Everybody knows about Diego Maradona’s favorite son in-law, Sergio “Kun” Agüero (mostly because TV commentators mention it every single time Kun sets foot on a pitch). But did you know Diego has a Canadian nephew? That’s right. Diego Hernán Maradona is the son of Diego’s brother, Lalo. Though born in Granada, Spain, the 22 year [...]

If you paid attention to yesterday’s Interlull matches beyond the Klinsmannschaft’s glorious victory in the Slovenian fog, you know that Costa Rica came this close to pulling off a huge upset over the reigning World and European champions. It took some late heroics from Spain’s Davids (Silva and Villa) to save face and come away [...]

Ronaldinho signing a shirt for Snoop Dogg. The Brazilian star attended the rapper’s concert in Rio recently and they met after the show, as famous people are wont to do. Dinho signed a Brazil shirt for him, and you can clearly see Snoop is wearing a Flamengo shirt. Also, apparently it’s important to keep Febreeze [...]

Lionel Messi has unveiled a new personal logo on his Facebook page which he says “represents who I am as a player and person.” Of course, the marketing dept at Adidas hopes you will eventually come to recognize this logo the same way everybody knows the Air Jordan logo. Since Messi’s logo is brought to [...]

Yet another Interlull is upon us, and with it comes the inane media coverage of national teams clowning around training for their friendlies and/or qualifiers. In Peru, Sergio “Mago” Markarian’s squad would like to let everyone know that they’re in a super awesome mood and totally stoked for next Tuesday’s Brazil 2014 qualifier against Ecuador. [...]