It apparently takes more than a hamstring injury and accusations of tax fraud to keep Lionel Messi from scoring goals as he completed a hat trick before the 50th minute of Argentina's 4-0 win friendly win against Guatemala. With that trio of goals (the one shown above being the standout), Messi...
Tito says I don't feel okay so I have to sit on the bench, but I don't think I feel bad. ... Oh no...maybe I'm a ghost now and I don't even know it! ... That must be why I can't play. Because Luis Suarez bit me and now I'm a ghost and ghosts aren't allowed to play against humans. ... Do people...
There's no doubt Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo often get physically abused by inferior opponents, but neither of them are even close to being the most fouled player in Europe this season. According to sports data company Opta, that painful honor goes to Bologna midfielder Alessandro...
Horror! In a drastic attempt to prove that Lionel Messi is an actual human being and not an elaborate hoax, Jesus Navas stepped on his hand and drew a liquid resembling human blood during Saturday's match between Barcelona and Sevilla. A match Barcelona won 2-1 in which Messi scored the deciding...
Dear Lionel,
I am writing you this note to offer my congratulations on winning the Ballon d'Or. Again. As you can see by the look on my face, I am very happy for you. Please forgive me for not congratulating you at the gala, but since I am so tall and statuesque and you are so tiny and...
Lionel Messi scored his 89th and 90th goals of this calendar year in Barcelona's 4-1 win against Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou -- a feat that one fan thought was deserving of a hug. So, during injury time, that fan hopped out of the stands and went right for Messi, who had control of the ball...
Some of the biggest clubs in Europe tried to lure 20-year-old Brazilian sensation Lucas Moura away from Sao Paulo last summer as he was being compared to some of the biggest names in the sport. Comparisons that Lucas Moura, who will join PSG in January for a Fernando Torres level fee, gladly...
Back in the go-go days of August 2008, when Man City had just become the big-spending richest club in the world and were still four years away from winning the Premier League title, the club was desperate to buy big-name players who could make an immediate impact. They ended up spending a...
Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis is a strange man. We've already established this. He denounces his Italian citizenship and storms out of fixture draws before catching a ride on a stranger's scooter and he introduces new players to the press by putting them in lion masks. So it should come as...
Real Madrid winger Royston Drenthe, currently on loan at Everton, has made the surprising claim that Lionel Messi called him "negro" in a*derogatory*manner on multiple occasions in the past. Perhaps prompted by seeing*Liverpool's Luis Suarez get hit with an eight-match ban and £40,000 fine for...
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Driver: Wow! I can't believe I have Javier Mascherano in my cab! Can I get a picture who you, Javier?
Mascherano: Sure.
Driver: Thank you so much! Here, let's have your friend take it. Excuse me, Ghost Rider, here -- can you just take our picture real quick? This is Javier Mascherano...
There is a name for it in coaching. Let's see who knows what it is.
Two words in English - and I'll even fill in some of the gaps
F _ _ S_
_I_E
Disclaimer: Sorry Martin. It was just a joke and your name was the first to enter my head!
Travis is correct!
Travis is correct!
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle...
What Emile Heskey lacks in grace, he makes up for in...other, uh, stuff. [YouTube]
Kasey Keller kid showing serious commitment to his Halloween costume here. [KCKRS]
Here's what the Premier...
"Cesc is suffering!" Xavi probably shouted for the first time since Cesc Fabregas joined Barcelona as Freddie Kanoute first grabbed him by the back of the neck, then hit him in the face to spark a scuffle in added time of Sevilla's 0-0 draw against Barcelona. Kanoute was sent off and Xavi likely...
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Following Argentina's first-ever loss to Venezuela, Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano, German Denis, Ever Banega and two coaches were scheduled to fly from Caracas to Barcelona. According to Venezuelan paper El Universal, Messi was arranged to be the last person to board the flight after...
We've taken a look at a number of wacky glitches in FIFA 12, but this easter egg in Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is easily more wonderful than all of them. If you select goal celebration "91" in the edit player menu on PES 12, you can have any footballer do Michael Jackson's moonwalk, complete with...
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Just when it seemed things were coming together for Argentina and the country's "collective psychosis" about Lionel Messi would be cast out by his goal in their 4-1 win over Chile on Friday, it all goes wrong yet again. Tuesday's 1-0 loss to Venezuela in their second World Cup qualifier...
The combination of the intense heat at the Santiago Bernabeu and coming off a nice break (that included riding jetskis with Dani Alves) following Copa America had an unsettling effect on Lionel Messi's belly. Late in the first half of Sunday's Supercopa first leg against Real Madrid, Messi...
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle...
The Colorado Rapids made the traditional MLS champions visit to the White House and presented Obama with the No. 10 shirt. Barry then proved that he knows who Lionel Messi is. [101gg]
Brazil...