REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP
1 May the Wolves be With you
American actor Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in Star
Wars, has become a fan of English second-tier side Wolverhampton Wanderers...by accident.
After the 66-year-old “liked” a suggestion from a fan on Twitter that he could support Wolves, he admitted that he “thought they meant the animal”. However, he then realised that “everyone got so excited – I had to be a fan”.
After being made aware of the social media chat, the club said: “The force is certainly strong at Molineux at the moment, with the team making an excellent start to the season, and it was perhaps fitting that the game against Millwall finished Obi Wan-Nil.”
2 age a concern for young star
The father of a 12-yearold boy who scored three times in two games for Germany’s under-16 side has had to answer doubts about his son’s age.
Cameroon-born Youssoufa Moukoko, who had scored 13 goals in five games for Borussia Dortmund’s under-17s, scored on his debut against Austria and then scored twice more against the same side two days later.
According to his official birth certificate, Moukoko was born on November 20, 2004 in Cameroon, and his father, Joseph, says: “Straight after the birth, I registered him at the German embassy in Yaounde. We have a German birth certificate.”
According to the German Football Association, there have been “a number of intensive discussions with Borussia Dortmund at various levels,” and “there is no doubt about the correctness of the age of the player”.
3 a spot of bother
Marco Asensio had to miss Real Madrid’s opening Champions League group game after he shaved his legs and a spot became infected.
“He has a pimple on his leg which means he cannot lift his sock,” said coach Zinedine Zidane of the 21-year-old.
With Asensio cut from their squad, defending champions Madrid were still able to slice through APOEL of Cyprus, winning 3-0 at the Bernabeu.
5 tWo-goal Jozy Misses partner’s open Win
USA international footballer Jozy Altidore scored twice for his club side Toronto in their 4-0 win against San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS at the same time as his partner, tennis player Sloane Stephens, was winning her first Grand Slam title, the US Open.
Altidore was at Flushing Meadow to see Stephens win her semi-final against Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in straight sets but was then on football duty with his team and therefore missed her Final win, when she beat Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0.