Sports by FT9

We all knew it was just a matter of time before Ronaldinho unofficially called it quits in football, but just like all the great things,  it came unexpectedly and the FOOTBALL world is proud and sad at the same time. Ronaldinho brought something that had been missing in the game of football --Style. Football had style way before Ronaldinho came, but after seeing his style and craft, we knew we had been seeing garbage all those times. He had the pace of a Ferrari and Turing force of an F16 Raptor. He literally moved pass anyone who faced him in a duel and sometimes managed to get some little time off to entertain fans to do that extra dribble for the joy of millions. The world has been flooded by footballers who try to imitate  Ronaldinho's style of play but the never gets to that level we saw in Ronaldinho. Everybody wants to be like Ronaldinho after watching his Videos but never has anyone reached the pinnacle of Ronaldinho's success, except Ronaldinho himself

Paul Pogba was bought at a record 89 million ponds -- The highest Man U has ever spent on a player. Paul Pogba's extraordinary transfer fee could have been avoided had Alex Ferguson not sold him to Juventus, whiles he was trying to find grounds at Old Trafford. Paul Pogba has widely been criticized for his pathetic performance at the Old Trafford and has been cited as one of the most disappointing transfers in the club's history. Pogba's performance isn't that disappointing but considering his transfer fee and the hype building to and after his transfer makes his performance unsatisfactory Paul Pogba is, however, starting to become the player he was at Juventus as he beat big names like Hazard and Neymar to lead the Assist chart across Europe. He has played just 13 games whiles his fellow competitors are averaging over 20 games -- Leroy Sane & Debruyne. Is Podga underrated considering his Hard work and influence in Manchester United'S Rejuv

Manchester City sat at the top of the premier league table for an eternity ,until crystal palace shook their walls and had them thinking -- " Can we be beaten ". Man City shrug off their stale mate against the "bottom halver's " and resume their Chivalrous ways ; conquering every team like its everyday business-- it is everyday business! Manchester City managed to beat Watford and gathered momentum to beat Burnley . They didn't stop there as they showed bristol city why they were the Kings of the Premier League . Everything was going on right for Manchester City until they faced the reds on a cold winter afternoon . The wind blew pass Manchester City's face and you could feel the chills of each man inside the Ethiad branded bus as they entered Anfield -- point of frustrating return! Manchester City in their Egotistic ways disregarded all the signs that this will be their last day under the sun-- or lossless streak , which ever way yo

The Australian open is here again and Ft9 takes you through some talking points . Lean back in your seat and take it all in . ROGERER FEDERER AIMS FOR TOP SPOT Roger Federer who's name  my phone hasn't auto-corrected this week --Hallelujah! wants to be on top of the heap of Tennis players again as he enters this years Aus. Open . The 5 time Australian open winner wants to defend his title and make this year's title his sixth and probably last . Can the 2012 Olympic silver medalist win this years tournament ? Is he  still  fit as the federer in 2004 ? He plays Aljaz Bedene in round  one of the tournament . NO SERENA WILLIAMS The 7 time Australian Open winner will not be participating in this years tournament and it's for the reason you just imagined . Serena Williams is the boss when it comes to female tennis and she plays when she wants to and win when she wants including beating her own sister . The 2017 winner wont be e defending her

VAR stands for Video Assistant Referee and as the name suggest ,VAR is just the use of high speed cameras and other sophisticated gadgets to aid referees in making their jobs much easier than it is now . VAR was approved in the year 2016 and has since been adopted by many major leagues in the world and by the accesment of match officials and FA officials it seems that VAR has a bright future in the world of football. The use of VAR will make the game of Football more transparent than it is currently and situations of Referees abusing their power in the game will be reduced . The reason why the  VAR has been in the background for far too long was because of people like Sepp Blatter and his corrupted folks . Possibly they saw VAR as threat to their influence on the game . Fair play is the key to success of football and its quite ironic that FIFA has been preaching about fair play but had never done anything to  substantiate the achievement of this tas

Wrestling is a sport where  two people square off in a ring trying to pin each other to the floor. If you get pinned to the floor after a three count , you lose and if you can pin some one  down after a three count or by submission , you win. The world Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) formerly World Wrestling Federation (WWF) seeks to provide the best in wrestling entertainment . With a roaster of about 100 superstars , WWE is undoubtedly the best place to get raw and satisfying Sports entertainment. The rules of traditional wrestling are bent a bit to ensure that the  thirst of fantacy and entertaiment are leveled up  ; WWE fans seem not to mind if the spectacular movess are substituted for the fairness of the game. Lets face it , traditional wresting is boring and unsatisfying and thats why million of people love the WWE , sometimes it feels like wwe is the only sports which involves fans the most . Founded in the Year in the year 1952 and formerly known

ROSS BARKLEY LIFE Ross Barkley was born in the year 1993 in Liverpool with a Nigerian Heritage. Ross Barkley has a net worth of approx 7million and an annual salary of about 5.5million. He is not married but not single either. Ross Barkley has been dating long time childhood friend Zoe Riozzi—a nursery school worker, for some time now and might surprise the entire folks of Merseyside with wedding invitations soon. EVERTON Ross Barkley joined the club’s youth side at age 11 in the year 2005, making his debut for the senior side 5 years later in the 2010 -2011 season. He was sent on two loan spells within the years 2012 and 2013 at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United resp. Barkley has played consistently for Everton since 2013 and managed to cap an astonishing 179 games with 27 goals for the club. CHELSEA Ross Barkley was sold to Chelsea with a reported transfer fee of 15million ponds in a five and a half year contract. Barkley was assigned the shirt number