In 2019, a “friendly” prison soccer game in Northern Mexico between two rival drug cartels ended with 16 deaths and 5 injured after weapons were drawn as result of a dirty tackle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Sixteen inmates killed in Mexican prison fight, scarring troubled system | Reuters
The national soccer team of San Marino has only ever won 1 game since it was established in 1986. It has tied in 6 games and lost nearly 200. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team
South Korean soccer team FC Seoul were fined a record 100 million Korean won after accidentally placing sex dolls instead of mannequins in their stands in the coronavirus aftermath. – WTF Fun Facts
The Norway national soccer team is the only national team that has never lost a match against Brazil. Moreover, Norway has won two matches against Brazil and tied two. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_national_football_team
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to get any tattoos on his body just so he can continue on donating blood. – WTF Fun Facts
The Argentine Football Association published a cultural manual ahead of the 2018 World Cup that included a section on how to seduce Russian women. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/05/17/argentina-apologizes-for-world-cup-manual-on-seducing-russian-women-a61475
The richest game in sports is the English soccer playoff game to get promoted from the Championship to the Premier League. It is the most lucrative one-off game with a financial windfall for the winning team of nearly £170 million ($215m).
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-league-championship/0/blog/post/3860320/the-championship-playoff-final-get-ready-for-the-richest-game-in-sports
