti-doping test that took place at, get this, 11:30 PM. Fabregas, who makes $11.5 million per year to kick around a football for a few hours a day, sarcastically applauded UEFA officials who were simply carrying out the World Anti-Doping Agency code.
Joe Allen. Von Miller. Two men with seemingly nothing in common aside from being professional athletes. Two men who share a rare hobby: chickens.
Joe Allen on the front of Chicken & Egg magazine. Fair play. pic.twitter.com/ggbaBfs2Bo
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) March 22, 2016
There are a lot of people who like Daniel Sturridge. There are a lot of people who dislike Daniel Sturridge. There is one young Southampton fan who really dislikes Daniel Sturridge. Here he is during Sturridge's celebration after the Liverpool striker made it 2-0 against the Saints.
Young Southampton fan isn't impressed by Daniel Sturridge's goal pic.twitter.com/94JCMfSk9n