Football (no dude, not American handball) the world's most challenging and rewarding sport fits every sex, race - and size.

That's why the best teams are physically diverse, and the best managers those who can handle that diversity.

More than a year ago Klevius wrote:

The beauty of football is that it fits all sorts of (sporty) body constitutions. But due to the skill level needed in top football not every sporty individual may fit - no matter how good he/she is in an other sport.

Usain Bolt: "The boss of Puma knows Dortmund and he made the call. They said they didn't mind and they'd be excited to have me train with them." "I'm going to do that after the season and see what happens. It'd be something big for me - if I could get in the Manchester United jersey that'd be massive for me."

However, Usain's dream is to play for Manchester United.

Klevius (2017): Him being tall would certainly fit Mourinho's strange gathering of tall players - which fact may well turn out to be disastrous for the quality of Manchester United's footballing.

It did, didn't it. Only with the right mix of players can you get a really good team.

No wonder football (no dude, not American handball) is not only the world's most popular sport but also the most democratic one. And the play outside the pitch isn't football, and stupid or bribed referees on the pitch isn't either.

Xherdan Shaqiri (169 cm - i.e. same size as Messi) scoring one of his two goals in Liverpool's 3-1 win over Manchester United. This was also Jose Mourinho's last match as the manager of MU.



Klevius wrote:

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Islamofascist Qatar competing with islamofascist Saudi Arabia in the world's most popular sport - and Klevius contemplating sport bodies and performance.

BBC's poster boy Usain Bolt may not have been as good as BBC has tried to make him after all

Some 15 years ago Klevius launched a web page called A tribute to heroic women (and some tiny men) who showed the world (in the 1980's - before difference/glamour feminism shut the door for many a young girl! The page is part of klevius.info web museum and therefore not touched upon.

When Wilma Rudolph (180 cm/59 kg) back in 1960 run 100 m on a slow cinder track at 11.0 she wasn't anything close to a body builder.

Livio Berruti (180 cm/66 kg) run 1960 100 m in 10.2 and 200 m in 20.5 on a cinder track.

Jan Zelezny (182 cm/72 kg) still, after some 20 years, has the javelin world record 98,49 m (previous "record" by Hohn was made with a "sailing" javelin that isn't allowed anymore).

However, the same question about physical appearance and performance still remains. The best ones are never the really big ones or the really muscular ones.

The world's best striker trio ever consists of Messi 169 cm (who is considered the best), Neymar 175 cm (who is now the world's most expensive player) and Suarez 182 cm.

Oil/gas wealthy islamofascist dictatorships from the Arabian peninsula compete with each others to get their names associated with the world's best players in the world's best sport.

However, the beauty of football is that it fits all sorts of (sporty) body constitutions. But due to the skill level needed in top football not every sporty individual may fit - no matter how good he/she is in an other sport.

Usain Bolt: "The boss of Puma knows Dortmund and he made the call. They said they didn't mind and they'd be excited to have me train with them." "I'm going to do that after the season and see what happens. It'd be something big for me - if I could get in the Manchester United jersey that'd be massive for me."

However, Usain's dream is to play for Manchester United.

Klevius: Him being tall would certainly fit Mourinho's strange gathering of tall players - which fact may well turn out to be disastrous for the quality of MU's footballing.

Usain Bolt's decline has come during harder doping controls

Usain Bolt (195 cm/94 kg) beaten by the world's now fastest man Christian Coleman (175 cm/71 kg - 9.82 so far fastest time 2017).

Behind 9.58 sec world record (2009) holder Bolt, every other man to run under 9.79sec has served a drugs ban at some point in their career with Gay (9.69sec), Blake (9.69sec), Powell (9.72sec) and Justin Gatlin (9.74sec) all falling foul of anti-doping regulations.

Year     100 metres

2007     10.03    
2008     9.69    
2009     9.58    
2010     9.82    
2011     9.76    
2012     9.63    
2013     9.77    
2014     9.98    
2015     9.79    
2016     9.80    


2017 best 100 m

Rank     Mark     WIND     Competitor     DOB     Nat     Pos         Venue     Date

1     9.82     +1.3     Christian Coleman     06 MAR 1996     USA USA     1h1         Eugene (Hayward Field), OR     07 JUN 2017
2     9.90     +0.9     Yohan Blake     26 DEC 1989     JAM JAM     1         Kingston (NS), JAM     23 JUN 2017
3     9.92 A     +1.2     Akani Simbine     21 SEP 1993     RSA RSA     1         Pretoria (Tuks)     18 MAR 2017
3     9.92     -0.8     Justin Gatlin     10 FEB 1982     USA USA     1         London (Olympic Stadium)     05 AUG 2017
    9.93 A     +2.0     Akani Simbine     21 SEP 1993     RSA RSA     1r5         Pretoria (Tuks)     04 MAR 2017
    9.93     +0.4     Yohan Blake     26 DEC 1989     JAM JAM     1         Kingston (NS), JAM     20 MAY 2017
5     9.93     +0.8     Cameron Burrell     11 SEP 1994     USA USA     1h2         Eugene (Hayward Field), OR     07 JUN 2017
5     9.93     +1.6     Christopher Belcher     29 JAN 1994     USA USA     1h3         Eugene (Hayward Field), OR     07 JUN 2017
    9.93     +0.2     Christian Coleman     06 MAR 1996     USA USA     1h2         Sacramento (Hornet Stadium), CA     22 JUN 2017
    9.94 A     +0.2     Akani Simbine     21 SEP 1993     RSA RSA     1sf1         Potchefstroom (Puk McCarthur)     21 APR 2017
7     9.94     +0.9     Wayde van Niekerk     15 JUL 1992     RSA RSA     1r3         Velenje     20 JUN 2017
    9.94     -0.8     Christian Coleman     06 MAR 1996     USA USA     2         London (Olympic Stadium)     05 AUG 2017
8     9.95 A     +1.2     Thando Roto     26 SEP 1995     RSA RSA     2         Pretoria (Tuks)     18 MAR 2017
    9.95 A     -0.7     Akani Simbine     21 SEP 1993     RSA RSA     1         Potchefstroom (Puk McCarthur)     21 APR 2017
    9.95     -0.7     Justin Gatlin     10 FEB 1982     USA USA     1         Sacramento (Hornet Stadium), CA     23 JUN 2017
8     9.95     +0.7     Usain Bolt     21 AUG 1986     JAM JAM     1         Monaco (Stade Louis II)     21 JUL 2017
    9.9