Popular actress Pitchanart "May" Sakhakorn shockingly announced on her Instagram account on Thursday she is breaking up with rising football star Chanathip Songkrasin, who is playing in Japan. "I have felt uneasy with the present situation for over 10 days. I haven't been able to live with it yet. And I don't think I can. I am about to suffer depression. Our love has come to a dead-end," Pitchanart wrote.She was last seen with Chanathip, who plays centre for the national team, at a Jan 7 farewell party the Football Association of Thailand threw for him and two other Thai footballers befor they left to play abroad. He joined the Consadole Sapporo football club in Japan.Pitchanart told media they loved each other very much and planned to get married.Chanathip's parents had asked they put off the wedding day until the construction of the family's football field, costing 30 million baht, in Nakhon Pathom is finished, and for his ordination.Both conditions had been met, but his mother then … [Read more...] about Actress-footballer breakup shocks fans
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Keith Jackson, voice of college football, silenced
Keith Jackson, ABC’s signature voice of college football, remembered for his love of the game’s pageantry and his Georgia-rooted, country boy flourishes on autumn Saturdays through five decades, died Friday. He was 89.In a statement on Twitter on Saturday, Robert A. Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, confirmed Jackson’s death.“For generations of fans, Keith was college football,” Iger said.Jackson worked at 10 Summer and Winter Olympics and on “ABC’s Wide World of Sports.” He was the play-by-play man for the inaugural season of NFL “Monday Night Football” and was at the microphone for baseball, pro and college basketball, and auto racing.But he was best known for ranging the collegiate football map, from Ann Arbor to Tuscaloosa, from Columbus to Happy Valley, the home of Penn State. … [Read more...] about Keith Jackson, voice of college football, silenced
Jack Ma’s Chinese football club is reportedly plotting a €100 million bid for a European superstar
Chinese football club Guangzhou Evergrande reportedly wants to sign a big-name player from Europe. Reports from China and Germany indicate that the club wants to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Gareth Bale. Backed by Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, Guangzhou Evergrande could spend close to €100 million ($119 million / £88 million) in the coming weeks. Chinese Super League (CSL) club Guangzhou Evergrande is reportedly targeting a big-name footballer from Europe. Guangzhou Evergrande has been linked with Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale. The club, backed by Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, wants to buy at least one of the players in a €95 million ($113 million / £84 million) show of strength.According to the South China Morning Post, Guangzhou Evergrande wants Aubameyang and is unconcerned by the Chinese government’s 100% tax on foreign … [Read more...] about Jack Ma’s Chinese football club is reportedly plotting a €100 million bid for a European superstar
Anti-Trump protesters plan to ‘take a knee’ before College Football Championship game in Atlanta
ATLANTA—The NAACP is urging people to wear white and hold anti-Trump signs on Monday. Another group says demonstrators will “take a knee” before the big game to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Atlanta.Atlanta police say they worked with the Secret Service on preparations for months before the College Football Championship game between Alabama and Georgia.The NAACP said Sunday that wearing white is meant to mock the “snowflake” label Trump’s supporters use to describe their opponents.Another group, Refuse Fascism ATL, says that before kickoff, they’ll “take a knee against Trump” outside CNN’s world headquarters, in solidarity with athletes who have knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. Read more: … [Read more...] about Anti-Trump protesters plan to ‘take a knee’ before College Football Championship game in Atlanta
NFL football is a game of seconds
It has been proved time and again that football is, as Vince Lombardi said, a game of inches. Teams win or lose based on the smallest of distances. A deep pass glances off a receiver’s fingertips. One or two links of a chain force a team to punt instead of keeping the ball.But football is also a game of speed. And the measurement of that speed can help explain why a deep pass wasn’t caught. Or why a running back was tackled two chain links short of a first down.Thanks to computer chips inserted into NFL players’ shoulder pads, we can measure and analyze the speed at which the game is played. The data, provided here by Sportradar, is used by teams to help make personnel decisions, scout opponents and even call plays. It also helps separate players who have “game speed” from those who merely run fast at the NFL combine.“Combine speed is overrated,” Los Angeles Rams receiver Tavon Austin said. “It might give you a good look to see what you … [Read more...] about NFL football is a game of seconds