Robbie Keane is an Irish icon. He will go down as the country’s greatest ever goalscorer, but his post playing career has been quite controversial.
There are some players in the footballing world that are simply born to play. Watching these players transcend the game to a new level is what makes fans adore the sport. A player that defined the term ‘natural born talent’ was none other than Adel Taarabt. Skill, speed, strength—you name it. Adel Taarabt possessed it…
Lutz Pfannenstiel may be the craziest man in football. From playing on every continent to match-fixing scandals to even dying on the pitch.
Adriano Leite Ribeiro was once hailed as “L’imperatore” was a man with the world at his feet. But after terrible personal news, his career nosedived.
Amad Diallo was a victim of human trafficking, but this scheme was also the reason he has made it to the heights of football so far. This is the story.
Serie A is attracting new eyes again, but a strong international fanbase has been following from afar for years.
It was the eve of the January 2016 transfer window, and Mirko Ivanić was quickly becoming the talk of the town. The then 23-year-old had made a name for himself as one of the finest talents in the Serbian SuperLiga, prompting sports news outlets across the Balkan region to link Ivanić with a move to…
Every club unearths a gem here and there, and for Liverpool, Ben Woodburn was meant to be their next major prospect. The Welshman made an instant impact upon arriving in the side but would only end up featuring for the Reds on 11 occasions. So what happened to this promising talent? Where is he now?…
It’s hard to imagine football, a sport known for bringing people together, igniting an actual war. But in 1969, that’s exactly what happened between El Salvador and Honduras in what became known as the Football War. While the matches during the 1970 World Cup qualifiers were the spark, this was no ordinary clash between rival…
In the early 1990s, Gianluigi Lentini was the name on every football fan’s lips. Lentini was a football prodigy whose electrifying pace and dazzling dribbling turned heads across Europe. Born in the modest town of Carmagnola, near Turin, Lentini’s meteoric rise from Torino’s youth academy to becoming the world’s most expensive footballer was the stuff…
