It is a little unexpected, but according to the 12B Sports administrator, Europe’s top five leagues have already moved into the second week of the new season. What stands out most is that several traditional powerhouses that changed managers are already producing strong results. Some fans have even started calling it the “new manager effect” or the kind of early boost that can make a club feel refreshed overnight. In the English Premier League, there was plenty of concern among Liverpool supporters after Jürgen Klopp stepped down. With no major…

For many 12B Sports users, this year’s Copa America was the stage that pushed Richard Rios into the wider football spotlight. Before the tournament, few fans outside his native Colombia or Brazil, where he currently plays, knew much about the energetic 24-year-old midfielder. Yet as Colombia marched all the way to the final before suffering a narrow defeat to world champion Argentina, Rios remained one of the driving forces in midfield from start to finish. What makes his rise even more remarkable is that Rios only began attracting serious national-team…