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Iniesta Sends Another Chinese Super Club Packing In Magical Champions League Run

In the history of the game, no player has captured both the UEFA Champions League and AFC Champions League in their career. Wouldn’t it be fitting if Andrés Iniesta — a four-time UCL winner and the most decorated Spanish footballer of all time — became the first?

Estadio Centenario de Montevideo declarado Monumento Histórico Nacional

El Estadio Nacional de Montevideo ha sido declarado Monumento Histórico Nacional.

El estadio también fue reconocido en 1983 por la FIFA como el único Monumento Histórico del Fútbol Mundial.

Se construyó en 1930 para albergar la primera Copa Mundial de la FIFA y para conmemorar el centenario de la independencia de Uruguay.

Uruguay no sólo ganó la Copa del Mundo de 1930 allí, sino que ha ganado cada una de las 4 Copas América que se han celebrado en el estadio.

El estadio seguirá siendo preservado como un centro de la cultura del fútbol en Uruguay.

Kevin Davies And The Art Of The Foul

When Kevin Davies took the field for Bolton Wanderers, the action on the pitch often resembled a barroom brawl rather than a soccer match.

Under manager Sam Allardyce, Davies consistently led the league in both fouls committed and fouls received, setting multiple records along the way.

Chronicles Of The Crest: AFC Ajax

On the morning of March 18, 1900, Floris Stempel created Football Club Ajax. Quite rare that time in sports, the team launched with their first graphic emblem.

The team's first logo featured an Ajax football player in the center of a circle, with the words "AMST. FOOTBALL-CLUB AJAX" around the outer ring.

The logo changed 11 years later when the team earned their first Erste Klasse title and moved to the top division.

Designers painted the shorts white and added a verticle red stripe to the T-Shirt. In 1928 the owners decided to associate the emblem with the name.

Guileful Gladbach Goons Launch Fireworks Outside Inter’s Hotel At 4 In The Morning

Inter Milan’s squad that traveled to Mönchengladbach didn’t get much sleep Monday night and Tuesday morning. A group of Gladbach goons can be thanked for that after they launched fireworks and other pyrotechnics at 4 a.m. outside the hotel where the Milan players were staying.

The Legend Of Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona will always be remembered as one of the all-time greats of the sport.

He proved himself from an early age, and found success on the club and international levels of play.

There were ups and downs in his career, but his impact is undeniable.

He had many legendary moments, and we only cover a few in this video.

Here's How Different The World Looked The Last Time Schalke Won A Game

To the surprise of nobody, Schalke lost again on Saturday in a pitiful 4-1 defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach. The defeat extended the club’s winless run in the Bundesliga to 25 games. Tasmania Berlin holds the all-time winless record in the Bundesliga with a 31-game winless streak.

World Cup Legend Papa Bouba Diop Dies Aged 42

Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who scored the first goal of the 2002 World Cup against France, has died at the age of 42, world governing body FIFA said on Sunday.

"FIFA is saddened to learn of the passing of Senegal legend Papa Bouba Diop. Once a World Cup hero, always a World Cup hero," the world governing body said in a statement on Twitter.

Chronicles Of The Crest: Chelsea FC

With a prominent badge recognized around the world, the history of Chelsea FC is very rich.

Starting in 1905, the team's logo featured a man in an army headdress.

The image was borrowed from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, where veterans of the British army were treated.

From 1952-1953 while the team awaited a new logo, a monogram of the letters "CFC" was used. In 1953, the new logo was complete.

It featured a blue lion taken from the family coat of arms of the Earl Cadogan Club.

In 1986, Ken Bates, the new owner, simplified and madernized the logo.

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