Soccer
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Lionel Messi Isn’t Used to Sitting on the Bench, May Need Refresher on What Is and Is Not Appropriate Behavior (GIF)
Yesterday, soccer fans saw something they do not see very often: the greatest player in the world, Lionel Messi, starting a game on the bench. In the first leg of Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal against Paris Saint-Germain, Messi notched a goal to help his side record a 2-2 draw, but he strained his hamstring [...]
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Bulgarian Coach Steals Referee’s Cards and Throws Them in Anger (Video)
Every soccer coach out there has probably wanted to take the referee’s cards from his hands, rip them in half and toss them in disgust at one time or another. The only difference between them and Botev Vratsa head coach Antoni Zdravkov is that they probably have never done such a thing, while the Bulgarian bench boss [...]
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South African Soccer Fan Storms Pitch and Attacks Referee…with His Vuvuzela (Video)
Hey, remember how much everyone hated all the vuvuzelas at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa? Remember the awful sound of tens of thousands of stupid plastic horns honking continuously that made you put your TV on mute? Well, I know at least one guy who hates the vuvuzela even more than the rest [...]
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Former and Current Manchester United Players Play Soccer Blindfolded (Video)
Everybody loves a great sports partnership in which two players have a mutual instinctive understanding of what the other is going to do. In basketball, the partnership of John Stockton and Karl Malone comes to mind. And in hockey, there was the partnership between Adam Oates and Brett Hull, or the partnership between Wayne Gretzky [...]
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Russian Soccer Team Subdues Unruly Drunk Passanger on Airline Flight (Video)
In my experience, Russians tend to be more tolerant of public drunkenness than us North Americans. However, like decent people everywhere, they do not tolerate spousal abuse. So when a drunk guy on a recent Russian airline flight from Istanbul to Krasnodar got into an argument with his wife and hit her, members of third [...]
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Fan Invades Pitch, Receives Beat-Down from Opposing Goalie (Video)
Over the years, we’ve see a lot of different field invaders run out and interrupt sporting events. And from these people, we’ve picked up a few tips to pass along to all of you would-be idiots out there. First, if you’re considering a field invasion, make sure you are not in Philadelphia. Second, make sure [...]
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Toddlers Brawl in the Stands at Sporting Event (Video)
Over the years we’ve seen a lot of bad parenting on display at sporting events and, suffice it to say, dads are pretty much always the culprits. Weather they are teaching their kids some colorful expressions, holding them up for kegstands, dropping them in order to catch a foul ball, or letting them take a [...]
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Sexy Female Dances in Arsenal Kits From the Past 25 Years (Video)
Arsenal F.C. have had their fair share of success as an English football club, having won 13 League Championships (third-most behind Manchester United and Liverpool), 10 FA Cups, 12 FA Community Shields and two League Cups. And throughout the years, they have also had a number of great players dawn the Arsenal kit, including the [...]
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Austrian Soccer Hooligans Brawl in Dublin Streets the Night Before the Austria-Ireland World Cup Qualifier (Video)
Well, it turns out that the Montenegrins weren’t the only European soccer fans fighting amongst themselves prior to yesterday’s slate of World Cup qualifiers that took place around the globe. In Ireland on Monday, the night before the home team took on the visitors from Austria, a pack of Austrian soccer fans got a little [...]
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Montenegro Soccer Fans Brawl Amongst Themselves Before World Cup Qualifier Against England (Video)
There was a lot at steak in yesterday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier between England and Montenegro. Coming in, Montenegro—not England, or Poland, or even the Ukraine—was sitting at the top of Europe’s qualifying Group H with 13 points. Two points behind Montenegro, in second place, was England with 11 points. Since only the team that [...]
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Young Brazilian Soccer Fan Makes Dirty Tongue Gestures for the Camera (Video)
The propensity of sports fans to make dirty gestures when the camera is pointed at them has been well-documented on TotalProSports. We’ve seen grown men do it, we’ve seen college kids do it, we’ve seen otherwise respectable-looking women do it, and, sadly, we’ve even seen kids do it. The guy in the video today? Well, [...]
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See Why They Call this Fat Guy the “Welsh Maradona” (Videos)
We all know you aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover. However, let’s be real, here: when we’re talking about a guy with long greasy hair who looks to be about 100 pounds overweight and is wearing a dumpy-looking sweatsuit, who on earth would think, “Hmm, I bet this guy has absolutely amazing [...]
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Mario Balotelli Scored a Gorgeous Goal for Italy Against Brazil Yesterday (Video)
Sometimes you forget why everybody makes such a big deal about Mario Balotelli all the time. After all, he’s not the first unpredictable, eccentric character in the history of pro sports, and he certainly won’t be the last. But then “Super Mario” goes and scores a brilliant goal, and you remember why he’s a big [...]
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Italian Serie D Soccer Coach Attacks His Own Player (Video)
The Serie D league is pretty low on the Italian soccer pyramid. Up top, of course, is Serie A. Then there’s Serie B, followed by Lega Pro 1 and Lega Pro 2. That’s it for the professional soccer. Below that, on the fifth tier of the Italian league system, is Serie D, an amateur division [...]
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Sucker Punch at Australian Soccer Game Caught by Television Cameras (Video)
Obviously, when sports fans get all worked up and full of beer, not-so-gentlemanly disagreements are going to happen. And obviously, these disagreements often lead to fisticuffs. Most of the time the combatants are willing participants. But every once in a while you’ll see some scumbag take things to another level by throwing an unexpected punch. [...]
