By Dean Perretta One might say that experiencing the Olympic Games is a dream come true and indeed it was. Every moment leading up to the games was spent carefully preparing and anticipating such a historical and important moment in my career and life. People who know me were proud of the fact that I […]
VfL Wolfsburg secured a UEFA Europa League spot for the second consecutive year after securing a seventh-place finish with 49 points in the 2019/20 Bundesliga season; Die Wölfe conceded 46 goals last term under Oliver Glasner. The Lower Saxony-based club most recently commenced with their opening pre-season fixtures on August 15 with a 1-0 friendly […]
Aarón Ñíguez, the 31-year-old journeyman winger, who played for Segunda club Malága CF in the 2019/20 season, most recently formed the much-anticipated Nike sponsored Club Costa City, the next generation grassroots youth football academy based in his beloved hometown of Elche, belonging to the province of Alicante, situated within the proud Valencian community. Aarón, who […]
Diego Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid, the third most successful club in history throughout Spain, finished third place in La Liga in the 2019/20 campaign, registering a total of 70 points (47% win percentage), to astutely secure UEFA Champions League action once again next season. The defensive-minded Atlético, throughout the 2019/20 season, finished 12 points behind […]
Flamengo Basquete, the six-time NBB champions, Played their penultimate game of the canceled 2019/20 campaign, courtesy of the well-documented Covid-19 pandemic, on March 12, 2020, in the 13th edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas, which invariably witnessed the Mengão, the reigning NBB champions, defeat LNB outfit Instituto de Cordoba, 66-64, in the Semi-finals of […]
Rivaldo, the iconic FIFA World Cup winner and Ballon d’Or recipient, an inductee in the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame, officially named in the FIFA 100 greatest players of all-time by three-time FIFA World Cup winner, Pelé, remains as a national treasure in Brazil on many honorific accounts of his indelible legacy, namely the […]
Rivaldinho, currently of Casa Liga 1 club Viitorul Constanța, the Ovidiu-based professional football team, owned and coached by the most revered Romanian professional footballer of all-time, Gheorghe Hagi, affectionately nicknamed “Maradona of the Carpathians”, Romania’s all-time joint top scorer international goalscorer with Adrian Mutu, has witnessed the talented 25-year-old Brazilian forward, the son of FIFA […]
J1 League giants Vissel Kobe triumphantly won their second domestic trophy in consecutive seasons, the Japanese Super Cup, after defeating Ange Postecoglou’s reigning J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos 3-2 via penalties at 63,700 capacity Saitama Stadium in Midori-Ku on February 8, 2020. The 2020 Japanese Super Cup Final, which climatically ended 3-3 at the […]
Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon currently stands third in the Primeira Liga having earned 49 points from 27 encounters in the 2019/20 Primeira Liga season; Sporting has scored 42 goals and conceded 28 this term in Portugal’s top flight. Verde e brancos, presently 15 points adrift of Bruno Lage’s second-place Benfica, remain undefeated since the Primeira […]
Brazilian Democratic Labour Party politician and FIFA World Cup winner, Bebeto, an official ambassador of the international governing body of FIFA, most recently appeared as a special guest on the much-heralded InStat webinar, the Livestream series for the preeminent professional football data and analytics company, with his son, Sporting Lisbon playmaker, Mattheus Oliveira, who inspired […]