Former Barcelona and Brazil striker Ronaldinho was being questioned by Paraguayan authorities on Thursday after arriving in the country with what police said was an adulterated Paraguayan passport.
Several years ago, The18 looked at different members of the animal kingdom partaking in the beautiful game. Since then more have joined including underwater footballers. Let’s take a look at the new animals playing soccer.
The fifth round of the FA Cup kicked off with Arsenal visiting League One side Portsmouth on Monday. Because rules makers in England are about as smart as blade of grass, just three of the eight matches this round will feature a VAR. The lunacy of this decision was highlighted by a horrific Lucas Torreira injury that went unpunished.
With the world and Serie A in chaos due to the spreading of coronavirus, here is some news that might put a smile on your face. In Poland’s top league, Ekstraklasa, a defender definitely didn't have a smile on his face for surely the lowest moment of his career.
It’s Friday, so let’s have a pizza party and head over to Domino’s Ligue 2 for the greatest goal you’ll ever see from a league sponsored by a subpar restaurant.
Less than a minute after keeper Brice Maubleu gave up a goal on a penalty kick, the French keeper scored an implausible goal from his own six-yard box.
Training sessions at Newcastle United will be a lot less cordial after manager Steve Bruce said on Friday that players and staff had been advised to avoid handshakes in a bid to prevent spreading coronavirus.
The United Kingdom now has 19 confirmed cases of coronavirus and Bruce said the club was not taking any chances.
"There's a ritual here that everybody shakes hands with everybody as soon as we see each other every morning; we've stopped that on the advice of the doctor," Bruce told a news conference ahead of Saturday's match against Burnley.
Over 1,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans were forced to wait an extra day after the team’s Europa League Round of 32 second leg was postponed due to hazardous weather. With nothing else to do in Salzburg, Austria, the Frankfurt fans went to a hockey game instead.
Frankfurt was scheduled to play Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday. With the game being postponed, a large portion of Frankfurt fans instead went to Red Bull’s farm hockey team game …. and rooted for the visiting Klagenfurt.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang thought he was the GOAT — 10 minutes later he was the goat.
Arsenal’s No. 14 scored a breathtaking bicycle kick with seven minutes left in extra time to briefly give Arsenal the lead in its Europa League matchup with Olympiakos. But Youssef El Arabi equalized in the 119th minute and Aubameyang missed a sitter right in front of the goal as Arsenal went crashing out of Europe. Olympiakos advanced on away goals with a 2-1 win on Thursday after a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal last week.
Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been charged by the Football Association for a post from his Snapchat earlier in February.