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Among all the tributes to Pele, it would be remiss of us not to mention the old champ’s inveterate appetite for shagging.
Like Boris Johnson and his old pal Maradona, the charismatic striker sired so many lovechildren he forgot how many he had.
In a Netflix doc last year, he defended his total lack of fidelity, telling them: “My first wife, first girlfriend, knew about it. I never lied.” Which feels like a pretty small consolation, even now.
The doc paid less attention to his seven year relationship with model Xuxa. When the pair (pictured above) first got together, Pele was 41 and she was 17.
As Shoya Nakajima’s mum and siblings boarded the 13 hour flight from Japan to Turkey, they probably dreamt of watching the forward net a spectacular winner on his home debut for Antalyaspor.
Unfortunately it didn’t quite pan out like that.
Just 20 seconds after coming on as a sub, Nakajima dived into a rash two-footed tackle, leaving his opponent writhing on the floor and the ref with no choice but to send him off.
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As a red-faced Nakajima slunk past his manager, he cast a sheepish gaze up into the stands, where his distraught mother buried her face in her hands.
On the plus side, Nakajima’s three game suspension means he’ll be able to spend some quality time showing his family around Turkey.
The Kheira Hamraoui affair has finally come full circle – Parisian police have re-arrested initial suspect and midfield rival Aminata Diallo over the hit job that plunged PSG into civil war.
Back in November, Diallo (above left) gave Hamraoui a lift back from a team dinner, but when they arrived at her house, two masked hitmen appeared, dragged her from the car and beat her with iron bars, paying special attention to her legs.
With her rival in hospital, Diallo was promoted from warming the bench and turned in a star performance as her side thrashed Real Madrid 4-0.
But her PSG contract conveniently expired in the summer and despite denying any involvement, she’s now in the slammer, where police have charged her and four men.
The Super League’s dirty dozen may have felt the wrath of the people this week, but that was absolutely nothing compared to what German side Schalke had to deal with.
A 600-strong mob armed with fireworks and eggs waited until 1am at the club’s ground to greet their newly relegated players, who were returning from a 1-0 defeat.
Terrifying footage (above) shows the players sprinting away from the angry ultras, who chased them across the stadium concourse.
Among the fleeing Schalke players was former Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac, who famously fought off two knife-wielding robbers in London. Understandably, he didn’t rate his chances this time.
