Messi, the third in history to reach 75 free kick goals Yesterday, Lionel Messi scored a direct free-kick goal for Inter Miami in an MLS match against San Diego (2–2).This is the 75th goal of his career scored in this manner. He is the third player in football history to reach this milestone.Only two Brazilians…

Raphinha’s feats in La Liga Raphinha has just scored for Barcelona hat-tricks in two consecutive La Liga matches: against Racing (7–2) and Sevilla (3–1).This marks the 11th time such a feat has occurred in the competition this century (see table for the list) and the first time since 2018 (Antoine Griezmann).All 10 previous instances took…

Dick Advocaat, new oldest coach in World Cup history Prior to the 2026 edition, only four coaches over the age of 70 had ever worked at the World Cup, with the oldest among them—Otto Rehhagel—not even having reached the age of 72.The most recent tournament saw that number of veteran coaches jump to nine, with…

Alexis Sánchez in “Club 1000+ games”! Alexis Sánchez has joined the “Club” of players with 1000+ games at top level. He reached the landmark in a today’s Canadian Championship game for Montreal vs Vancouver Whitecaps (2-1).Sánchez is the first Chilean player and the 30th overall in the world football history to achieve this milestone. His…

Real Madrid updated old Honved’s record Real Madrid players scored a combined total of 22 goals at the 2026 World Cup (Kylian Mbappé 10, Jude Bellingham 7, Vinícius 4, Arda Güler 1).Thus, Real Madrid broke the previous record for the number of goals scored by players from the same club in a single tournament.That record…

Barcelona’s longest no-draw run in La Liga Picture : Lamine Yamal and Raphinha – Barcelona’s leaders ! By beating Levante (4-2) on 13 September, Barcelona extended their record-breaking, exceptionally long streak of matches without a draw in La Liga.Their previous draw in the competition dated back to 31 August 2025 (1–1 against Rayo Vallecano).The “Blaugrana”…

“Club 100+ goals for 3+ teams”: now with Messi  Lionel Messi’s goal for Inter Miami against Nashville (2-2) on 13 September was his 100th for the club. In doing so, Messi became the sixth member of an elite “club” of players who have scored 100 or more goals for at least three different teams. In…

Al-Nassr set world record for longest scoring run in national leagues! Yesterday, Al-Nassr Riyadh set a new world record for the longest consecutive scoring streak in a domestic league.The match against Al-Khaleej (1-1) marked the 94th Saudi League game in a row in which Cristiano Ronaldo’s team found the back of the net.The last time…

Yamal among youngest UCL free kick scorers Lamine Yamal became the third-youngest player in the Champions League history to score from a direct free kick.The Barcelona winger was 19 years 54 days young when he performed his lethal set-piece in the first match-day of the new UCL season vs Feyenoord (5-1).The record still belongs to…