Neymar transfer rumors have circulated almost since he stepped foot on the training ground at Paris Saint-Germain. Such is the nature of European soccer, with its escalating transfer fees and dueling ownership groups. Although for a time it appeared that Real Madrid would replace Ronaldo with Neymar, it now looks increasingly likely that Neymar will stay at PSG for at least another season.
After England made it through to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-0 victory over Sweden, English fans went berserk. In Samara, Russia, fans behaved themselves, but in East London, fans had another thing in mind: the local Ikea store.
Many videos went viral as England fans raided the Ikea store singing the lyrics to “Three Lions,” all while jumping on the Swedish company’s beds.
When Denmark and Croatia fell into a penalty shootout after a 1-1 deadlock, Denmark’s Nicolai Jorgensen failed to deliver. With that failure, the 27-year-old doomed himself to the role of a lifetime: the third villain in the next John Wick flick.
Jorgenson also received an alarming amount of online abuse — the Danish Football Association (DFA) even reported death threats!
On Tuesday, the Danish FA tweeted this:
How fast is Kylian Mbappe? That was the question preying on everyone’s mind after the 19-year-old French phenom tore away from three Argentina players before threatening to do the same to Marcos Rojo, causing the defender to take him down in the box for an early penalty to France. Mbappe is frighteningly quick. He eats distances in the blink of an eye with his flowing stride, and he’s as capable of tearing off on a thundering run in the 90th minute as he is in the first. He’s non-stop.
Jose Mourinho is world-renowned for his managerial prowess, but before the World Cup started, he had a go at predicting which teams would make it out of the group stages.
Truth be told, he threw up a number of surprises. But can we expect anything less than that from the Special One? First, let’s revisit his predictions in this video.
GROUP A: Uruguay (1st), Russia (2nd)
If you are peruser of a thing called The Internet then you’ve undoubtedly been inundated with the images and headlines of Germany’s World Cup devastation. The reigning world champ went out on Wednesday in shocking fashion, finishing last in the group thanks to two stoppage time goals from South Korea.
The 2018 World Cup has seen a ton of goals scored via a set piece. Is it enjoyable to watch? Heck yeah it is. If you are a casual fan of the World Cup, you might be asking the question — what on earth is a set piece?
Well, here’s a mini crash course guide to set pieces in soccer.
A set piece happens when play needs to be restarted from either the ball going out of play for a corner kick or a throw in, and a set piece can also happen if there is a foul.
Diego Maradona is having himself one hell of a World Cup. And you know what? It might be just what Argentina needs.
Maradona lived and died with La Albiceleste on Tuesday. Facing elimination, Argentina survived with a 2-1 win over Nigeria thanks to an unlikely savior, though the scapegoat was the same as usual. It was just enough to see Argentina advance in second place in Group D, well behind Croatia, which put Iceland away 2-1.
Switzerland secured a come-from-behind victory over Serbia in an enthralling match the Swiss won 2-1. Two world-class goals from Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri secured the three points for Switzerland, but the win was overshadowed by the Shaqiri and Xhaka goal celebration.
Yep, a simple goal celebration received more attention that the victory for the Swiss.
You may be asking — why on earth would a goal celebration hold such significance? Well, strap yourself in for a bit of a history lesson.
Australia: the land of Vegemite, beautiful beaches, plenty of animals that want to kill you, a plethora of other animals that likely won’t kill you but could if they wanted to and the mighty Socceroos.
It turns out Australia is home to animal pitch invaders as well. More specifically, it's home to a pitch-invading kangaroo.