Imagine: You travel halfway across the continent to watch your club play in one of the most ancient cities in western civilizations. Then you get pelted with fireworks and beat up by police for having the audacity to attend an away match. Such was the scenario for Ajax fans at the Athens Olympic Stadium as the Dutch side took on AEK Athens in the Champions League on Tuesday.
For the second time in two weeks, the Copa Libertadores final will be postponed a day.
We all love a good rivalry, but this attack on the Boca Juniors bus is going way too far.
Fans from River Plate attacked the bus of rival Boca Juniors ahead of the second leg of their Copa Libertadores final on Saturday, leaving at least six players injured.
At the time of this article being published, the match was twice delayed but schockingly still scheduled for late Saturday, with many attributing FIFA president Gianni Infantino with trying to force Boca to play despite the poor condition of many players.
Another day, another piece of evidence to file into the women’s soccer folder titled: “The World Is Catching Up With The USWNT.”
Former Arsenal and Juventus forward Nicklas Bendtner started this fall with a bang, but not in the way a goalscorer might hope. In the wee hours of September 9, Bendtner kicked and punched a cab driver, and he was subsequently found guilty of the assault earlier this month.
Today, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, marks four years to the day until the scheduled start of the 2022 World Cup. Aside from that little fact, there’s still so much we don’t know about the world’s premier sporting event.
Four years to go until the 2022 #WorldCup kicks off in Qatar
We're counting down the days already pic.twitter.com/ySOnUzJ5LS
Anyone who follows The18 knows Patrice Evra is a must-follow on Instagram. But this Patrice Evra Thanksgiving post takes things to a new level, for better or worse.