Busayo Akin-Adejumo

GOD! FAMILY!! FOOTBALL!!!

[Busayo Akin-Adejumo @BusayoAdejumo]

He leads me beside the STILL WATERS ....

[TC @totalcristiano]

This is truly beautiful.

Welcome, Yan. 🥲🤍

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🤍 Real Madrid’s new signing Yan Diomande is making his sister proud:

"Dear Roxane,

Remember when somebody bought me a fake United jersey, and I wrote Ronaldo 7 on the back with the black marker?"

We didn’t know rich or poor. We just knew happiness.

"Remember 25 people sleeping in one house back in Abidjan? Mum wanted to watch her soap operas. Remember how I always used to fake like I was asleep and then go into the TV room after midnight? I’d put the TV on real low. Just like 2 volume bars. I’d watch football in the dark and dream."

"Remember when the adults saw me playing football in the dirt and nicknamed me “Roberto Carlos” because of how hard I would shoot? And remember how I was secretly so mad about it, because CR7 was my idol?"

"Remember when I got my first real football boots, and I used to sleep with them? Growing up, I always played in those white plastic sandals. Even when I go back home now, I still play in them. It’s our tradition."

"Remember how we used to sit and dream about moving to France? How we were going to go shopping and get our own apartment and I was going to be a rich footballer with cars and a big house, and you wouldn’t have to worry about nothing. You were the one who always believed that I could be the next Cristiano, when everybody else laughed."

"Remember when they took me on trial at Bournemouth? At Chelsea, Rangers, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace? Eze and Olise even came up to me after one training and said, “Yo kid, you’re really good.”"

"But they still didn’t sign me."

"Even the B teams in the MLS didn’t want me. I didn’t even know why.

"My visa was up. My dream was over. They sent me back to Africa, and we cried together."

"You were the one who never stopped believing. A few weeks later, I signed for Leganés and we cried different tears."

"That was back when I used to have emotions. Now, I don’t feel anything. It’s like I’m not even human. Since you died, I’m just blank."

"I don’t even think I shed a tear the day they told me that you were gone. I was just in shock."

"It was a few weeks after I made my debut for Leganés. Who makes their debut at 18 against Real Madrid? It was a dream."

"And then it was a nightmare. Someone kept calling me from back home. I was annoyed. I didn’t understand why they kept calling me."

"I picked up, and they didn’t even soften it. You know how it is back home. No emotions. Just..

“Your sister is gone.”
“What?”
“She died.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Somebody put something in her drink at a party, and she never woke up. She is gone.”

"You were 15."

"I never got any answers. I don’t know if I want to know why. Maybe it was jealousy. Maybe it’s just something that happens in our country. Maybe I could have protected you. I don’t know."

"I try to trust God’s plan. It’s all I can do. I don’t try to forget, because I know I won’t forget.

"Everything I do on a football pitch, it’s for you."

"You know what’s crazy? After my debut against Madrid, I actually swapped shirts with Mbappé. Remember when we used to watch him on TV, and you’d say, “Mbappé? Yeah, he’s good. But my brother is better.”

"I didn’t want a big house. I didn’t want cars. I just wanted to put everything into football. Everything to show the world that my sister was right.”

"The pitch is the only place that I feel at home anymore. It’s the place where I feel calm, and I can speak to you. I just wish you were still here so I could tell you. We did it."

"Everything you said came true."

"We’re leaving for the World Cup tomorrow. Your brother is going to play for Côte d'Ivoire, like Drogba, like Yaya, like Gervinho."

"You always said that I could be better than Cristiano. If I see him there, I’ll tell him hello for you."

"I’m going to do what you predicted, I swear. Before I even had real boots, you were telling everybody, “My brother is going to be the best in the world.”

"I will prove that you were right, or I will die trying..

Your brother, Yan."
@PlayersTribune

[True Score @truescoreglobal]

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞: Arjen Robben may have retired from professional football, but his relentless competitive spirit never disappeared.

At the age of 38, the Dutch icon completed the Rotterdam Marathon in a superb time of 3 hours, 13 minutes and 40 seconds.

Robben’s marathon numbers:

Time: 3:13:40

Pace: 7:22 per mile - 4:34 per km

Distance: 42.195 km - 26.2 miles

For context, brea

[The Footy Section @FTBLsection]

Zinedine Zidane: “At Juventus, Edgar Davids wanted us to play in the neighbourhoods. I would tell him that we trained every day and that we couldn't go and play with young people on the streets.

So he would tell me 'You've changed! You don't remember where you lived and what you used to do.’

So, once or twice, I went with him. But he did it very often. It was impressive because we had fun, but it was also crazy to go, after training, to play on the tarmac with young people. He did it very, very often.”

[Pubity @pubity]

The President of the Czech Republic spends his vacations being a professional photographer for F1 and other motorsports.

Petr Pavel has full media credentials and is just there for the love of the game.

[michelle alozie (O.O.N) @alozieee]

📍 Rabat, Morocco

[خـٰــالــد الـتَـمّـامـي @khalidyatnet]

فريق هارلم غلوبتروترز
لكرة السلة
اللاعب الأسطوري ميتشيل "شوبيز" جاكسون
الذي اشتُهر بحركاته الكوميدية

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

👶🇫🇷 Even at just 12 years old, Thierry Henry was already mastering the trademark finish that would become his signature.

[$ilva 💸 @TheSilvapr_]

He’s talented 🔥

[Poirot @Argenpoirot]

13 de mayo de 1995, Maradona visita a Pele en Río de Janeiro y se da este encuentro de las dos máximas figuras del futbol hasta ese momento. Una cena donde Pele sirve la mesa, una charla de futbol.

Se imaginan algo así hoy entre Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo? Creo que imposible.

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🇪🇸 This is Spain at EURO 2012. You could not get near them.

And they played 𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗟𝗬 the same way in the 2026 World Cup. That's what you call a football identity.

[ivan ☭ 🚩🇧🇷🇵🇸 @ivantuita]

Garrincha, o gênio das pernas tortas, o homem que ganhou a Copa de 1962 pro Brasil.

[𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐢𝐋🥷 @khalilogyigo]

Il faut juste voir les déplacements de Bellingham pour comprendre que les pros sont dans un autre monde, toutes ses courses sont calculées. 🪄

[Manchester City @ManCity]

A special journey 🥹🩵

[Casemiro @Casemiro]

New home

[SDuarte @sduarte13]

@AdriRM33 Bienvenidos mis corazones blancos. ¡Hala Madrid y nada más!.👑⚽🤍👑⚽🤍👑⚽🤍

[Marc Cucurella @cucurella3]

#NuevaFotoDePerfil

[Footballogue @Footballogue]

Vozinha est tellement passé dans une autre sphère pendant cette CDM !! 🤯🇨🇻

Il se retrouve à participer à un match de légendes à New-York aux côtés de Cafu, Sneijder, Zanetti, Trezeguet...

DINGUE ! 😅

(@diarioas)

[Cleverly 💐 @Cleverlydey4u]

Vozinha, the Cape Verdean goalkeeper, already has his own doll that is sold in Cape Verde and in some parts of the world 🤯

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Almost 60 years after the end of Nigeria's civil war, two former adversaries meet for the first time. One was a Nigerian army officer, the other a Biafran corporal. The men met as survivors with a message for the younger generation of Nigerians.