Rocky one. Apollo Creed is forced to select a local contender after his scheduled opponent is unable to compete due to an injury. Who is that opponent, you ask? None other than Rocky Balboa. A fight that was booked as an “exhibition match” exceeded all expectations when it went to an unprecedented 15 rounds, with each competitor giving it their all and refusing to concede. Although Balboa would unsurprisingly lose by virtue of a split decision, they made a pact just before the final bell that there would be no rematch.

The transfer window in the Premier League has been open to basically any professional player, whether they were 15 years old or 40 years old, to move from one club to another. However, with the United Kingdom’s soon-to-be departure from the European Union, otherwise known as Brexit, at the end of the month, the way clubs can recruit younger players, as well as transfers from any player from the E.U., could have a drastic impact.

On Nov. 25, the Grim Reaper that is 2020 took its toll on one of the most famous, and greatest, soccer players to ever step on the pitch. On that day, Argentina and Napoli legend Diego Armando Maradona was pronounced dead in his home country from a heart attack.

Before we get into the top news stories of the weekend, it is important to acknowledge the passing of former Argentine international Diego Maradona, who passed away at the age of 60 on Wednesday, Nov. 25 due to a heart attack. He was residing at his home in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, after undergoing emergency brain surgery to treat a subdural hematoma.