Football

‘Very close to winning a football title’ – Robben on personal best in Rotterdam Marathon

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3 years ago

April 16, 2023

Thomas

‘Very close to winning a football title’ – Robben on personal best in Rotterdam Marathon

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Former Bayern Munich football player Arjen Robben, commenting on the results of the Rotterdam Marathon, compared his personal record with winning a title in football.

Robben ran 42 km 195 m in 2 hours 58 minutes 33 seconds. Last year, the world championship medalist showed a time of 3 hours 13 minutes 40 seconds.

I was very tired, but I did it. For a sprinter like me, this distance is very long. But I love sports and challenges. Some people call you crazy. I am no longer a top athlete, but I can say that it is a top sport when you can run a marathon in less than 3 hours. This is very close to winning a great football title. This is crazy, I can tick the box, – quotes the words of 39-year-old Robben AD with reference to NOS.

Robben announced his retirement in July last year. He already retired from football in 2019, but resumed his career in the summer of 2020, signing a contract with Groningen. At the club level, he played for Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern, as part of the national team he won the silver and bronze medals of the World Cup.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

Football

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

Russian midfielder of the Spanish football club Real Sociedad Arsen Zakharyan he missed the team’s first practice after the Christmas break due to the flu. The newspaper Mundo Deportivo reports it.

According to the source, Zakharyan did not train with the main group, but only did exercises in the gym. He notes that the team expects the Russian to return to the full lineup on Tuesday.

Monday’s training session was the first for Real Sociedad players under their new coach. On December 14, the Spaniard was fired from this position Sergio Francescoafter 6 days the team was led by an American Pellegrino Matarazzo.

Zakharyan is 22 years old, he joined Real Sociedad in August 2023 from Dinamo Moscow. This season, the midfielder played 14 matches for the Spanish club in various tournaments, scoring one goal.

Real Sociedad is in 16th place in the Spanish league table. The team has 17 points after 17 rounds. The team will play its first match under Matarazzo’s leadership on January 4 at home against Atlético.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

World Cup

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

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4 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:

“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”

FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”

Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:

“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”

Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

World Cup

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

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4 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.

This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.

Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.

This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.