Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale says he is still confused that his love for playing golf has caused such a stir in Spain and questioned why other elite sportsmen are not criticised for playing the game. Last year he celebrated Wales’ qualifying for Euro 2020 by posing in front of a banner reading ‘Wales. In that Order’, causing a vicious backlash and leading to Real fans booing and whistling him in his first game back for the club. “A lot of people have problems with me playing golf,” Bale told U.S golf podcast The Eric Anders Lang Show. “Leganes will automatically renew all its season ticket holders for the next season,” said a statement from the club, based in the satellite city of the same name just outside Madrid.

Source: The Star May 27, 2020 21:01 UTC