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A Freestyler’s Journey From Viral Videos To Guest At Manchester United Training
Freestyler Tom Nolan has come a long way in his soccer skills journey. He started creating unique and diverse skills videos and ended up being a guest at his favorite club Manchester United’s practice during their tour in the States.
The 20-year-old Nolan has come a long way, born in Luton, England. He grew up with a ball always at his feet and would have to do exercises in the family garden basically as a chore before getting to relax and watch television.
Nolan grew up playing the game but eventually learned expectations can be grueling.
MLS Returns With Five Powerful Minutes Of Silence
MLS is back. More importantly, MLS is Black.
The MLS Is Back Tournament kicked off with a match between Inter Miami and Orlando City on Wednesday night on Field 17 in Orlando, Florida. The game was a mere backdrop to what unfolded beforehand.
AS Roma Pays Tribute To The Genius Of Legendary Film Composer Ennio Morricone
Born in Rome on Nov. 10, 1928, legendary composer Ennio Morricone died in Rome on July 6, 2020, at the age of 91. Morricone composed over 400 scores for cinema and TV, but it’s his score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly that’s considered “one of the greatest and most original” in film history.
For our younger readers, you’ll likely recognize one of the tracks — “The Ecstasy of Gold” — from the introduction to Jackass Number Two.
UP: Uplifting Stories From The Pitch, Episode 7, Soccer Is The World's Game
Kateryna Monzul Makes History As First Woman To Ref Ukrainian Cup Final
Kateryna Monzul will become the first female to take charge of the Ukrainian Cup final when Dynamo Kiev face Vorskla Poltava on Wednesday, the Ukrainian Football Association said on Monday.
Monzul, 39, was the first woman to referee a Ukrainian Premier League match when she took charge of Chornomorets Odesa against Volyn Lutsk in 2016.
She refereed the opening match of the 2015 Women's World Cup and the final between the United States and Japan as well as matches at the 2019 tournament including the quarterfinal.
Argentina Turns To ‘Metegol Humano’ For Football Under Social Distancing
Soccer-mad Argentines in the country's farm belt city of Pergamino have devised a clever way to keep playing while avoiding risk of spreading COVID-19: a human foosball pitch with zones for each player to avoid physical contact.
The innovative approach has captured the imagination in the South American nation famed for producing soccer legends Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona, even as the country has seen cases of the novel coronavirus spike in recent weeks.
Cádiz CF Eyeing Long-Awaited Return To LaLiga
Álvaro Cervera arrived in Cádiz after a three-year spell with Tenerife. It was mid-April when he took the job as manager, the season nearly over. Cervera was able to guide Cádiz CF to a fourth-place finish and promotion to the Spanish second division after six arduous years in the third tier. Four years on, El Submarino Amarillo is on the brink of a return to the promised land of LaLiga.
Gianluigi Buffon’s Contract Extension Begs The Question: Could He Play Forever?
I remember when, back in the fall of 2017, Andrés Iniesta put pen to paper on a lifetime contract with Barcelona. A part of me immediately understood that it was, in theory, merely symbolic (he would move to Vissel Kobe come summer), but there was a part of me that really wanted to learn that the contract was actually practical: Why not keep Iniesta in Barcelona’s midfield until the age of 76?
English Football Aims To Increase BAME Coaching Opportunities With New Initiative
An initiative aimed at increasing the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) coaches in English football has been launched by the Premier League, Football League and PFA.
The move followed comments from high-profile players such as Manchester City's Raheem Sterling who said few black players make the progression into full-time coaching roles.