Ronaldinho’s Paraguayan prison stay just got a whole lot better. In the most ironic twist possible, the prison holding Ronaldinho and his brother is hosting a futsal tournament for the inmates. Therefore, there is the huge possibility of Ronaldinho playing in prison.
Whether you’re watching, playing or officiating, soccer is a physical sport full of human-to-human contact. In addition to the action on the pitch, players and fans exchange handshakes, high-fives, hugs and more during the course of a game.
With this damn virus making the headlines every single day, it’s hard not to get exhausted from hearing about Coronavirus. One person not showing any signs of exhaustion is the RC Lens announcer who will do his job to the bitter end.
The country of France has banned gatherings greater than 1,000 people. This means the French football leagues are playing games either behind closed doors or with limited spectators.
People make requests to superstars and brands on Twitter all the time. It usually comes in the formula of “how many retweets/likes for X brand to do Y?” This time around a man bet his wife that if Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil replied to his tweet, they would name their new child Ozil.
Fresh off watching his Inter Miami franchise lose its inaugural match to LAFC at Banc of California Stadium back on March 1, the legend that is David Beckham made an appearance on Ellen to chat about his wife, kids, club ownership and the time he went trick-or-treating at Justin Bieber’s house.
A dramatic late goal from Carlos Tevez gave Boca Juniors the Argentine league title on Saturday, as the Buenos Aires club overcame Gimnasia 1-0 to pip their arch rivals River Plate on a breathtaking last day of the season.
River led the Superliga over Boca by a point going into their final round of games and could have guaranteed the title with a victory. However, they could only scrape a 1-1 draw away at Atletico Tucuman.
Senegalese midfielder Badou Ndiaye might be one of the cleverest footballers in the game. Or maybe he’s just got weird tastes.
During a Turkish Super Lig match against Gazisehir Gaziantep on Saturday, the Trabzonspor midfielder was handed a slip of paper with a change of tactics on it by teammate Filip Novak. Ndiaye had a peak, figured out what his coach wanted him to do and then faced a dilemma: What to do with the paper.
A week after Ben Foster put the biggest smile on a leukemia patient’s face, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford is now doing his part for the youth. The Man United man has been sidelined with a double stress fracture in his back since January, but with the extra time off trying to heal, Rashford has been doing some great things in his community.
Game recognizes game, but the basketball game had to look quite far down to recognize Eden Hazard. On Wednesday, before the Dallas Mavericks hosted the New Orleans Pelicans, Mavericks star Luka Doncic had a surprise guest waiting to meet him. You never would have thought 5 feet 9 inches looked so tiny.
To celebrate World Book Day, Chelsea stars recently read popular children’s books with the daunting task of trying not to laugh. Blues including Olivier Giroud, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and phenom Billy Gilmour all got their own personal book to read out loud on camera.
The books chosen were such classics as: “The Book with No Pictures,” "Who’s in the Loo?" and, who could forget, “I Need a New Bum!”