- ...session’- Lev Yashin’s widow on her husband’s peerless career Sport, however, was to be a vital outlet and would open up new opportunities for the young Yashin.
- But I do also must say that a winner of this award needs to be the number one goalkeeper all over the year. (At psg he and navas are sharing the number 1 spot).
- Yashin's nickname was "The Black Spider" for his incredible athleticism and reflexes while wearing the Soviet's black goalkeeping jersey.
- Lev Yashin, the impregnable Spider
- Today marks the 30th anniversary of Lev Yashin’s passing
- He is widely regarded as the greatest goalkeeper ever
- Edwin van der Sar claimed the all-time British record for minutes without conceding a goal during Manchester United's 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday.
- Famed for always wearing a distinctive all-black strip when playing, The late and great Lev Yashin is the best goalkeeper of all time, rivalled only by Gordon Banks.
- “A good example of the uses of data science in goalkeeping is my study of one-on-one situations in the Premier League over the past three seasons.
- The International Federation of Football Associations (IFFHS) named Yashin the "best goalkeeper of the century" in 1999, both in Europe and in the world.
- In 1994 FIFA established the Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper, which is given to the best goalkeeper of the World Cup Finals.
- He recalled how, as a teenager, he went to a Dynamo match organized in 1989 to commemorate Lev Yashin's 60th birthday.