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Apparently, The Only Thing Bigger Than A World Cup Is Texas High School Football
The Women’s World Cup going on in France right now is the biggest sporting event of the year. But don’t tell that to Texas high school football fans.
Because nothing is bigger than high school football in rural Texas, the sign for a middling high school football team showed up in Paris behind FOX’s studio in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
Carli Lloyd May Have Future As NFL Wide Receiver After Ridiculous Catch
Should the U.S. women’s national team make it to the final, it will play seven matches in just under a month. But what do USWNT players do on their days off?
Apparently, they play football from hotel balconies.
Carli Lloyd posted a video to Instagram on Thursday of her making an incredible catch on a football thrown to her from what appears to be at least three stories up and about 40 yards away. Just watch:
Pro Tennis Match Turns Into Impressive Soccer Tennis Midpoint
The French love their soccer. They won the World Cup last summer and, as current hosts, are among the favorites to lift the Women’s World Cup this summer.
Even the country’s tennis stars are catching football fever.
During a recent first-round match at the Noventi Open in Germany, Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Benoit Paire showed off some impressive soccer skills on Tuesday.
Paire lost his racket on the serve and didn’t have time to pick it up before Tsonga’s return. So Paire, midpoint, switched the game to soccer tennis.
Kylian Mbappé Chills With LeBron, Goes To NBA Finals And Throws Out First Pitch At Dodgers Game
Fresh off scoring his 100th career goal during France’s 4-0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying victory over Andorra, 20-year-old French sensation Kylian Mbappé boarded a plane for the United States, where he’s since been spotted at Nike’s World Headquarters, chilling with LeBron James, at game six of the NBA Finals and throwing out the first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers game.
We’ll probably have to wait another couple decades to see Mbappé in MLS, but it’s clear that he enjoys his time spent stateside. Of course, it’s hard not to when the red carpet is rolled out wherever you go.
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Canelo Álvarez Practices The Sweet Science, But He Also Loves The Beautiful Game
One of the most well-known Mexican boxers right now, Canelo Álvarez definitely did not play soccer growing up. He's been fascinated with boxing since the age of 13, and he would go on to become a professional at 15 years of age. But is there a Canelo Alvarez favorite soccer team?
The Guadalajara-born fighter has become this generation’s Mexican star. Mexico has often done great in the world of boxing, and Álvarez is carrying the torch passed on to him by past greats of the sport.
How Game Of Thrones Viewership Numbers Stack Up With Soccer In The U.S.
Game of Thrones is over, the fate of the Iron Throne decided. Like this recent Premier League season, the final six episodes of HBO’s smash hit were full of twists and turns before coming to a slightly unsatisfying end. But how do Game of Thrones viewership numbers stack up against the Premier League and other soccer events?
18 Soccer Players Who Are UFC Fans And Aren’t Afraid To Show It
On the face of it, soccer and MMA have little in common. One relies on teamwork, creativity and knocking a ball around; the other relies on strength, power and endurance. But there are more soccer players who are UFC fans than you might think, despite their differences.
From Cristiano to Zlatan, footballers have been inspired by UFC fighters (and sometimes vice versa).