Many bet on a romance between the media urban singer Karol G and the soccer player James Rodríguez. However, three days ago he himself denied it: “No no no, I’m single now, guys… I’m not in any relationship with anyone, I’m alone now.”
This imaginary couple, Karol G-Rodríguez, would have swelled a tradition of popular singers who are related to famous athletes.
The constant has been that they are the singers and they are the athletes. There are few exceptions to that. Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova are among them. The Spaniard is the one who sings and the Russian distinguished herself by a successful career in the world of tennis.
The relationship between Iglesias and Kournikova began in 2001 and continues today, two decades later.
They met after recording the music video “Escape”, where the former athlete was the protagonist of the romantic scenes.
As a result of their love, they became the parents of twins Lucy Iglesias and Nicholas Iglesias. Then in 2020 the family grew with the arrival of her daughter Mary Iglesias.
Although many times the mouth of the show business separates them, their love remains stable, although in a low profile in terms of their media exposure.
+ Shakira and Pique
In the field of love, attraction seems inevitable and irresistible and, in several notable cases, enduring. Colombian singer Shakira and Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué they are a good example.
Shakira and Piqué met at the 2010 Soccer World Cup, where she sang the official anthem of the championship, “Waka Waka”, a theme with which the Spanish team would celebrate that victory.
Their love story was consolidated with the arrival of their son Milan Piqué Mebarak in 2013 and their daughter Sasha Piqué Mebarak in 2015. They have formed a family and take care of their marriage despite commitments, distance and rumors of infidelity.
+ Becky G, among the most stable
Another stable couple is made up of the popular singer Becky G and the soccer player Sebastián Lletget, who have been in a love relationship from 2016 to the present.
They even look so in love that, according to their followers, many see them together for the rest of their lives.
The interpreter of “Fulanito” and the soccer player of Argentine parents met thanks to Naomi Scott, Becky G’s co-star in the movie “Power Rangers”.
+ Jlo and Alex Rodriguez
One of the most mediatic loves of all time between a singer and an athlete was that of Jennifer López and former baseball player Alex Rodríguez.
JLo and Ald-Rod met again in 2017 in Los Angeles and on March 31 of that year they confirmed the rumors of a relationship that lasted three years. In 2019 with an emerald ring, valued at more than a million dollars. López was asked to marry, but the pandemic delayed the wedding and surprisingly on April 15, 2020, the famous couple announced the end of their relationship. And then would come the tsunami related to actor Ben Affleck.
Before JLO, Rodríguez in 2008 was romantically linked with the pop diva Madonna.
+ Belinda and Giovani dos Santos
Although their love story was in 2009, the public felt a lot of chemistry between the singer Belinda and the soccer player Giovani dos Santos.
Even between the two they had a special signal to greet and send their love from the court to the singer. She was known as the “Belisignal”.
The relationship came to an end in 2010, after Belinda announced the separation on her Twitter account.
Also in Mexico there was a singer-sports marriage, between the artist Jenni Rivera (died 2012) and former baseball player Esteban Loaiza, but they had no children.
In the Dominican Republic, the cases of singers related to athletes they do not exist publicly and are rather linked to television presenters than to musical performers.
The one with the most stability is the one that involves the couple of former miss universe Amelia Vega and Al Horford, a member of the Boston Celtics basketball team in the NBA.
And although the beauty is not currently dedicated to singing, she tried it at one point in her life and as proof are her musical themes such as “Pasa Un Segundito”, “Tócame La Tambora” and others.
Vega and Orford met in 2007 in Boston and married four years later. As a result of their love, their children Ean Horford (2015), Alía Horford Vega (2016), Ava Horford Vega (2018) and Nova Horford Vega (2021) were born.
A couple that was not media (they are already separated) they formed it singer Alejandra Tejada and former MLB star Miguel Tejada They are still united by two children in common.
Alejandra Tejada launched as a pop singer in 2007 and has recorded several attempts to achieve a punch beyond her singing talents.
“All my plans were to be 100% at home, but music fills me with life, wisdom and love, and I have no way of saying no,” Alejandra has said.
Another case, but which does not involve a singer, but a television presenter, is that of Kareen Yapoort and former Major League Baseball player Edwin Encarnación.
Yapoort and Encarnación, who married in November 2017, have two children, Ever, two years old, and “Eiren Elif”, five months old.
In that area of television presenter and baseball player, one of the best-known unions in the country has been that of Sammy Sosa and Sonia.
in the historical record recalled in the 80s the fleeting marriage between the singer Taty Salas and the then basketball player Iván Mieses.
In Puerto Rico, hehe most famous union between a singer and an athlete is that of the merenguera Olga Tañón and the ex-player Juan “Igor” González, who ended up divorcing.
Olga Tañón and González were married in December 1998, in a pompous ceremony valued at 100 thousand dollars. The link lasted only three months. They had a daughter, Gabriella
Also on the Isla del Encanto, Giselle Ortiz, also a merengue player, and former baseball player Miguel “Mickey” Negrón are told.
Since the beginning of last year, 2021, it was rumored that the marriage of Gisselle Ortiz and former baseball player Miguel “Mickey” Negrón was not going well.
However, on August 26, 2021, the merenguera confirmed the divorce after 13 years together.
Among American singersit is given as a fact that Mariah Carey was the first love of Derek Jeter, a former American professional baseball player.
The show business calculates that they had a year of relationship, in which they turned the eyes of the American paparazzi. They then blamed their breakup on the press for not putting up with so much attention on them.
Rihanna and Matt Kemp At first they insisted on avoiding the press of the heart, she ended up confirming what was already a fact, that she was dating the Cincinnati Reds baseball player. “He’s my boyfriend,” the singer proclaimed in April 2010. Sure, that didn’t last long.
Across the Atlantic, the singer and fashion designerVictoria Adams, who belonged to the defunct group Spice Girls, is from 1999 to the present wife of soccer player David Beckham. They have received the title of the most famous couple in world sport.
They met in 1997, got engaged on January 25, 1998 and married on July 4, 1999. Since then they have had four children.
