Just a day after the body of Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala was found in plane wreckage at the bottom of the English Channel, the footballing world is again in mourning after a devastating fire struck Flamengo’s training center in Rio de Janeiro on Friday morning.
David Beckham will become the first player honored with a statue at a Major League Soccer stadium.
Beckham — a player with just 118 appearances in the league — is getting the highest honor a club can bestow upon a player, as the LA Galaxy are planning to unveil a statue of the midfielder before the MLS season opener against the Chicago Fire on March 2 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
By an odd quirk in this universe in which we live, four of the best footballers on the planet — in particular, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar — were born on the same day of the year: February 5.
For a couple years, Andrey Arshavin was one of the most exciting footballers in the world. Today, people are asking: Is Arshavin dead?
It’s true Arshavin dropped off the face of the British-centric soccer world when he left Arsenal to return to his native Russia in 2013. He only just retired in December 2018, after a few years with Zenit Saint Petersburg, Kuban Krasnodar and Kairat. That last club plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, so you’d be excused for not knowing about it, but the Russian winger did score nine goals in 31 league appearances in 2018.
Late Monday night, I finally completed the main story of Red Dead Redemption 2. The masterpiece created by Rockstar Games is massive and beautiful (though it was by no means the best game I’ve played in the last year). Given the success of the game, the developers of the FIFA series over at EA Sports could learn a few things from RDR2.
Leeds United defeated Derby County 2-0 on Friday to extend its lead atop the English League Championship to five points over Norwich. But all anyone wants to talk about is England’s version of SpyGate, with Leeds United spying on Derby on Thursday.
Leeds coach Marcelo Bielsa admitted to having a staff member watch Derby County practice ahead of the Friday’s match, which pitted the No. 1 and No. 6 teams in England’s second division.
Jasmine Lennard, one in a long list of Cristiano Ronaldo girlfriends, does not like the Juventus No. 7 and wants the world to know.
Lennard, somewhat of a reality TV star and model in the UK, used Twitter on Tuesday to denounce Ronaldo and support Kathryn Mayorga, who has accused the Portuguese striker of raping her in Las Vegas in 2010 and has recently sought to have their out-of-court settlement voided.