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Decision Not To Evacuate Stade de France During Paris Attacks May Have Saved Many Lives

On Friday, at around 9:15 p.m. Paris time—15 minutes into the France-Germany friendly—a man attempted to enter the Stade de France at Gate D, on the stadium’s east side. Under his clothes he wore a vest packed with explosives and metal bolts, meant to kill and maim as many people around him as he co...

Report: Suicide Bomber Tried To Enter France-Germany Game And Was Turned Away By Security

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, one of the attackers who detonated a suicide bomb outside of the Stade de France during last night’s France-Germany friendly had a ticket to the match and attempted to enter the stadium, when stadium security discovered his bomb vest. From the repo...

The German National Team Slept In The Stade de France Stadium Last Night After The Paris Attacks [UPDATE]

Last night, the Paris attacks touched the Stade de France during a game between Germany and France. At least two bombs went off right outside the stadium full of 80,000 people, which you could hear on the game’s broadcast. French president Francois Hollande was in attendance and was forced to evacua...

The United States Cap-Tied Two Very Good Dual Nationals Last Night

The United States started off their World Cup Qualifying campaign in St. Louis last night with a 6-1 win against Caribbean minnows St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The result was as expected and there’s nothing substantial to be gleaned from how the team played, aside from the fact that they allowed ...

Paris Explosion Heard From Inside Stadium During Soccer Match

There have been multiple reports of explosions and gunshots in Paris, and the death toll from the attacks has reportedly reached 26. Many reports state that one or more of the explosions took place near Stade de France, during the French national team’s friendly against Germany. At the eight-second ...

NJ Devils Owner's Helicopter Parks On Soccer Field, Cancels Youth Game [Update]

A youth soccer game at Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., was called off Sunday night after a helicopter touched down in the middle of the pitch and stayed there. This was no emergency landing, however: the vehicle was there to pick up Josh Harris, billionaire owner of the New Jers...

Cristiano Ronaldo's Movie Premiere Was Perfectly Sad

Early on in his review of the new movie/vanity project documenting a year in the life of Cristiano Ronaldo, Daniel Taylor noted “it is difficult not to come away with the feeling that Ronaldo must shout his own name during sex.”...

U.S. Soccer Bans Headers For Players Under 11 To Resolve Concussion Lawsuit

The United States Soccer Federation has taken a major step in an attempt to reduce concussions among youth soccer players, adopting a policy that bans players under 11 from heading the ball and reducing headers in practice for 11 to 13 year olds, the New York Times reports. The new rules—which also ...

Sergio Ramos Smashes In Spinning Bicycle Kick Goal 

Real Madrid are up 1-0 to Sevilla thanks to this insane Sergio Ramos bicycle kick. Look at the spin on that thing!...

Neymar Still Neymaring

The truth is that we don’t have a staff large enough to cover every time Barcelona superhero Neymar scores a fabulous goal. But we do our best, and here’s a magisterial strike from today’s match against Villareal that deserves all your attention....

Bob Bradley Doesn't Understand Why He Isn't Managing In A Top European League

Bob Bradley is at his wit’s end. He has managed Stabæk, a small Norwegian team from the Oslo suburb of Stabekk, for the past two seasons. He took over in 2014, following the club’s promotion back into the Tippeligaen after one year in the second division. To hear him tell it in an interview with AP’...

Even The Rubin Kazan Manager Is Burning Chelsea

Chelsea are struggling mightily, in 15th place in the Premier League and beset by infighting and reports that coach José Mourinho is about to be fired. But today they sunk to a new low, seen as such a laughingstock across Europe that even the manager of a mediocre Russian club is ripping on them. ...

Ángel Di María Breaks Isco's Ankles, Snatches His Soul

Poor Isco. He was once a starter for Real Madrid and occasionally the Spanish national team, but now faces a long layoff and uncertain recovery after Ángel Di María broke both of his ankles in today’s Champions League match. Even more damaging, Di María claimed his soul, quite the problem for a crea...

José Mourinho Banned, Sued, And Is Reportedly About To Be Sacked

So Chelsea fans, do you want the bad news, the awful news, or the terrible news first?...

Romanian Youth Coach Beats On 16-Year-Old Player In The Middle Of A Game

This, uh, doesn’t seem like the best way to motive your U17 charges?...

Didier Drogba, Still An Innovator, Inventing New Ways To Play The Sport

Didier Drogba is in the twilight of his career, but that hasn’t stopped him from innovating. Look at this ingenious technique applied during Montreal’s playoff win against Columbus tonight. Magisterial! ...

Gus Johnson Has A Sense Of Humor About His Failed Stint Announcing Soccer

When Fox won the rights to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, they embarked on an ambitious plan: Gus Johnson—the broadcaster mostly known for his Gusgasms during March Madness—would be their lead announcer. He started announcing some MLS games, and then Fox threw him directly into the fire and...

Juan Agudelo Thumps Home Bicycle Kick Goal

Ahh, Juan Agudelo. What can you say about him that you haven’t already said about a dozen other massively talented but inconsistent and ultimately disappointing young strikers? In case you needed a reminder of his promise, here he is in the knockout round of the MLS Cup Playoffs putting the New Engl...

On the same day the USWNT visited the White House, Abby Wambach announced her retirement. The 35-year-old’s last match will be a Dec. 16 friendly against China....

Barnsley Fan Falls Asleep On Stadium Toilet For Seven Hours, Loses Hat

League One (the third tier of English soccer) Barnsley are currently in the shitter, having won just four games in 14, and in position to be relegated to League Two at the end of the season. Yesterday a supporter joined them....