"What's so amazing about freestyle is you can literally do it anywhere - all you need is a ball...
you don't even need shoes!" Lia Lewis, 26, is something of a social media sensation - boasting more than one million followers on Instagram. Her fame comes from sharing freestyle football videos - despite not even so much thinking about kicking a ball before the covid pandemic struck. "I was a dancer for 18 years, and I always thought I was going to be a professional dancer," Lia explained to .
"I got the diploma, finished my three year degree...
And I decided to quit." Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to lock horns in a huge clash this month with each fighter attempting to etch their names in boxing history as the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. PPV is £24.
99 and includes one month of a DAZN subscription. It was 2018, and Lia was swept up in fever, with Gareth Southgate's England side thrilling the country with their unexpected run to the semi-finals. Lia added: "It was a bit of a mad decision [to take up freestyle football] to be honest!" But Lia isn't just one of the best freestyle footballers on the planet - she is the best, earning that right when she was crowned the Red Bull Street Style Freestyle Football World Champion in 2021.
It's been a meteoric rise for the girl who admitted she didn't know what to do after turning her back on dancing. "I think I got there at the right time during lockdown," Lia admitted. "Because social media wasn't really bi.