BEIJING/SHANGHAI — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a friendly match before leaving a storied European career to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent.
A viral clip of Selena Gomez yelling from the sidelines of what looks like a pickup soccer game has spread like wildfire on the internet. Seriously, look up “Selena Gomez at soccer game” and you will have at least 50 different articles pop up in your face.
Ironically, I’m sort of doing the same thing right now.
The 30-year-old singer posted a video to her TikTok of her yelling out to some soccer players, “I’m single! I’m a little high maintenance, but I’ll love you sooooo much!”
The video already has over 26 million views in the span of 20 hours.
Brad Guzan made nine saves to secure a road point for Atlanta United in a 0-0 draw with Los Angeles FC on Wednesday.
The draw extended unbeaten streaks for both teams. Atlanta is 1-0-4 in its past five MLS games, while Los Angeles is 2-0-2 in its past four.
The result had the feel of two lost points for LAFC (7-1-5, 26 points) given how the home team dominated play. Los Angeles outshot Atlanta United by a 22-4 margin, including an 8-0 edge in shots on target.
A top-of-the-table clash between regional rivals Independiente Rivadavia and Deportivo Maipú in the Primera Nacional (Argentina's second tier) on Saturday night went viral for a number of reasons.
The must-see video is of Independiente supporters celebrating the approaching full-time whistle with an insane display of pyrotechnics. Incredibly, Deportivo Maipú almost scored an equalizer with the final kick of the match while all this was going on, but Independiente held on for a 2-1 win to supplant their rivals at the top of the Zone B table.
The hit show “Ted Lasso” concluded its third and final season this week and has left fans with a gaping hole where Ted’s humor once sat. Without spoiling anything, most fans of the show were pleased with the happy ending but will find themselves longing for more.
Ted Lasso’s character isn’t new to American fans of the Premier League. The character played by Jason Sudeikis debuted on our screens all the way back in 2013 for a promotional Premier League on NBC video. Sudeikis played the familiar character of an American coach in London.
José Mourinho couldn’t keep his perfect record in European finals intact on Wednesday as his Roma side fell to Sevilla 1-1 (4-1 on penalties) in the Europa League final.
Mourinho has now won five of the six European finals he’s managed in.
Roma opened the scoring in the 34th minute through Paulo Dybala. The Argentine was a surprise start after missing the last seven weeks with injuries, most recently an ankle issue.
Forward Paulo Dybala could miss AS Roma's Europa League final against six-time champions Sevilla, manager José Mourinho said on Thursday.
The 29-year-old Argentine, who has scored 16 goals and has eight assists across all competitions this season, is yet to recover full fitness after picking up an ankle injury at the end of last month.
Two West Ham United fans became heroes on Thursday after their side defeated Dutch opponent AZ Alkmaar 1-0 (3-1 aggregate) in the Europa Conference League to advance to the final.
After the final whistle a group of AZ ultras came through one of the gates separating the traveling West Ham fans and the Dutch home supporters. Dressed in all black, the AZ fans were going after the family section of the West Ham players.
When you see a pitch invader waving a flag, running naked and/or evading security personnel on TV, it is because their plan has succeeded. But among those who reach the glory, there are also plenty of pitch invaders whose dreams die before they can set foot on the grass.
Take, for instance, this Club América fan who tried to enter the Alfonso Lastra field but instead became the poster boy for one of the most embarrassing pitch invasion attempts in recorded history.
AEK Athens secured their first Super League Greece title since 2018 by beating Volos 4-0 on Sunday at OPAP Arena, and supporters celebrated beating Panathinaikos and Olympiacos to the crown by nearly burning their own stadium to the ground.
This is a scene you'd never get in MLS since "fireworks of any kind including, but not limited to, flares, smoke bombs, incendiary devices and pyrotechnics" are strictly prohibited. We're softer than Charmin over here.
The Super League, however, clearly doesn't have a Fan Code of Conduct.