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.
Where the hell is Zlatan Ibrahimovic playing next season? What the hell do all these Zlatan transfer rumors mean?
One thing is for certain, he is leaving PSG. The Parisian municipal government won’t pony up the dough for a larger than life size statue of Zlatan, you know the one that’s gonna replace the Eiffel Tower. So just where is he set to go?
In two of the greatest developments to come out of Nike since some corporate honcho inadvertently created their slogan and logo after screaming “Just do it!” at some poor design team crafting a simple swoosh, Nike has finally solved the riddle of muddy cleats while simultaneously dropping the new Croatia home kit.
Manchester United legend-turned-pundit Rio Ferdinand has said that the Premier League doesn't have any of the best players in the world anymore and English teams in the Champions League suffer because of it. Ferdinand appeared in three Champions League finals, winning it once in 2008 and the veteran defender thinks that the league had more stars back when he won the trophy.
25 is an age that has garnered a new meaning in sports over the recent decade; back in the old days 25 might have meant you were a young man full of potential. Today, by the time you reach 25 the sports world has made up its mind on what you can be. So, today we will take a look across sports at the greatest athletes under 25.
5. Odell Beckham Jr.
30-year-old Giorgio Chiellini has been around the block a few times. As a central defender for Juventus and the Italian national team, he might as well be charged with upholding all that is holy, right, and effective in defense (I’m imagining him in an Atlas-esque pose, with a giant globe above him emblazoned with the word “Defense”). So when he tells us what it’s like to guard Messi and Ronaldo, we listen. We listen real good.
We previously wrote that Real Madrid fans are the worst fans in the world after they jeered Cristiano Ronaldo before their game against Celta Vigo. Ronaldo went on to score four goals in a 7-1 demolition, but that didn't seem to matter.
The second FIFA women’s football and leadership conference featured rousing calls from both Billie Jean King and Moya Dodd for more involvement from women in finding solutions to the ills which plague FIFA.
FIFA’s culture, spearheaded by the chauvinistic Sepp Blatter and his old boys' network of archaic cronies, was exposed as inadequate and in need of an overhaul after being rocked by scandal after scandal over the past few years.
Zinedine Zidane showed an impressive ability to manage Real Madrid’s notoriously fickle fan base during a press conference on Monday.
U.S. businessman Charlie Stillitano has raised some controversy with his remarks on Leicester City's remarkable run to the top of the Premier League this season. Stillitano is the Co-founder and Chairman of Relevent Sports, the company behind the preseason tournament known as the International Champions Cup. He also hosts a radio show called "The Football Show" on Sirius/XM radio, on which he made the remarks.