Brazilian football legend Romario has been signed by his club America as a player at 58 years old, some 15 years after retiring. Picture shows president-player Romario, undated. He signed up to play for his club America. (@americarjoficial/Newsflash) Romario de Souza Faria, also known simply as Romario, was the 1994…
An ex-paratrooper and Real Madrid football fan who was walking from Spain to Qatar to watch the World Cup has gone missing. Santiago Sanchez Cogedor, 40, an ex-paratrooper and Instagram sensation who boasts over 32 thousand followers has disappeared on the Iraqi Kurdistan border with Iran after beginning a 4,300-mile…
A female World Cup official is facing a sentence of 100 lashes and up to seven years behind bars after complaining about being raped while working for the World Cup organising committee in Qatar. The 2022 World Cup worker, named as Paola Schietekat, 28, from Mexico, has since left Qatar,…
These images show how American World Cup skiing ace Alice Merryweather has made a startling recovery after a horror accident left her looking bloodied and disfigured. The top tier athlete has posted these selfies on social media just a few weeks after her accident and she appears to be making…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m1IiNcdumQ Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia/Newsflash Cops in Russia have finally tracked down items of jewellery worth over GBP 1.5 million that were stolen during the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and can now return them to their owner. Police in the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia's Volga Federal…
