In one of the most remarkable individual performances in professional soccer history, Southamptonâs Sadio ManĂŠ managed to score three times on Aston Villa in less than three minutes. Itâs still not the English league record, though.
Barcelona stands 10 points behind Real Madrid in the La Liga standings, and after allowing an early goal to Valencia today appeared to be playing the same uninspired soccer that's plagued Barça recently.
You are unlikely to see as perfect a soccer goal as this for a very, very long time. Cristiano Ronaldo, who's hoarding goals at such a clip it's as if he's trying to make every Spanish soccer fan forget the name Messi forever, finished a natural hat trick against Levante with this shot, his 119th tally for RealâŚ
The last time an NHL player had an eight-point regular season game (1988), Sam Gagner wasn't born yet. That he tied an Oilers club record held by legends like Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey makes his performance last night against Chicago that much more glorious. Since we can't depend on you having access to theseâŚ
Barcelona spanked MĂĄlaga 4-1 today in La Liga, and the world's best soccer player Lionel Messi took over as Spain's leading scorer on the season with this hat trick-finishing goal. It sent commentator Ray Hudson into an even more over-the-top frenzy than usual, from his cats-mating shriek to his extended use of StarâŚ
Our own Luke O'Brien predicted in August a big season for American midfielder Clint Dempsey as he started his sixth season playing for Fulham in the EPL, and the past two weeks have borne that prediction in a big way. Dempsey followed his FA Cup hat trick two weeks ago with another today against Newcastle, theâŚ
