Earlier this week internationally famous singing person Adele threw her support for the Premiership title behind Tottenham Hotspur.
That in and of itself is only sort of newsy, but The18 has learned that Adele's smash hit "Hello" was originally written about Spurs, and we've gotten hold of an exclusive (fake) copy of an early studio take, which we present to you here:
Adele: OK let's get started! Pip pip jiminy crumpets!
As the late, great Johan Cruyff once said, “Football is simple. But nothing is more difficult than playing simple football.”
In no match has this idea been better exemplified than Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.
Here were two giants of modern club football going toe to toe with the mouthwatering prospect of a place in the semifinals at stake. Fueled by millions of dollars of investment, the squads sent out were the remuneration of yearly fine-tuning and financial one-upmanship.
The Champions League Quarterfinals continued today when PSG battled against Manchester City and Real Madrid visited Wolfsburg. The surprise of the evening was Wolfsburg defeating Real Madrid 2 - 0 on a PK from Ricardo Rodriquez in the 18th minute and Maximilian Arnold slotting home a cross from Bruno Henrique 7 minutes later. Manchester City and PSG played to a 2 - 2 tie. Zlatan had a PK saved by Joe Hart in the 14th minute, but made up for it with a goal of his own in the 41st. Kevin de Bruyne for Manchester City scored in the 38th for a brief lead.
On Paper, PSG vs. Manchester City promised to be the most well-played of the Champions League quarterfinals. In reality, it wasn't. Fun, though. After a 2-2 tie, City take an away goals advantage back to Manchester.
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that David De Gea was not his first choice keeper after the retirement of Edwin Van Der Sar. Instead, it was World Cup champion and Bayern Munich stalwart Manuel Neuer who caught the eye of the legendary manager.
Fabian Delph's Manchester City career is in dire need of a resurrection. Fortunately for the Englishman, he's in direct contact with those that could tell him how to best go about doing that. Speaking with the Manchester City FC's YouTube channel, Delph shocked the show's presenter, and viewing audience, with a revealing answer to a fan submitted question regarding ghosts.
Cess Fabregas took to Snapchat on Tuesday night to vent about a mandatory anti-doping test that took place at, get this, 11:30 PM. Fabregas, who makes $11.5 million per year to kick around a football for a few hours a day, sarcastically applauded UEFA officials who were simply carrying out the World Anti-Doping Agency code.
Joe Allen. Von Miller. Two men with seemingly nothing in common aside from being professional athletes. Two men who share a rare hobby: chickens.
Joe Allen on the front of Chicken & Egg magazine. Fair play. pic.twitter.com/ggbaBfs2Bo
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) March 22, 2016
There are a lot of people who like Daniel Sturridge. There are a lot of people who dislike Daniel Sturridge. There is one young Southampton fan who really dislikes Daniel Sturridge. Here he is during Sturridge's celebration after the Liverpool striker made it 2-0 against the Saints.
Young Southampton fan isn't impressed by Daniel Sturridge's goal pic.twitter.com/94JCMfSk9n
After Raheem Sterling turned down a £100,000-a-week Liverpool contract extension in favor of a move to Manchester City, signing a deal with the Citizens worth £180,000-a-week, Liverpool supporters were quick to claim that money had been the main motivation behind the move.
The loss of the 2014 European Golden Boy winner was difficult for Liverpool fans to swallow. Coming off the backend of an incredibly disappointing 2014/15 Premier League season for the club, the loss of Sterling only compounded the misery for those on Merseyside.