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Lionel Messi has been raked over the coals by the Human Rights Foundation, a non-for-profit organization.

Miguel “El Piojo” Herrera just took the Mexican National Team to a Gold Cup championship win against Jamaica earlier this week. This calls for a celebration right? Well, the win feels a bit hollow if you think about it. Mexico’s run in the tournament was mired in officiating controversy and allegations of corruption. Not only that, but Miguel Herrera reportedly punched a journalist in the neck on the way to his flight at the airport.

Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels had a terrible season in 2014/15, and so did the rest of his team. Good teams have slow starts all of the time, so it was hard to take their slide seriously at first. Then the team was in the relegation zone in week 10, and then dead last all the way into week 19, and it was impossible to call what was happening at Dortmund just a slow start; it was a full blown crisis. 

Well, Graham Cummins is going to be famous on the internet now. The Irishman, who plays for St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership, did something we at The18 have not seen before.

HOW?! St Johnstone forward Graham Cummins somehow managed to get his eyelid caught in his tracksuit zip! pic.twitter.com/bNj3drY84j

— The Football Café (@thefootballcafe) July 24, 2015

Shirt sponsorships, love them or hate them, are among the biggest sources of income a club receives each season in order to continue paying for their high expenses. Over £200 million will be made across the Premier League from shirt sponsorships alone. Of course a majority of the money comes from the top 6 clubs, who display companies like Chevrolet, Yokohama, Fly Emirates, and Etihad Airways. 

Wayne Rooney was predicted to become one of the best strikers in the world when he made his debut for Everton in 2002 at only 16 years old. He later fulfilled the hype at Manchester United, where he was sold for £25.6.

Eleven years later Rooney is set to make every Everton’s fan dream come true by putting that blue jersey back on for dear friend and mentor Duncan Ferguson, who is set to have his testimonial this summer.

Celia Sasic, one of the most pivotal German women to put on her country’s shirt, has announced her retirement from football at the age of 27. Her efforts during the 2015 Women’s World Cup has earned her the title of top scorer in the competition. Her match against the Ivory Coast during the group stages was enough to convince anyone that they would have won the whole competition had the USA not burst their dream. 

Since their promotion back to the Premier League in 2013, Crystal Palace have been one of the most impressive newly promoted clubs. Finishing eleventh in their first season back to top flight football, they have continued to improve on that record both in the table and within their squad. 

When Real Madrid signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in 2009, the entire city lost their minds as they knew they had just completed the transfer of one of the worlds best forwards. The Bernabeu was filled with Madridistas cheering on Ronaldo as he walked down a long platform in the number 9 shirt. 

There is Sunday League defending, and then there is Micronesian National Team defending. Their past three games against Tahiti, Fiji, and Vanuatu have had higher scores than a basketball game.