After last season’s failure to qualify for Europe, Kenny Dalglish has gone big and bold with his summer acquisitions in a bid to propel Liverpool back amongst the Premier League elite.
Trainee German undertakers are being put through their paces at Europe’s only “funeral school” — anything but a dying business in the fast-ageing continent.
Ronaldo retired from soccer Monday because his body can no longer meet the demands of the game, ending a magnificent career in which he won two World Cups with Brazil and thrived with some of Europe’s top teams.
Freddy Adu’s journeyman career has led him to Denmark, where he is training with Randers FC. The Benfica-owned playmaker has bounced around Europe since leaving MLS as a teenager. Now at 21, he still has not carved out a role for himself either at the club level or with the U.S. national team.
The players and coaches aren’t the only ones prepping for upcoming 2009-10 seasons across Europe; hundreds of cheerleading teams are also putting final touches on routines and getting into shape for opening day. As unabashed admirers of the glamorous ladies of the CSKA Moscow dance team, BallinEurope thought it might be a good idea to briefly chat with one of the Red Army’s prettier side – ‘cuz, you know, we’re professionals with a website here… Former world-class rhythmic gymnast for Russia
