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Shocking news of the day: Lionel Messi was the best soccer player on the planet in 2015. OK, that's not all that surprising. If you watched just 5 minutes of one Barcelona game over the past year you know why. The guy is incredible. However, on Monday, Messi's phenomenal year was made tangible when he won his 5th FIFA Ballon d'Or (an award to recognize the best player in the world for the calendar year), beating out 3-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow teammate, Neymar, for the prestigious award. Read More »
The culmination of 13 years of hard work came together on Monday for one crowning moment when Carli Lloyd was named the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. The United States midfielder was selected over finalists Aya Miyama of Japan, and Celia Sasic of Germany, at the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala in Zurich. Read More »
More FIFA arrests have been made. Not for the first time, and probably not for the last time. Unfortunately, this sort of thing as become all too commonplace for the governing body that runs the world's most popular sport. According to CNN, Swiss police have arrested two FIFA officials on suspicion of accepting "millions of dollars" in bribes. The officials in question are reported to be Alfredo Hawit, the president of CONCACAF (governing body for North and Central America, as well as the Caribbean), and Juan Angel Napout, the president of CONMEBOL (governing body of South America). Read More »
FIFA has confirmed the dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Instead of the usual summer dates, FIFA will be played in November and December and will last for 28 days. Read More »
FIFA president Sepp Blatter was interrupted by British comedian Lee Nelson on Monday in the middle of a press conference on organization reforms. Nelson, who wore a suit and apparently announced himself as a North Korean World Cup delegate, went up to Blatter and made it rain on him with a stack of fake dollar bills as security closed in on him. Read More »
This week several high-ranking FIFA executives were arrested by Swiss authorities in a hotel room by the Alps. The group was brought in on conspiracy charges. After the sting FIFA President Sepp Blatter claimed his innocence but Swiss authorities will still be going after him. As of now, they're investigating the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The Swiss Attorney General's office is currently carrying out a criminal probe into how the tournaments were granted to Russia and Qatar. Read More »
On Wednesday morning the world of professional soccer was turned upside down when several officials in FIFA were arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges. The charges were made against Eduardo Li, Jeffrey Webb, Eugenio Figueredo, Jack Warner, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel, Jose Maria Marin and Nicolàs Leoz. While these officials were charged, FIFA's president Sepp Blatter, who is considered one of the most powerful men in sports, was not one of the men arrested. Read More »
This is more than just a high point in Ronaldo's career. The forward recently won the Club World Cup last week with Real Madrid. SBNation reports Ronaldo is the only player to win all of soccer's major awards — Golden Boot, Ballon d'Or, Champions League cup, Club World Cup — with two teams. Ronaldo starred for Manchester United before joining Madrid. He became the highest earner in Spanish football after signing a new five-year contact worth €17 million per year in 2013, according to ESPN. So he's deserving of a statue. But that doesn't mean the statute can't be off-putting. Or funny. Or hilariously off-putting. Read More »
Yasiel Puig spent last week celebrating his 24th birthday appearing on video game covers and selling a whole mess of vitamin water. How would the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar follow that? Could it be topped? Turns out he spent this week — during which the Dodgers completely overhauled their roster — mainly chilling. That is, according to his Instragram. Puig made nine posts to Instagram this week, an Adrian Gonzalez-like slow week for him that started with a snap of him and DJ Khaled because, you know, they the best. But after that things died down in the life of Yasiel Puig, which apparently means playing a lot of FIFA. Puig's from Cuba and he's 24, so the fact that he unwinds with FIFA isn't exactly a suprise. But that he's this proud of his wins maybe is. Puig published four FIFA videos to Instagram this week, the first three followed immediately by two of grainy footage of a muscular man climbing out of a pool. Boy, would a translator help out here. Then a day later Puig honored his fellow Los Angeles sports star Kobe Bryant with a fitting tribute when Bryant passed Michael Jordan to become third on the all-time NBA scoring list. The photo is a graphic of Bryant driving to the hoop and Puig, next to him, bowing — because it seems that trip to Japan had a lasting impression on young Yasiel. Above the graphic is a list of the NBA all-time scoring leaderboard, with Bryant highlighted above Jordan. Maybe this is an elaborate marketing ploy by Puig to make him more L.A.-likable, or maybe the kid just admires greatness. He has the potential for it one day for sure. Read More »
In a sensational report released today, FIFA have cleared World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar of any corruption and wrongdoing in their winning World Cup bids... but England came under fire for their role in trying to solicit votes from a disgraced ex-FIFA vice president. Read More »
Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are all eyeing the FIFA world player of the year award, as is current Manchester United star Angel Di Maria. However, reports are suggesting the Red Devils could swoop to sign, and bring the Ballon D'Or winner to the Premier League, especially if it's one of Bale or Ronaldo, who they are both heavily interested in. The shortlist for the best player and coach of the year has been revealed, and it's star-studded, but could it also be a sneak preview of coach Louis Van Gaal's summer shopping list? Read More »
The NFL and Bose are taking on Apple and their Beats By Dre headphones. Many sports stars are often seen wearing products made by the iconic brand. In fact, many superstars give interviews with the gear around their neck, clearly showing off, and sponsoring the already successful product. However, the NFL have placed a ban because of their new deal with Bose. Will any superstars break these new rules, and is it right that sponsorship deals stop what products an athlete can use? Read More »
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