GOtv and DStv are here to give you a few facts you should know going into the next week of sports action. Here are ten interesting facts to get you ready for the sporting action that awaits you this weekend on GOtv and DStv.
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the fastest red card in football history was given just two seconds into a match? Lee Todd was sent off in 2000 after saying “F*** me, that was loud” in reaction to the referee’s whistle to start the game. The ref considered it foul language directed at him.
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The 1962 World Cup match between Chile and Italy was so violent it’s now called the “Battle of Santiago”. There were two red cards, brutal punches, police intervention, and a broken nose. It’s still considered one of the dirtiest games in football history.
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The only footballer to have played in five different decades is Kazuyoshi Miura, a Japanese striker born in 1967. As of 2025, he’s still playing professionally at age 58.
He’s currently on the books of Atletico Suzuka.
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In 1967, a football match stopped a civil war in Nigeria. When Pelé’s club Santos FC came to play an exhibition match, both sides in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch him play.
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The first football match ever broadcast on television was in 1937 in the UK. It was a practice match between Arsenal’s first team and their reserves, shown by the BBC.
Only a few hundred people had TVs to see it.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal against Spain when Portugal clinched the 2025 UEFA Nations League title following a win over La Roja in the final. As such, no player has netted more goals against Spain than the Portuguese superstar across all competitions since at least January 2004.
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When Italy succumbed to a shock 3-0 defeat to Norway on June 6, it was the first time in their history that they had lost two FIFA World Cup qualifiers games in succession. Gli Azzurri also failed to score in three consecutive games in the World Cup qualifiers for the first time, which led to the dismissal of coach Luciano Spalletti.
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Kazuyoshi Miura, who is a Japanese striker born in 1967, is the only footballer to play in five different decades. As of 2025, he is still playing professionally at age 58 and he is currently on the books of Atletico Suzuka in the Japan Football League.
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The 2024/25 season saw Tottenham Hotspur record 26 defeats across all competitions and it was their most ever in a single campaign in their history. This led to the club firing their head coach, Ange Postecoglou, despite having led Spurs to the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League title, ending the club’s 17-year trophy drought in the process.
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Cristiano Ronaldo extended his record as the greatest goalscorer of all time when he scored for Portugal against Spain in the 2025 UEFA Nations League final. It was his 938th goal as a professional footballer Lionel Messi of Argentina is second with 865 goals.
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