One of the three Spanish footballers found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl and sentenced to 38 years in prison has been acquitted while the other two have had their sentences reduced to three and four years. The decision came from the Superior Tribune of Castile and Leon after Spanish…
Brighton women's football player Lea Le Garrec has slammed the club's handling of the COVID-19 crisis and says the UK is "wasting time" with the pandemic as "they are not in war mode". The 26-year-old French international midfielder, who resumed training on Wednesday morning with Brighton & Hove Albion, reportedly…
Picture Credit: /@kike.monfortemestre This athlete and former footballer has tragically died of cardiac arrest during a race up a mountain in Spain. Kike Monforte, 49, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst participating in the ‘Top of the Rock’ race held the in Les Useres area of the Castellon province in…
The first openly gay professional footballer in Argentina has revealed other gay footballers are not coming out "because they are afraid” but says hundreds have written to him since he came out. Golders/@nicofrnandez Argentine goalkeeper Nicolas Fernandez, 25, made the comments during an exclusive interview with local newspaper ‘Infobae’. The…
This Paraguayan international fell asleep on the bench during a top-flight Argentine match against Diego Maradona’s side. CA Independiente winger Cecilio Dominguez, 25, was seen sleeping on the sideline in his club’s 1-0 loss to Argentine legend Maradona’s side Gimnasia Esgrima La Plata on Saturday 22nd February. Despite starting the…
