Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's goal to complete Schalke's 3-0 win at PAOK has taken his tally to 50 in UEFA club competition, making him just the 16th player to reach a half-century, in what was his 81st continental fixture.UEFA.com celebrates the other 50+ players, including Karim Benzema who achieved that mark during the UEFA Champions League group stage, as well as the top marksmen in the UEFA Europa League, and reveals key stats about the 33-year-old Huntelaar's haul.
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How to pronounce the players’ names correctly
With the UEFA Champions League round of 16 fast approaching, UEFA.com explains how to say those tricky names correctly.ARSENALLondon is around 150km from Calais, but the linguistic distances between English and French are huge when it comes to pronunciations, a situation which has led to generations of French Arsenal players having their names mangled on the terraces.Héctor Bellerín – Hector Bay-air-eenPetr Čech – Pet-r ChekhFrancis Coquelin – Francis Cock-er-lanMathieu Debuchy – Mat-yur De-boo-sheOlivier Giroud – Olivier Gee-rooLaurent Koscielny – Lo-ron Ko-sea-el-niMesut Özil – Mesut Er-zi... UEFA.com - News
LeBron James Apparently Backs Charles Oakley After Ex-Knicks Player’s Arrest
The bizarre scene involving Charles Oakley at Madison Square Garden seemingly tickled LeBron James. That’s what we conclude judging from the photo of Oakley and the caption James shared Wednesday on Instagram following the ex-New York Knicks player’s ejection from the arena he once called home and subsequent arrest. Mood!! #Legend A photo posted by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Feb 8, 2017 at 8:23pm PST Oakley had... NESN.com
Which players have never been sent off?
Should the retiring Philipp Lahm manage to avoid a red card for the remainder of the season, the Bayern München captain will have gone through an entire career without being dismissed. UEFA.com profiles a few other players who managed that feat, and a couple who have just missed out.Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke, al-Sadd, New York Cosmos & Spain)Seventeen years as a player; 388 goals in 932 club games; 44 more strikes for Spain; UEFA Champions League triumphs in 1998, 2000 and 2002 (including becoming the first player to score in two finals) and six Spanish titles among a vast trophy haul; no red cards.
Brad Marchand Credits Claude Julien For His Development, Maturation
Share this: BOSTON — Brad Marchand, like many of his Bruins teammates, don’t know life in the NHL without Claude Julien as their head coach. That all changed Tuesday. The Bruins fired Julien, midway through his 10th season, replacing him with assistant coach and former Providence Bruins bench boss Bruce Cassidy. The move is something of a last resort for the floundering Bruins, who are on the verge of missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season. Julien is now gone, yes, but the veteran head coach’s impact will be felt for a long time. For all of the flak he took for a perceived inability to help younger players develop, there are plenty of examples on this Bruins roster of players he
Brad Stevens Humbly Answers What Coaching East All-Stars Means To Him
Share this: As Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens pointed out after the C’s 113-107 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, someone other than him “should be” leading the Eastern Conference in the upcoming NBA All-Star Game, but that won’t be the case Feb. 19 in New Orleans. Since the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Ty Lue led the East All-Stars last season, Stevens will coach the Eastern Conference due to his C’s having the second-best record in the conference after Friday night’s games, a mark they clinched before the win thanks to the Toronto Raptors’ loss to the Orlando Magic. Stevens was asked about that honor right off the bat in his postgame press conference. “It should be Ty Lue, but the way the rules work it’s the next best
Isaiah Thomas Earns Michael Jordan, Larry Bird Comparison, And It’s Justified
Share this: First, a disclaimer: Isaiah Thomas isn’t the same basketball player as Michael Jordan or Larry Bird — nowhere close, in fact. But that didn’t stop Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey from mentioning the Boston Celtics point guard in the same breath as the two NBA legends. “He’s a great player,” Casey told reporters Wednesday, via MassLive.com. “I’m sure if you remember Larry Bird, they went to him a lot in the fourth quarter. Michael Jordan, they went to him a lot in the fourth quarter and back in the day a lot of those great players — Dirk Nowitzki — didn’t get started until later in the game and had to get revved up. And when it’s money time, those players