Time waits for no one at FC Barcelona, but there’s a feeling in Catalonia that this squad — the club’s youngest in the last decade — has an incredibly promising core of young talent centered around the likes of Ansu Fati, Francisco Trincão and Sergiño Dest.
A Jamaican striker chose to ignore the "friendly" aspect of his country’s friendly against Saudi Arabia as he scored one of the most savage goals you’ll ever see. This Javon East goal vs Saudi Arabia is 100% strength as he completely demolishes a defender before tucking away the game-winning goal.
Get some popcorn and let’s watch East embarrass a defender.
Javon East POWERS his way to a second goal for the Reggae Boyz pic.twitter.com/HcAlHYtTaQ
Meet the best Mexican to ever play in the Premier League, Raúl Jiménez.
Raul’s first steps in soccer were in the lower ranks of Club América, where he stood out at an early age.
Raúl Jiménez was part of the Tri Olímpico in the 2012 Summer Olympics, taking home a gold medal.
In 2013, Jiménez won the CONCACAF Goal Of The Year Award for his bicycle kick goal against Panama.
Jimenez moved to Europe in 2014 when he signed for Atlético de Madrid.
In 2018, Wolverhampton signed Jiménez for 30 million euros.
David Beckham has closed a $20 million deal with Netflix for his new documentary. The former England captain will be the subject of a documentary, co-produced by his production company, Studio 99. The documentary will take viewers inside Beckham's rise to fame as a soccer player and international icon.
US Women's soccer legend Megan Rapinoe and WNBA superstar Sue Bird are finally engaged. This power couple announced their engagement on Instagram on October 31st, 2020.
Few players create a lasting impact on the game like Maradona has. Once the greatest player in the world, Maradona has imprinted his moments of genius on the pitch into the memories of his fans. Off the pitch Maradona finds himself frequently in questionable health, but he always manages to recover.
In this episode of Raise Your Game, The18’s own Grant Conybear shows you how to correctly hit a knuckleball. The general technique of a knuckleball starts with aiming to strike the ball directly in the center. Using the knuckle part of your foot, about where your laces are, approach the ball straight on and use a short backswing while striking the ball with a locked ankle and locked leg.
To Group C4 of the UEFA Nations League we go for a meeting between promotion hopeful Albania and relegation candidate Kazakhstan.
Sokol Cikalleshi opened the scoring in the 16th minute for Albania before Ardian Ismajli doubled the advantage in the 23rd, but Kazakhstan’s response was literally immediate. Straight from the ensuing kickoff, Aybol Abiken pulled one back with a spectacular effort that left Etrit Berisha — a 31-year-old veteran with 59 caps who’s played for Lazio, Atalanta and now SPAL — flailing between the posts.