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In Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, soccer fans take their sport very seriously. So when Bristol City’s super-fan, Ben Swift, lost his regular spot in the stadium when construction began, he was disappointed — until he realized he could get an even better view from his own backyard.

How do you say renaissance man in Swedish? Kevin Walker won Sweden’s version of American Idol and now he’s playing for one of country’s best soccer teams.

South African soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was known for his incredible skills in goal, recently earning the starting spot on his country’s national team. But he died on Sunday during a robbery at his girlfriend’s house, stunning South Africans and bringing even more attention to gun violence there.

Soccer fans chants “Ebola, Ebola” at them; teams forfeit matches so they don’t have to be near them; they’re quarantined everywhere they play. That’s what it’s like to be on Sierra Leone’s national soccer team right now.

Each weekend for four decades, soccer fans in the United Kingdom tuned into the radio to listen for the latest scores. What they heard was the voice of John Alexander Gordon, who could made music out of the numbers. Gordon died this week at age 78.