27
Mar

Luis Suarez is public enemy number one in many people’s book and the Liverpool striker could be in trouble again judging by these pictures from Uruguay’s 2-0 defeat by Chile in a CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier. But does anyone out there have the tiniest bit of sympathy when a defender is tugging your shirt so hard he’s almost inside it? We thought so…

1
Mar

Prison inmate becomes professional soccer player

A Russian drug dealer in a previous life, Maxim Molokoedov is turning his life around.

While serving a three-year sentence in a Chilean prison for drug trafficking, Molokoedov managed to get on the prison soccer team and eventually found a second chance through his natural gift. Talent scouts from local club Santiago Morning received word of the talented Russian inmate, and obtained permission to let him leave the prison to practice with the team until he served his sentence.

Now, Molokoedov is a full-time squad member for the Chilean Second Division club and remains in the country under a working visa.