Soccer
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Check Out This Nasty Brawl Between Fans Of The Chicago Fire And Santos Laguna (Video)
Another day, another fan brawl. Is it just me, or are sports fans particularly truculent these days? Yesterday we told you about the nasty brawl at the Bill-Jets game over the weekend in which a big muscly guy punched a woman in the face. And of course, last week there was the epic falling-down-the-stairs [...]
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Algeria and Libya Engage In Post-Match Soccer Brawl (Video)
Tensions between the countries of Algeria and Libya have grown to new heights over the past couple of years, especially after Libya’s anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council accused Algeria of sheltering the evil tyrant during their country’s 2011 civil war. And those tensions spilled out onto the pitch during an African Cup of Nations qualifying [...]
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Lionel Messi Does It Again, Scores On Brilliant Free Kick Against Paraguay (Video)
Most of Lionel Messi’s highlight reel goals come during the run of play, as he has displayed an uncanny ability to zig-zag through defenders before chipping or curling the ball around the keeper on a regular basis. However, the Argentine superstar is also pretty good at burying the ball during set pieces, as he has proven [...]
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Check Out This Epic Fan Brawl From A Ukrainian Soccer Game (Video)
I’ve seen a number of crazy fan brawls at sporting events in my day. In fact, just in the last year alone there have been two big brawls at preseason NFL games (last season in San Francisco, this season in Houston), an all-out kick-fest at the MLB Home Run Derby, and a dustup at [...]
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Dynamo’s Colin Clark Celebrated Game-Winning Goal In Extra Time By Running Down The Tunnel (Video)
With the score tied at nil-nil three minutes into second-half injury time during yesterday’s MLS battle between the Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake, Colin Clark had the game on his foot, and the Dynamo’s winger didn’t disappoint, burying the ball into the back of the net, thus, sealing the victory for his club. [...]
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World’s Worst Soccer Hooligan Learns How Not To Light A Flare (Video)
You know, if there’s one thing in life you’d expect a soccer hooligan to be good at, it’s lighting and throwing flares. Hell, a few weeks ago in Greece we saw an all-out flare war before a Europa League game between PAOK and Rapid Vienna. However, I guess you have to work your way [...]
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Cow Interrupts Soccer Game In Poland (Video)
There have been lots of cases of animals interrupting sports events in recents years. In fact, there have been lots of cases of animals interrupting sports evens in recent days. Just last week there were two notable cases. First a black cat ran across the field during a Toronto FC game. Then a squirrel [...]
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Cristiano Ronaldo Backheel And Lionel Messi Free Kick Goals Highlight Spanish Super Cup (Videos)
Who is the best soccer player in the world—Lionel Messi, or Cristiano Ronaldo? And don’t get cute and say “Wayne Rooney.” I’m trying to set up some drama, here. You see, this week Barcelona and Real Madrid faced off in the two-legged Supercopa de España, which pits the winner of La Liga against the [...]
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Tied 1-1 With 7 Minutes To Go, Toronto FC Gives Up 2 Late Goals After Black Cat Runs Across The Pitch (Video)
Sometime when an animals runs out onto the field during a sporting event, it’s considered good luck. That certainly was the case for the Cardinals when the “rally squirrel” ran onto the field at Busch Stadium last year during the National League Division Series against the Phillies. After all, they went on to win [...]
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Not One But Two Epic Fails Knock Serie A Club Udinese Out Of UEFA Champions League (Videos)
Last season, Seria A club Udinese finished just barely ahead of Lazio and Napoli to claim third place, earning a shot at qualifying for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the second straight year. Unfortunately, just like last year, Udinese will not be moving on to the group stage. Unlike last year, [...]
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This Gruesome Soccer Injury Is As Bad As They Come (Video)
Soccer isn’t really considered a brutal sport. I mean, it’s definitely a contact sport, and players are likely to take a lot of elbows to the ribs throughout the course of the season, but it’s not like football or hockey. You don’t really expect gruesome injuries. But of course, gruesome soccer injuries do occur. Just [...]
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PAOK And Rapid Vienna Fans Engage In All-Out Flare Warfare Prior To Europe League Soccer Game (Video)
The Europa League may just be the little brother of the Champions League—a consolation tournament for all the European soccer clubs who finished 3rd and 4th in their respective leagues—but don’t tell that to fans of Greece’s PAOK FC or Austria’s SK Rapid Wien. On Thursday night, before these two clubs faced off in a [...]
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Liverpool’s Luis Suarez Does His Best “Bend It Like Beckham” Impersonation (Video)
After losing their first game of the 2012-13 English Premier League season to West Bromwich Albion by a score of 3-0, Liverpool knew that they would need something magical in order to come away with any points during their second game of the season against defending league champions Manchester City on Sunday. They would [...]
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Fan Invades Pitch To Personally Congratulate Messi On His Goal During The Supercopa de España (Video)
Every year, the soccer clubs that won Spain’s La Liga and Copa del Rey play a two-match set for the rights to the Supercopa de España. Thus, since Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid won La Liga last season, while Lionel Messi and Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, the 2012 Super Cup features a classic [...]
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Shot Misses Goal During Brazilian Soccer Game, Breaks A Window (Video)
Brazil has one of the more complicated soccer club systems in the soccer-loving world. You see, there’s not just a first, second, third, and fourth tier of club competitions. In addition to the national tier system, there is also an independent league in each individual state. And clubs will compete in both systems—national and state—simultaneously. [...]
