For most people, it’s a chore to get them to call their parents every once in a while, even during Covid-19 lockdown. For former Tottenham legend Gary Mabbutt, it’s a daily ritual to call other folks’ parents.
Kazuyoshi Miura, the 53-year-old forward for J.League side Yokohama FC, began his career 34 years ago and is still going strong, wondering if he "can stay alive" without the sport after retiring.
Not that the man known fondly in Japan as 'King Kazu' is considering retiring anytime soon, despite being 20 years older than most of his team mates.
OL Reign rookie defender Madison Hammond uses her platform to inspire, change and raise awareness, and she really has wasted no time with her new professional status. Hammond was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she grew up in the Navajo and San Felipe Pueblo tribe. She grew up practicing ceremonial days and adopted customs of her native tribe for most of her childhood.
Then when she turned 9 she moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where her environment was much different than what it was in New Mexico.
It’s been almost four years since the LaMia Flight 2933 disaster which claimed the lives of 77 people, including 19 Chapecoense players. Of the three surviving players, two are still directly involved with the club.
When Arjen Robben announced his retirement last year at the age of 35, the world bid goodbye to an outrageously talented winger whose troublesome injury history appeared to have finally extinguished his desire to continue.
One of the finest talents of his generation, Robben certainly wasn’t made of glass — you don’t amass 96 Holland caps sitting in the recovery room — but only once did appear in more than 30 league matches in a single season, and that happened back in 2002-03 with PSV.