Aidan Russell Pelé is widely recognized as the greatest soccer player the world has ever seen, yet he played in just a handful of games in England and never at the country’s home of football, Wembley Stadium. A total of six club games for Santos and two internationals for Brazil represents his English experience. Except for an … Read more
Let’s admit it. It takes a special kind of mentality like Pierluigi Collina to referee football at the highest level. Enforcing the soccer laws of the game and managing players’ tempers while keeping up with play for 90 nonstop minutes is an unenviable task. On the sidelines, soccer referees deal with harassment from rabid supporters … Read more
Djalma Santos is regarded by many as the best right-back ever in the history of soccer. He was a FIFA World Cup winner with Brazil in Sweden in 1958 and Chile in 1962. Twice a Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament winner with Portuguesa, Djalma Santos, would later shine in the great Palmeiras side of the 1960s. This … Read more
Sepak Takraw is a team sport that is immensely popular in South-East Asia. The game has a vibrant history, but it was developed and standardized in its current form in 1960. So what is Sepak Takraw? It’s played by two teams of 2-4 players on a court very similar to a badminton or volleyball court. … Read more
In this article, we will explore the FA Cup final stadiums and venues history from the first tournament back in 1872 until the present day. The most important action taken in this era by the English Football Association was to start a Cup competition. The interest in the newly formed FA Cup led to a … Read more
English soccer supporters will proudly boast of having the most senior football league in the world. A glance at the birthdates of the country’s current top-flight clubs certainly supports their unrivaled ancestry. Arsenal came into existence in 1886, while Manchester United was founded in 1878. However, these heavyweight pairs have been significantly outlasted by Sheffield … Read more
A soccer field is a term used mostly in the United States to refer to a soccer stadium that is either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary purpose is to host soccer matches as opposed to a multi-functional stadium that can be used for many sports. Soccer fields may also host other … Read more
Liverpool Football Club would not exist if it weren’t for one man. John Houlding, the ground’s owner, was determined that football would continue at Anfield after Everton left the site in 1892 over rent disputes. So he formed a new club from scratch with support from Everton supporters and three club players, naming it Liverpool … Read more
Luis Cubilla was an Uruguayan soccer player and soccer manager. Cubilla won 16 major titles during his playing career. Afterward, he went on to achieve 17 major trophies as a manager in South American football. Born in Paysandu, Uruguay, on 28 March 1940, Luis Cubilla made his name as a striker in the 1960s and … Read more
Few stadiums in the world can rightly claim to be genuinely historical monuments as well as sporting arenas. But the Maracana Stadium, or popularly known as the Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho, with its enormous expanse, colossal seating capacity, and majestic architecture, is one of them. Where Is The Maracana Stadium Inaugurated for the 1950 FIFA … Read more