There's happy. And then there's 65 years worth of happiness resounding in a stadium after your team beats a rival for the first time in six decades.
Just check out the atmosphere at The John Smith's Stadium after Huddersfield unexpectedly dismantled Manchester United on Saturday:
A rainy day in West Yorkshire turned to magic today as Huddersfield Town did the unexpected. After fending off Manchester United for the first 92 minutes, Huddersfield played five minutes of stoppage time like men possessed. The defense in particular showed frantic inspiration, fending off a series of attempts that seemed certain to materialize in a goal, but never did. In the end, Huddersfield beat Manchester United for the first time in 65 years in what will be the match of the weekend.
Back in August, Juan Mata used The Players’ Tribune to announce his commitment to Common Goal, a collective fund that supports football charities around the globe. Mata’s pledge was to donate 1% of his salary to the NGO streetfootballworld.
The U.S. Men's National Team's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia marked the worst moment in recent history for a country still trying to establish itself in world footballing circles. Watching the World Cup just won't be the same without the USA there.
In a professional career that began back in 1994 with a Lazio debut as a 17-year-old and lasted until as recently as 2014 with Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League, Italian defender Alessandro Nesta spent over 20 seasons defining the center half position.
Javier “Chicharito” Hernández y Lionel Messi son estrellas del fútbol internacional y los máximos goleadores de todos los tiempos para sus respectivas selecciones nacionales. Pero, ¿cómo se comparan las dos estrellas cuando echamos un vistazo directo a Chicharito vs Messi? Aquí hay una descripción general de las estadísticas de su carrera y los aspectos más destacados de las pocas veces que han jugado cara a cara.
I gotta say, today was turning into a pretty standard Thursday.
Ronaldinho is playing in the Indian Premier Futsal League, and he is doing about what you would expect to some beleaguered Indian futsallers.
Here's a video of Ronaldinho snatching a man's soul.
ATTENTION: Ronaldinho is out here taking lives on the futsal court. This was just rude. pic.twitter.com/0YRHJeOogR
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Han pasado casi 15 años desde la última vez que Marvin Lee respiró en este planeta. Una vez capitán de la selección nacional juvenil de Trinidad y Tobago, Lee murió a la edad de 21 años en su casa en Arima después de sufrir una lesión en el cuello que puso fin a su carrera por una colisión con la leyenda estadounidense Landon Donovan dos años antes.
The long-serving NASA spacecraft Cassini-Huygens made its final probe of Saturn early Friday as it crashed into Saturn, burning up in the atmosphere to disintegrate every shred of evidence a human-made object ever orbited the most fascinating planet in our solar system (Earth aside) and protect possible life on the planet’s moons from being contaminated by humans.