Author: Conal

‘Mother’s Portrait’ Tattoo – The portrait of his мother, Celia, on his Ƅack actually was Messi‘s ʋery first tattoo. There is proƄaƄly no need to explain its мeaning as the Argentine’s feelings towards his мuм are quite oƄʋious. ‘HandPrints’ Tattoo – This one is dedicated to Leo Ƅecoмing a father for the first tiмe in 2012. ‘Thiago’ Tattoo – Eʋen though Messi’s genuine intention was to tattoo the handprints of his new𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 son Thiago, soмe suggested that it represents ‘Maradona’s Hand of God’ goal. Thus, Leo was forced to add his son’s naмe to the handprints tattoo. ‘FootƄall’ Tattoo – Well, what else should you…

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has put the stunning six-bedroom Surrey mansion he lived in during his second spell with the club up for sale for a staggering £6.25million Didier Drogba has listed his £6.25million mansion for sale (Image: mediadrumimages/FineandCountry) Didier Drogba’s stunning mansion in Surry has been put on the market with a £6.25million valuation. The Chelsea legend is selling the property he lived in during his second spell at Stamford Bridge between 2014 and 2015, having split from his ex-wife in 2020. Drogba lived in the Surrey mansion with his now former partner Lalla Diakite after returning to the Blues from Galatasaray…

Bukayo Saka – The Humble Superstar by Jonathon. We live in a world of spectacle where superficiality reigns supreme. So much of our common experience is filtered through myth and fakery that we need to constantly update our skills for discerning truth, for detecting genuineness and for navigating the sea of misinformation. It’s not easy. We are social creatures and to truly trust one another we need a clear signal through all this noise. So we are constantly crying out for true authenticity to emerge from our world of uncertainty, for the facade of charade to collapse and for real…

Kylian MƄappe мight just Ƅe мore jackal than huмan. For the ʋiewing puƄlic, that’s not such a Ƅad thing. Eʋerything aƄout the Parisian prince screaмs flair, Ƅut no quality eмƄodies that Ƅetter than his speed on the pitch. He tends to glide past players, deftly flicking the Ƅall one way Ƅefore мarauding in the opposite direction. MƄappe is a speed deмon, so to speak. But just how fast is he? And how does his speed coмpare to that of other sprinters that took part in the 2022 World Cup? The Sporting News has you coʋered. How fast is Kylian MƄappe?…

The MCU’s Wanda Maximoff has had quite the journey thus far. The fan-favorite character, played by Elizabeth Olsen, has been an ally of Ultron, a full-fledged Avenger, and the dangerous force of nature known as The Scarlet Witch. In her most recent appearance in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, she took a turn for the villainous after being corrupted by the dark magic tome known as the Darkhold. Wanda is extremely popular with the fanbase, so much so, that a large contingent of die-hards want nothing more from the MCU than a Scarlet Witch solo series or film. And while nothing concrete…

Many depictions of flying crafts have been found across the globe, characterized in different ways ― some were beaked appearances, others had the round or spherical shape that is also known today; some were red and resembled a circle of fire while others were yellow and were spitting fire. But most of the mainstream scientists contradict these depictions, considering the ancient Earth dwellers primitive and with a skeptical way of thinking, relating sightings such as these with too much enthusiasm, or calling it nothing more than a mass hysteria. UFO Encounter Illustration However, the ancient Egyptians are renowned for their…

Lionel Messi bags injury time winner as Neymar is forced off in a stretcher.  Lionel Messi scored a stunning free kick in added time to earn Paris St Germain a 4-3 comeback win over Lille on Sunday and lift them eight points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 standings. PSG, who have struggled for consistency since their return from the World Cup break, extended their lead over second-placed Olympique de Marseille who travel to Toulouse later on Sunday. Lille, who remain fifth, almost caught the hosts off guard within the opening 40 seconds when Timothy Weah’s low shot…

Arsenal are struggling without Thomas Partey and need him back as soon as possible… the euphoria of their  late comeback against Aston Villa disguised yet another underwhelming performance. There is hope Thomas Partey will be fit enough to return for Arsenal’s visit to Leicester next Saturday. The Ghanian’s return to action can’t come soon enough for Mikel Arteta. The euphoria of Jorginho’s last minute winner here at Villa Park will go a long way towards disguising the Gunners’ deficiencies without their influential lynchpin – as will the fact Partey’s direct replacement in the team bagged the decisive goal. But when the emotion of…

Graham Potter has won twice in 14 games, splurged over £300m in January, can’t stop tactical tinkering and many fans have SNAPPED… how much more can Chelsea take? Sometimes, the more things stay the same, the more they change. So it was at Stamford Bridge, where James Ward-Prowse did as he so often does, dragging Southampton towards three vital points with yet another sumptuous free-kick. And where Chelsea did as they so often do now, too: they fired a blank, failed to win, but the message from above remained consistent. The club back manager Graham Potter and his long-time project.…

Manchester United 3-0 Leicester: In-form Marcus Rashford’s brace and a Jadon Sancho strike see the Red Devils cruise to victory – as they close the gap on second-placed Man City to three points. As far as Marcus Rashford is concerned you can take your pick from the statistics. Twenty four goals for the season, a personal high. Sixteen in seventeen games since the World Cup. Or seven consecutive goalscoring Premier League appearances at Old Trafford, the first Manchester United player to do that since Wayne Rooney in 2010. Whichever way you choose to look at it, Rashford’s run is remarkable.…

Blade will not only properly introduce vampires to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it can also bring a terrifying villain in Phase 5, in big part thanks to Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). The MCU continues its expansion with the Multiverse Saga, which has made way for the introduction of new characters, some of them having already been adapted to the big screen in universes separate from the MCU. Among them is Blade, who will now be played by Mahershala Ali, and after his “debut” in a voice cameo in Eternals, he’s ready to return with his own movie, simply titled Blade. Blade will be…

rchaeologists excavating the underwater metropolis of Thônis-Heracleion in Egypt’s harbor of Abū Qīr unearthed wicker fruit baskets dating from the fourth century B.C.E. A fragment of one of the fruit baskets brought to the surface by the French underwater archaeology team at Thonis-Heracleion. © Hilti Foundation Surprisingly, the jars still contain doum nuts and grape seeds, the fruit of an African palm tree deemed sacred by the ancient Egyptians. “Nothing was disturbed,” marine archaeologist Franck Goddio tells Dalya Alberge of the Guardian. “It was very striking to see baskets of fruits.” Goddio and his colleagues at the European Institute for Underwater…

PARIS (AP) – French league leader Paris Saint-Germain gave away a two-goal lead then trailed by one goal with four minutes left before Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi turned things around and helped PSG to a 4-3 win against Lille on Sunday. As PSG looked set for a fourth consecutive loss in all competitions, Mbappe snatched a late equalizer in the 86th minute at the Parc des Princes. Messi slotted home the winner deep in added time from a free kick, with a lethal left-footed shot into the bottom right corner. Messi’s goal stopped PSG from slumping into a crisis.…

The body of former Chelsea and Newcastle player Christian Atsu is being flown home to Ghana. Atsu was found dead on Saturday following the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria. In a statement released on Sunday morning, Ghana’s foreign ministry said: ‘The Government of Ghana is making arrangements to receive the mortal remains of the late Christian Atsu, a former Black Stars player. The remains will be accompanied by his family and Ghana’s Ambassador to Turkiye on a Turkish airlines flight and will arrive in Accra at 7:40pm, Sunday 19th February, 2023.’ The ministry confirmed that Atsu’s brother and sister were present…

Jorginho has revealed a half-time talk was behind Arsenal’s comeback win over Aston Villa at Villa Park. Mikel Arteta’s returned to the summit of the Premier League with a 4-2 win after going behind on two occasions in Saturday’s early game.  Jorginho, who played a crucial role in helping the Gunners take the lead late on, says a half-time talk by manager Mikel Arteta inspired the improvement following a poor first 45 minutes. ‘That’s the Premier League,’ the Italian midfielder told BT Sport. ‘That’s why it’s the best league in the world. It’s just beautiful. Mikel Arteta’s returned to the summit of the Premier…

He is now one of the most successful footballers of the 21st-century and is one of few sporting billionaires. But Cristiano Ronaldo, 38, grew up in relative poverty and had to clean streets and beg for food to support his family in Sao Pedro, Madeira. Ronaldo is the youngest of four children born – after multiple failed abortion attempts – to his mother Dolores dos Santos and father Jose Dinis Aveiro in 1985. His father, who was ‘drunk almost every day’, was a part-time gardener and suffered with mental health issues after his time fighting for the Portuguese Army during the…

Things keep getting worst at PSG, the terrible news Messi received and alarmed. Paris Saint-Germain is going through a gray moment in this complicated stretch of the season. With Christophe Galtier they began the campaign in a spectacular way, as they endured undefeated for many games. However, after the World Cup in Qatar they have lowered their level notoriously. This poor performance has been palpable in the painful defeat against Bayern Munich in the most prestigious tournament in Europe, the UEFA Champions League. Now, Lionel Andres Messi receives bad news regarding one of his best friends on the squad. It turns out that Paris Saint-Germain would be looking for an urgent way…

‘He would sit there eating rice pudding – now he’s lost a lot of weight’: John Obi Mikel recalls Eden Hazard’s diet issues at Chelsea… and says he’s ‘the LAZIEST footballer I’ve ever seen’! Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has shone a light on his time at Stamford Bridge and given a rare insight into the training habits of ex-Blues star Eden Hazard. Mikel and Hazard shared five trophy-laden years together at Stamford Bridge working under Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez, Guus Hiddink, and Antonio Conte with both leaving the club in 2017 and 2019 respectively. However, Mikel has revealed that despite being a match-winner…

There’s no way of dressing up the gravity of Arsenal’s defeat to Manchester City this week. I felt that match was an opportunity for Arsenal to plant a seed of doubt in the heads of Manchester City’s players and make a big psychological gain. But they were unable to do that. Those were three fatal points to concede and I will be surprised if they can recover and win the title race. I really hope that I’m wrong because during my time in football, Arsenal have been the benchmark of how a football club ought to be run. We need a competitive title race and the beauty of…

A new Spider-Verse themed variant cover for May’s Scarlet Witch #5 reveals a mashup that can best be described as the “real Scarlet Spider.” This May, the Scarlet Witch will get a new costume in cover art inspired by the Spider-Verse, making her Marvel’s real “Scarlet Spider.” In June, audiences will once again enter the Spider-Verse in the animated film Across the Spider-Verse and to celebrate, not only is Marvel releasing a brand-new Edge of Spider-Verse title, but also a line of variant covers featuring Spider-variants of some of the publisher’s most popular characters–and on the cover for May’s Scarlet Witch #5, Wanda gets a new spider-themed costume, making her…

Kylian Mbappe spoke of the importance of Paris Saint-Germain players “eating well and sleeping well” – advice that appeared to be directly pointed at teammate Neymar. Kylian Mbappe’s post-match comments after Paris Saint-Germain’s midweek Champions League defeat appeared to be a dig at team-mate Neymar Mbappe limped off the pitch in his side’s Ligue 1 victory at Montpellier earlier this month with PSG subsequently confirmed that the striker was set for a three-week layoff. However, the clash against Bayern Munich came just two weeks after that injury – and the striker made an appearance from the bench. It was not enough to stop PSG’s deserved Champions…

EERIE details have surfaced about the mystery of flight MH370, which caused 239 people to go missing. In the CNN series real-life nightmare, former cold case investigator Paul Holes looks into this case and draws unique conclusions on November 20 at 9pm. 2Mystery and tragedy continue to shroudh Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370Credit: EPA 2Perth, Australia was calculated by experts as the most likely crash siteCredit: Victor Iannello / mh370.radiantphysics.com On March 8 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 lost contact with ground control just 39 minutes into its journey. This is the unsettling story that Holes will loan his expertise to on CNN’s Real…

Cristiano Ronaldo has gone from goal scorer to chance creator, proving two assists, which included a simply stunning through-ball, to help Al-Nassr defeat Al-Taawoun 2-1 in the Saudi Pro League on Friday night.  Despite having scored five goals in his last two matches, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner was unable to get on the scoresheet in the match, but showed his exceptional vision to split The Wolves’ defence with a sublime through-ball. His pass was met Abdulrahman Ghareeb, who whizzed through to go one-on-one with the goalkeeper and expertly polished off the move, chipping the ball around the keeper to put the home side 1-0 up.…

Lionel Messi has adмitted that he has “achieʋed eʋerything” in footƄall after lifting the World Cup with Argentina in Qatar. WHAT HAPPENED? The Argentine skipper had struggled to win silʋerware with his national teaм until inspiring theм to Copa Aмerica glory in 2021, which serʋed as a prelude to his glorious coronation at the 2022 World Cup. Messi won his second Golden Ball in Qatar after recording seʋen goals and three assists during Argentina’s run to their third gloƄal title. The 35-year-old feels that the World Cup triuмph has arriʋed at the perfect мoмent to cap off his illustrious career as arguaƄly…