UFC Fighter Embarrasses Neymar With Rainbow Flick
Neymar got a little more than he bargained for when he played in an exhibition game with UFC champion Jose Aldo.
Europe
Zlatan Believes He Is 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, And 5th Best Swede Of All Time
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has finished second on a list put together by a Swedish media publication of 150 greatest Swedish sporting people of all time. As you probably should have guessed, he was not happy. Zlatan may have been placed behind Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg, but you can bet his reaction has firmly cemented him as #1 in our hearts.
Watch Every Goal From The Man Outscoring Messi
Alexandre Lacazette is having a breakout year for Olympique Lyon in Ligue 1, the French first division. He has scored 17 goals in all competitions, far and away the most in Ligue 1, and two more than the walking legend that is Lionel Messi.
According to WhoScored.com, Lacazete is the fourth highest-rated player in the world this season, and after watching this video, you will understand why.
Santa Neymar Wishes You A Merry Christmas
2014 was a tough year for Barcelona. They went trophyless, which is shocking by their standards and given the talent they have. They finished second behind Atletico Madrid in La Liga, got beaten by Los Colchoneros in the quarterfinals of Champions League and finished second to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey.
12 Little-Known Football Facts For The 12 Days of Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve, and by now each and every one of you will be knee-deep in the “festive period”: your credit cards will be maxed out, the onset of gout is just around the corner, and your liver is the complexion and consistency of a duck pate that’s been sat in the sun too long.
Holiday Break Roundup: Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A
With the exception of the Barclays Premier League (which doubles down on the number of matches), the other elite European leagues have shut down for the Christmas window. During this period in which the clubs can rest, relax, evaluate, and prepare for the opening of the transfer window in January, we at The18 wanted to take stock of where things stand at the intermission:
La Liga (Spain):
Matches Resume January 3, 2015
Ronaldo Has A New Statue. And Something Is In Its Pocket (Or It Is Pretty Excited To See You).
Cristiano Ronaldo is from Madeira, a little island off of the coast of Portugal and it is not surprising that his persona is probably the biggest export to come from the petite island. The Real Madrid goal-scoring machine (who has 25 goals in 15 La Liga matches) has a museum dedicated to his likeness on the island, and this past weekend they added another memento to honor the Portuguese star: A statue.
Except there are two problems with this statue.
#1: It looks nothing like Cristiano Ronaldo:
The Biggest Names And Brightest Stars That Might Move In January
2014 is drawing to a close, but the January transfer window is just starting to heat up. Here are our predictions for the star players most likely to be on the move in the new year.
Parents Dressed In Tribal Garb Embarrass Star Player
As children growing up, who didn't think, “Do our parents deliberately try to embarrass us?” Or, perhaps infinitely more importantly, “Is there some sort of unspoken competition between the parents of the world to see who can embarrass their children the most thoroughly?”
Well, if that damnable league does exist, we would like to introduce you to its perennial champions: Mr. and Mrs. Sisto.
14 Great Thierry Henry Moments
Thierry Henry retired yesterday, and we put together the top moments of his career.