Peculiar red cards are given every once in a blue moon during professional games, but a Croatian player on Dinamo Zagreb may have taken the throne for the most bizarre. This Bruno Petkovic red card during his penalty kick routine is a new one.
Strangest sending off ever?!
Bruno Petkovic got a red for taking a penalty for Dinamo vs Istra! pic.twitter.com/laVIbgmU24
The first 2021 award winner for the USWNT was revealed on Tuesday morning with the Goal of the Year being announced. The USWNT Goal of the Year 2021 nominees included a list of sensational goals. Here’s a quick refresher on what fans could vote for.
All of them were pretty great, but what was favorite goal of 2021?
LONDON — Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said the decision to strip Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of the club captaincy following a disciplinary breach was in the best interests of the club.
Arteta said he had broken the news to the Gabon international during a face to face meeting -- conceding it was an unpleasant situation to be dealing with.
Aubameyang will not be considered for selection for Wednesday's Premier League game at home to West Ham United.
Manchester City defeated Wolverhampton 1-0 on Saturday in a game that featured 10 heroic Wolves and one silly boy named Raúl Jiménez. The Mexican striker managed to get himself sent off moments before halftime with two yellow cards in 31 seconds. The Jiménez yellow cards vs Man City must be some sort of record.
En siete años y medio de carrera en Europa, Raúl Jiménez nunca había sido expulsado. Hasta ahora. El mexicano tuvo su primera vez este sábado durante la visita del Wolverhampton al Manchester City, luego de una acción completamente evitable.
El descalabro de Jiménez comenzó a cocinarse en el tiempo de descuento de la primera parte, cuando el partido aún estaba empatado sin goles.
While Bayern Munich has been dominant lately in the Bundesliga, it will be without a key player until the New Year.
Midfielder Joshua Kimmich, who hasn't played since Nov. 6 due to COVID-19, is set to miss the rest of the month due to a lung problem that arose from his bout with the illness.
The brand new semi-automated offside technology is being used at the Arab Cup 2021 and it might have just ruled out the goal of the tournament. The Arab Cup offside ruling during the group stage game between United Arab Emirates and Mauritania on Friday has my blood boiling.
An intriguing Thursday evening fixture between two struggling Premier League giants quickly devolved into controversy when Arsenal scored a goal while Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea was down injured.
The sequence started with an Arsenal corner whipped in by Martin Ødegaard. As the ball went up, Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea had his right heel accidentally stepped on by his teammate, Fred.
De Gea went down in pain but play continued, and Arsenal's Emil Smith-Rowe put the ball in the back of the net from the edge of the penalty area.
Nasser Al Khater, CEO of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, spoke to the media on Tuesday reassuring that LGBTQ+ fans will be allowed to attend soccer’s biggest tournament next year. The assurance from Al Khater wasn’t completely transparent as LGBTQ+ supporters will need to be wary during their trip to Qatar.
América y Chivas no tienen ya nada que hacer en el Apertura 2021, sin embargo, ambos equipos se roban los titulares debido a un bombástico rumor: el posible intercambio entre Sebastián Córdova y Uriel Antuna, dos de sus más promisorias figuras.
Todo comenzó con este tuit:
EXCLUSIVA
Atención aficionados de Chivas y América: El siguiente torneo podríamos ver a Uriel Antuna como nuevo jugador del América y Sebastián Cordova pasaría a las Chivas.