After scoring just two goals in the first five months of the Premier League season — prompting rampant speculation that the clock had struck midnight on his career and turned him into a pumpkin — Wayne Rooney has now scored four goals in his first three league matches of the new year (and five in four overall).
Though many will say this is proof of his resurgence, it’s actually just evidence of a new strategy that is proving effective for him.
John Terry has once again done what he does best: infuriate large swathes of humanity.
FIFA has given both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid one-year ban on registering new players in what is believed to be the most severe blow to the transfer rumor industry ever.
27′ gone & 0-0 between RCDE-Barça. Lively on the field & off with a ‘banner fest’ from home fans directed at Pique. pic.twitter.com/NYAD6PBfDP
— AS English (@English_AS) January 13, 2016
The second leg of Barcelona and Espanyol’s Copa del Rey derby was a heated one despite the Blaugrana building on their 4-1 lead from the first leg to advance on an aggregate score of 6-1.
Barcelona’s Troll Supreme, Gerard Pique, riled up their local rivals after the first leg by questioning their ability to fill their own stadium (“They call themselves the ‘marvelous minority’, and they’re in such a minority that they can’t even fill their ground. Let’s see whether they manage to fill it for the return leg, because the other day it wasn’t full.”). So Espanyol fans responded by continuing their inexcusable taunts about his family. Read more
You’re top of the table. Beating Liverpool 3-2 after coming back from 2-1 down. Olivier Giroud with a brace. Feeling good.
Adidas has released the new platinum Messi 15s to mark Leo’s fifth Ballon d’Or win. Platinum because “gold is for winners, platinum is for the greatest.” Perhaps a reference to the special “rare gold” Mercurials that Nike made for Cristiano Ronaldo after he won his third Ballon d’Or last year?
Dear Leo,
Even though I was forced to sit right next to you and could not avoid congratulating you at the Ballon d’Or gala, I wanted to write to you once again and share the deeper thoughts that you wouldn’t have been able to hear over the stunned gasps of disapproval that filled the room after your name was read.
Lets get nuts and do some awards for an award show, shall we?
Getting sued by the NFL for giving the finger during the Super Bowl halftime show is enough to make anyone try to be a little more subtle with their subversive acts. But as MIA has found out, subtlety isn’t enough to save you from sports entities’ threats of legal action.
A groom played the old switcheroo with his wedding reception toast, making it sound like he was saying wonderful things about his new wife and then revealing that he was actually talking about Mesut Ozil. Somehow, the couple didn’t immediately get a divorce.
To reward the groom’s bravery and the bride’s good humor, Mesut Ozil himself announced on Twitter that he would congratulate them in person and bring them to an Arsenal match.