Soccer
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David Beckham Played In His Final Soccer Match On Saturday (Video)
David Beckham‘s storied soccer career came to an end on Saturday, when he was substituted for Ezequiel Lavezzi in the 82nd minute of PSG’s 3-1 victory over Brest. During his professional career, Beckham made 523 appearances with Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, from 1993 to [...]
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Didier Drogba Almost Has His Leg Broken By Crazy Galatasaray Fan (Video)
Last spring, after the conclusion of the 2011-12 English Premier League season, superstar forward Didier Drogba announced his departure from Chelsea. He said it was just time for something new, but everyone knew it was really because he was 34 years old and Chelsea didn’t want to invest any more money in their fourth-leading scorer [...]
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Mario Balotelli Finally Has a Twitter Account
Twitter is made for people like Italian soccer player Mario Balotelli—people with impulse control problems who regularly do and say crazy things. In the last year alone, this guy has stolen a camera from a Manchester City photographer, commissioned a life-sized statue of himself, and wagered sex with his girlfriend that Real Madrid wouldn’t come [...]
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Viral Photo: Kid Steps in to Break Up Argument Between Coach and Referee
There are lots of reasons why we make kids play sports. It’s fun for them, it’s good for them, and it helps them make friends. However, perhaps the most important reason we have kids play sports is that it provides a way to teach them valuable life lessons and instill good values. Through sports, we can teach [...]
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Soccer Player Kicks Opponent to the Ground, Then Kicks the Ball at Him (Video)
In America, an example of good sportsmanship in the game of soccer would be helping your opponent get back to his feet after knocking him to the ground, while an example of bad sportsmanship would be kicking the ball at him while he’s on the ground. I’m assuming that’s the case in pretty much every [...]
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Dangerous Winds Cause Soccer Net To Steamroll a Fan in Norway (Video)
When I was a kid playing soccer, the most exciting thing about playing in championship games was getting goals with nets on them. We never had that luxury during league games because, yes, it was a pretty pitiful league. But for interleague championship games they pulled out all the stops, and we felt like pros. [...]
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Turkish Soccer Player Gets Knocked Out Cold by Flying Kick to the Head (GIF + Video)
In soccer, there are reckless challenges, and then there are insanely vicious challenges. The challenge that Manchester United’s Nani put up against Real Madrid’s Alvaro Arbeloa in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16—the one that got Nani sent off, enabling Real to score two more goals and knock Man U out of the tournament? [...]
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The 2014 World Cup in Brazil Will Feature the ‘Caxirola’ Instrument, Which Is Almost As Annoying As the Vuvuzela (Video)
Remember the vuvuzela, and how is drove you absolutely insane while trying to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup? Well, that may have been annoying, but at least the instrument was a genuine part of South Africa’s indigenous musical heritage. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be played in Brazil, and since they apparently don’t [...]
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Portland Timbers and Make-A-Wish Foundation Team Up to Give 8-Year-Old Cancer Patient and His Soccer Team the Thrill of a Lifetime (Videos)
By the end of this post, the Portland Timbers are going to be your new favorite Major League Soccer team. But let me start at the beginning. Last year, a soccer-loving Portland kid named Atticus Lane-Dupree discovered he had a cancerous tumor on his kidney. Doctors removed the kidney and the cancer, but afterward he [...]
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Turkish Soccer Player Scores Ridiculous Scorpion Volley Goal (Video)
The scorpion kick is a soccer play that became famous when Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita did it in a friendly against England in 1995. What happens is this: you let the ball go over your head and behind your back, then you dive forward and kick the ball with the back of your heels—the way [...]
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Coach Chokes Referee, Fans Throw Stones at Linesman During Wild Soccer Match in Brazil (Video)
Sure, we may have posted a clip of a soccer referee attacking a player earlier today, but that is very rarely the case. Usually, it is the referees that are the victims of the abuse, whether it be from the players, fans or coaches. And that was just the case during the Copa Sul dos [...]
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Russian Soccer Ref Attacks Player, Now Banned for Life (Video)
When it comes to soccer, it’s not only the fans, or even the players, who sometimes go a little loco. Every once in a while, the refs lose their minds, too. And no, I’m not just referring to blown calls. I’m talking about referees attacking players. It’s happened before, and now, in Russia, it’s happened [...]
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Mario Balotelli Says Real Madrid Can Sleep with His Hot Girlfriend if They Come Back Against Dortmund
The semifinals of the 2013 UEFA Champions League pit two teams from Germany’s Bundesliga against two teams from Spain’s La Liga. Bayern Munich is taking on Barcelona; Borussia Dortmund is taking on Real Madrid. You would have thought these would be competitive matchups. However, you would have been wrong. Last week, the Bundesliga sides absolutely [...]
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A Frustrated Jordi Alba Throws The Ball at Arjen Robben’s Face During UCL Semis (GIF)
On Tuesday, Barcelona F.C. suffered an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Bayern Munich during the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final match-up. The loss was their worst defeat in European competition since 1994, when Fabio Capello’s A.C. Milan defeated Johan Cruyff’s “Dream Team” by a score of 4-0 in the Champions League Finals in Athens, [...]
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Patrice Evra Celebrates Man U’s Premier League Title By Biting an Arm, à la Luis Suarez (GIF)
On Monday, Manchester United secured their 20th Premier League title via a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa—coupled with Manchester City’s 3-1 loss to Tottenham one day earlier. That was reason enough to celebrate on the field at Old Trafford, and winning the award for oddest choice of celebration was Patrice Evra, who decided to take a [...]
