Bolavip US https://bolavip.com/en EN Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:12:11 +0000 Bolavip US https://bolavip.com/__export/1511472982000/sites/bolavip/arte/logo_redes.png https://bolavip.com/en https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/robinho-talks-racism-in-regard-to-rape-case-in-italy Robinho talks racism in regard to rape case in Italy Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:26:01 -0400 Robinho is a on the run from the law, there is no other way to put it, in November of 2017, an Italian court sentenced Robinho to nine years in prison after he and five other males were convicted of sexual assault in the January 2013 gang rape of a 23-year-old Albanian woman at a Milan nightclub.


Since that time Robinho retired in 2020 from soccer but the Italian government has requested the Brazilian government arrest the former Santos and AC Milan player to serve his sentence in Brazil.

In an interview with Record, Robinho states that he was judged based on the color of his skin, and he hopes to have a “voice” on Wednesday where the Brazilian court will decide if they do in fact imprison the former soccer player for his crimes in Italy.

Robinho claims to be innocent

I was unjustly convicted in Italy for something that did not happen, and I have all the evidence that shows that,” said the former forward of Manchester City in an interview with the Record radio station.

Robinho

Robinho alleged in the interview that he had a “superficial,” “quick” and “consensual” sexual relationship with the victim, and that he then went home after their sexual encounter was over.

Now on Wednesday, Robinho will find out his fate as the Superior Court of Justice in Brazil may put him in prison and make him the second high profile Brazilian soccer player to be sent to jail after Dani Alves.

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https://bolavip.com/en/sports/josh-cavallo-is-getting-married Josh Cavallo is getting married Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:32:52 -0400 Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo has had three impressive years on the personal side, in October 2021, Cavallo summed up the courage to come out as Gay but also saw the global support from some of the top soccer players in the world.

Cavallo was the first high-profile player to come out during their career since English footballer Justin Fashanu made a similar announcement in 1990. Since coming out and the worldwide focus, Cavallo’s career has continued and he is still playing the sport he loves but on the sporting side, the 2023/24 season is one to forget.

Cavallo has only played 4 games this season and has missed almost all of the campaign due to injury, first an 11-week hiatus due to recovering from an Achilles tendon surgery. Later he went down with a muscle pull, but that did not take away from Adelaide United helping their player pop the question.

Josh Cavallo will marry Leighton Morrell

Cavallo working with Adelaide United popped the question on the field to a stunned Morrell, later Cavallo wrote on his Instagram, “You have provided a safe space in football, one that I never in my dreams thought could ever be possible and encouraged me to live every day of my life authentically,” Cavallo wrote. “It felt right to share this special moment on the pitch, where it all started.”

Morrell said “yes” and wrote on his Instagram, “My life just got a lot more sparkly, of course, I said yes”.

Morrell is listed on his social media as being an Electrician and an amateur Rugby player. Cavallo is under contract at Adelaide United until June of 2025, hoping for next season on the field to go better than it has off.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/spanish-club-sporting-gijon-criticized-over-womens-day-post Spanish club Sporting Gijon criticized over Women’s Day post Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:32:53 -0500 Sporting Gijon may want to think about how they communicate with their followers a bit more after a heavily panned post was uploaded to the club’s social media page.

In the video an underage girl is in the middle of Estadio Municipal El Molinón – Enrique Castro “Quini” field cleaning the center circle with a wet broom, she later paints the half field line with the universal symbol for women.

While the video was intended to be about inclusion, the end result was a catastrophic nightmare, as supporters panned the video.

Sporting Gijon slammed on social media over Women’s Day post

Fans of the club and many around the world commented on the video, one tweet stated “in their minds it must of been a great idea” or a picture of a masked man with the tweet “the CM sharing his “great” idea.”

One user retweeted the video stating “there is no way they could be capable, but yes they did”. Sporting Gijon is fifth in the Spanish second division three points back from second.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/mario-balotelli-sets-off-firecracker-in-team-locker-room-20240306-BUS-109527.html Mario Balotelli sets off firecracker in team locker room Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:28:17 -0500 Mario Balotelli still has it, scoring goals and continues to be up to his old mischievous ways. Now playing for Turkish side Adana Demirspor, Balotelli, now 33, has 5 goals in nine league games.


Despite having an injury plagued season, the former Italian international is coming through for his side when he sees the field. Adana Demirspor are tenth in the Turkish Super League and are losers of three of their last 5 games.

Still, Balotelli has a way of relaxing the mood, this time being filmed setting off a firecracker inside his team’s locker room.

Balotelli sets off firecracker

The incident in question was recorded by one of Balotelli’s teammates, who was all chuckles as the former Manchester City striker threw the projectile towards a clear area of the dressing room.

Balotelli covered his ears, and the firecracker went off as some of the teammates began to laugh. Balotelli has a long history of antics, from firing air guns in public, throwing darts at youth team players and turning up to a female prison to have a “look around”.

Balotelli also famously set his home on fire when he was lighting fireworks inside his residence. Balotelli also famously tried to backheel a goal but missed during his Manchester City days in a friendly against the Los Angeles Galaxy.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/supercomputer-reveals-final-premier-league-table-for-this-season-20240305-BUS-109212.html Supercomputer reveals final Premier League table for this season Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:43:47 -0500 The Premier League is now past its midway point and is now realistically down to a three-team race. Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal are all separated by 2 points and have been in a tug of war swapping first place various times this season.


At the bottom half of the table not much has changed with Luton Town, Burnley, and Sheffield United all in the drop zone and with little chance of survival.

Enter BETSiE the supercomputer by Bettingexpert, who during the course of the last few years has given out its expert opinion on how things will end up by analyzing statistics and numbers.

Final Premier League standings according to BETSiE

According to BETSiE the Premier League will see Arsenal end their title drought and finish with 86 points. Second will be Liverpool, tied with 86 but losing out on goal differential. Manchester City will finish third with 84 points, while Aston Villa will remain fourth with 70.

The Sun

Chelsea, who have had a disastrous season, will finish mid-table in eighth. At the bottom of the standings Fulham will finish 13th, Everton will be in 15th, Luton, Burnley, and Sheffield United will go down.

Manchester United despite all their ills and they have a lot, will finish 6th according to the supercomputer, ahead of Newcastle, West Ham, and Brighton.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/ifab-members-propose-to-adjust-rule-for-blue-cards-20240301-BUS-108255.html IFAB members propose to adjust rule for blue cards Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:27:18 -0500 The blue card was met with major backlash after it was announced that soccer would be looking to implement a new card, blue, whose primary objective is to reduce needless fouls and on-field antics of players.

The original idea behind the blue card was to issue one in the case of dissent or a cynical foul. Said player would be removed from the field for 10-minutes and would have to “wait” in a sin-bin area kind of like the NHL.

UEFA president Aleksandr Ceferin told the Telegraph “IFAB has four European members. I don’t think they will do something against the interests of football. And, if they do, then we will deal with it later.”

Adjustments to the blue card

Now some members of IFAB are proposing trials of sin-bins for dissent only, instead of cynical fouls too. Other areas within football are pushing to scale back the trial of the new card amid little fanfare.

Ange Postecoglou

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou stated that a blue card would be a major burden on soccer games, “You’ll have one team sitting there trying to waste time for 10 minutes waiting for someone to come back on. Every other game is trying to speed up and declutter, all we are trying to do is go the other way for some bizarre reason.”

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/what-is-the-fifa-series-footballs-next-national-team-competitions-20240228-BUS-107872.html What is the FIFA Series? Football’s next national team competitions Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:49:09 -0500 FIFA is ready to try new things, this time turning its focus on international friendly windows, given the tight schedule in world soccer currently. The new competitions will be titled the FIFA Series and will have a test run in March of 2024; the idea is to have it expand worldwide in 2026.

The pilot run will be played in four countries in March, “Currently we have 20 teams for the pilot edition. For the 2026 edition we hope to have many more” stated Elkhan Mammadov, FIFA’s Regional Member Associations Director for Europe.

FIFA will not offer any prize money or give any trophies for this new series of matches, rather the national teams involved in the FIFA Series will have the chance to play opponents from other confederations as FIFA will cover the travel costs.

Who will participate in the FIFA Series pilot project?

The countries participating in the pilot project for March are broken down in the following manner:

ALGERIA
Teams: Algeria, Bolivia, Andorra, South Africa

AZERBAIJAN
Teams: Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Tanzania, Bulgaria

SRI LANKA
Teams: Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Bhutan, Central African Republic

SAUDI ARABIA
Group A: Cabo Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Cambodia
Group B: Guinea, Vanuatu, Bermuda, Brunei

“We’ve started discussions with high-ranked teams, and they hope to play and even host the next edition in March 2026. There is interest to host,” Kenny Jean-Marie, FIFA’s Chief Member Associations Officer stated.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/journalist-gisele-kumpel-presses-charges-on-inter-of-porto-alegre-mascot-20240227-BUS-107697.html Journalist Gisele Kümpel presses charges on Inter of Porto Alegre mascot Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:26:42 -0500 It was a Inter of Porto Alegre victory over arch-rivals Gremio 3-2 for the Porto Alegre state competition in Brazil. The win left Inter in first place in the 12-team regional competition. Gremio is second, 5 points behind and a kick to their pride.

Off the field a horrible incident took place that has stained this classic matchup. Journalist Gisele Kümpel wrote on her social media that she had pressed charges to local police that the person playing the Inter of Porte Alegre mascot Saci, made strange “gestures” towards her.

Kümpel, also alleges that the mascot “hugged” her when Inter’s Alan Patrick scored the team’s third goal and would not let go. Saci, according to Kümpel, also made gestures that he was “kissing” the journalist during the goal celebration.

How is the case proceeding?

Inter will collaborate with authorities and provide video of the incident recorded by the stadium cameras. Inter will also provide information on the person who wears the costume during matches.

Saci

Inter also stated that the employee will be supervised to ensure he acts accordingly with fans and members of the press.

“I could hear the click of the kiss and feel her sweat,” confessed the victim herself, who assured that she will go “to the end in this matter so that no woman goes through this.”

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/don-garber-opens-up-about-possible-roster-changes-in-mls-and-how-messi-is-feeling-20240226-BUS-107547.html Don Garber opens up about possible roster changes in MLS and how Messi is feeling Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:59:04 -0500 It’s not easy being the commissioner of a major sports league in the United States, too often the man in charge of it all has to take a lot of the weight and also must play down the praise. In the case of Don Garber, maybe no other commissioner in any major sports league in the United States has witnessed the game he governs evolve as much as his time in MLS.

Appointed to his position in 1999 as the league was seriously facing being folded, Garber, who was an NFL executive, seemed to take the position more as a favor to his NFL owners, who to the bewilderment of many at the time had teams in MLS, but he quickly got to work. When at times it seemed that soccer and MLS’ back was against the wall the USMNT would produce a magical run at the 2002 World Cup that kept the league alive, and later David Beckham would sign to give the league a major boost after it fell to obscurity. That boost elevated MLS to where it is today.

Now, 29 teams deep, and games that have 65,000 fans in attendance, Don Garber provided an outlook of where MLS is at in 2024.

Don Garber on roster changes

Speaking to Forbes reporter Favian Renkel in a press conference before the LA Galaxy took on Inter Miami, Garber shed some light on some issues in the league, mainly spending and roster building.

Garber will meet with 12 owners in Miami to talk about changing the roster rules, although he did not elaborate if it was for this or next season. Garber was very firm in stating, “I can name the players that couldn’t join the league due to the roster rules on my hand.”

Don Garber on Messi

Lionel Messi and Don Garber

Garber stressed that Messi has been a huge spark for the league but not the only spark pointing to the other sold-out venues in week 1, “I was in Charlotte yesterday with 65,000 people and Messi was not playing.”

“I think all of you know (Messi) done well, he’s happy. It’s been great for Major League Soccer. It’s great for Inter Miami.”

“I feel this league has had so much momentum and had it last year before Leo was signed. We were on track to have our best year ever, and we did. We launched our Apple partnership, launched Leagues Cup.

“We had so many exciting things coming on. Then Leo comes in and he takes it to another level. So, we’ve all learned that it’s never about any one player, but we should all cherish the great experiences when legends come into your league. “

Don Garber has no question oversaw MLS’ continued growth with great success, although questions have been raised over the formula to generate revenue due to expansion fees, and how the league will look like when there is no more expansion to be had.

Garber has also come under fire for the league’s decision to avoid sending their best to the US Open Cup, and possibly not playing in it all together. The Commissioner has stated on many occasions that MLS holds all the cards in the tournament and that it’s not financially viable how US Soccer promotes and distributes the matches.

Another point of conversion is Leagues Cup and how it breaks the MLS season in two and shifts focus from regional competitions like the Concacaf Champions Cup.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/inter-miami-la-galaxy-referees-unusual-job-20240226-BUS-107525.html Inter Miami vs LA Galaxy referee’s unusual job Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:23:00 -0500 The 2024 MLS season is underway and while many teams have played their first game of the season over the weekend, Inter Miami has already played two. One thing that is lost in all the hype around the new MLS season is the current strike of the referees in Major League Soccer.

The conversations between the referee’s association and the league have hit a wall and there seems to be no immediate end in sight, as a result MLS has had to find over 60 officials who have some professional experience.

Enter Gabriele Ciampi, an Italian composure and orchestra leader. Ciampi is 48-year-old Italian and has been an official in the lower divisions as a hobby. Ciampi’s true profession is that of a classical musician, in which he has achieved a successful career that in recent years has focused on fusing traditional language with more popular aspects, such as pop.

Ciampi during LA Galaxy – Inter Miami

Ciampi had to make some tough calls during the game, calling a penalty in favor of the Galaxy and handing a red card to Marco Delgado as well. Ciampi had words with Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets also during the match.

Near the end of the match Ciampi had a talk with Lionel Messi who also was displeased with the official who in a tough and heated match was composed and was able to handle himself correctly.

Off the field, Ciampi was able to present his work in front of Barack and Michelle Obama at the White House, before Pope Francis in the Vatican and to compose works at the request of NASA.

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https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/quincy-promes-sentenced-in-cocaine-case-20240214-BUS-104789.html Quincy Promes sentenced in cocaine case Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:52:34 -0500 It did not end well for Spartak Moscow’s Quincy Promes, the 32-year-old Dutch soccer player was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence. Promes was involved in smuggling 1,360kg of cocaine through the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to the Netherlands in two shipments in 2020.


A Dutch court passed sentencing on Wednesday, but Promes did not go to the court hearings and is not planning on facing the music. Promes is residing outside of the Netherlands.

Lawyers representing Promes told the media that they would appeal his sentence, Promes denies any involvement in the charges he was sentenced for. The charges consist of importing, exporting, transporting, and possessing drugs.

How was Quincy Promes caught?

According to the court, Promes was involved directly in the shipment of the narcotics, which were hidden in shipments that came from Brazil. This was discovered by phone taps, which led to Promes being charged.

Quincy Promes

Since Promes is out of the country the former Sevilla player has two pending sentences, the six-year sentence for drug trafficking and a 2020 year and a half sentence for assault.

The assault charge is due to a fight he had with a cousin which resulted in Promes stabbing his cousin in the knee. Both sentences are currently under appeal.

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