Every football fan is familiar with El Clásico, the match played between two of the most successful and popular football clubs in the world: Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The rivalry between the two clubs is intense and has a rich history, dating back to the 20th century. Over the years, the rivalry has grown …
Shakira, the world-famous Colombian singer, has now made news for recording a diss track directed at her ex-partner and football legend, Gerard Pique. The song, which has lyrics in Spanish, is a blistering portrayal of Pique, accusing him of unfaithfulness and disrespectfulness. Shakira wrote the lyrics as she freestyled over a beat, and these lyrics …
What does Rey Mysterio of WWE fame and The Stig from Top Gear have in common? They’re both masked identities, with their real selves hidden from the world for one reason or the other, be it to create mysticism, to switch the face behind the mask easily, to protect the real identity, or anything else. …
A lot of things have changed in professional football in the 21st century. There has been the introduction of many technological elements in the matches to help make it more ‘fair’. First was the introduction of goal-line technology, which was brought after the 2010 World Cup where England were denied a clear goal against Germany …
Barcelona v Osasuna made for a dramatic game of football, featuring late goals, red cards and plenty of controversies. Things got heated in the first half itself, as Osasuna found an early goal through David Garcia, one which faced plenty of protest from Barca players. Their complaints stemmed from a supposed foul on Marcos Alonso …
Gerard Pique, the veteran Spanish defender of Barcelona for over 12 years, had a major brain-fog moment in their crucial Champions League match against Inter Milan at Camp Nou. And it was awkward, to say the least. He was at fault for the equalizer by Nicolo Barella, who ghosted into the 6-yard box behind Pique, …
Wives and girlfriends (WAGS) have been long on the radar of Football Paparazzi. Every ups and down of the better halves of the football players are looked at with a microscopic effect. The partners of the players become a public figures and their privacy exists only in fiction. And sometimes, the wives/girlfriends are a bigger …
If there is one managerial rivalry in modern football that has surpassed all unpleasant barriers and violent bounds is the one between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho. One can argue about Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger or, more recently, Jurgen Klopp and Pep but the shards of hostility were too pointy and poisonous between …
Paris Saint-Germain ultras are gearing up for their second leg of this season’s UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie against Barcelona. The Parisian outfit went to the Nou Camp last month and proved to be excellent on the night as they secured a 4-1 win away from home courtesy of a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick. …