Tag Archives: Germany
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Here’s The Worst Olympic Dive You Will Ever See (GIF)
If this were a “who can make the biggest splash” competition, Stephan Feck of Germany would have easily earned a perfect score. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t a “biggest splash” competition. It was a 3-meter springboard diving event at the 2012 London Olympics, and it earned him a last place finish in the competition and [...]
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German Weightlifter Matthias Steiner Drops 432 Pounds On His Head At Olympics (GIF)
Weightlifting is supposed to be one of the many non-contact sports taking place at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but today it was anything but a non-contact sport for German weightlifter Matthias Steiner. You see, Steiner entered the men’s over 105kg weightlifting event as the defending Olympic champion, but during his second lift of [...]
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Drunk German Soccer Fans Cheer On Woman Trying To Parallel Park (Video)
We know what German soccer players are up to these days. But what are German sports fans doing to pass the time between the end of Euro 2012 and the start of the 2012 Sumer Olympics? Just about anything, apparently. And that includes getting drunk on the street and cheering on people as they try [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 6/28/12 — Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli is always capable of making an impact on the match every time he steps on the pitch. The only question is whether that impact is going to be one that hurts or helps his team. During yesterday’s Euro 2012 semifinal match against Germany, the Italian striker had a large impact on the game, [...]
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How Stupid Should Gordon “Flash” Watson Feel Right About Now? (Video)
Later on today, Italy will square off against Germany in the second semi-final match at the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships. Many probably figured the Germans (who entered the tournament as favorites) and the Italians (whose four World Cup titles rank second only to Brazil’s five) would make it to this point in the tournament, [...]
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Mesut Özil Had A Rough Day At Euro 2012 On Sunday (GIF)
Mesut Özil is one of the best soccer players in the world right now, making Germany one of the favorites to win the 2012 Euro. But you know, even the best players in the world have bad days every now and then. And as we witnessed yesterday, Özil certainly isn’t an exception to this rule. [...]
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French Celebrate Opening Goal Against Germany With A Passionate Kiss (Video)
With the 2012 European Championships only 100 days away, France’s National Soccer team entered today’s friendly against Germany looking to build some momentum as the tournament approaches. They have done a good job through the opening half, as they have held the German’s potent offensive attack in check while getting on the scoreboard themselves in [...]
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Security Guard Takes A Soccer Ball To The Face (Video)
With their attention almost always on the fans in the stands, and not on the action taking place on the field of play, it is hard to believe that security guards at professional sporting events don’t get hit in the face with errant balls more often. But that is not to say that the odd [...]
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Kid Enjoys A Beer During A Soccer Match (Video)
How long does it take a child to drink a beer at a soccer game? No one knows the exact answer to that question, but after watching the following clip of a youngster enjoying a beer during Sunday’s Bundesliga match between FC Augsburg and FC Schalke, we are led to believe that the answer lies [...]
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Eren Derdiyok Scored An Incredible Goal Yesterday (Video)
It was a busy day of American football yesterday, and while we were provided with several highlight reel plays on the gridiron, the greatest play in the world of sports on Sunday came via the European brand of football. It took place in Germeny during a game between Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg. With the game [...]
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Picture Of The Day: I Think We’re Gonna Need More Players
Table football, or fussball, as it is often referred to, usually requires either two or four players, except when you are playing in Berlin. You could probably get away with playing a one-on-one or two-on-two game on this giant fussball table, but chances are you will end up doing more running in a 10 minute [...]
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Here Is A Look At Munich’s Crazy Basketball Court (Pics)
If you are looking to shoot some hoops while visiting Germany, you may have a difficult time finding a decent court, assuming most of the ones in the country are designed like this one, which can be found at the Occupational School Center in Munich. If this court was made to give people somewhere to [...]
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The Sexiest Females From The 2011 Women’s World Cup Of Soccer (Gallery)
If the spectacular goals we have seen thus far are not enough to get you to tune into the 2011 Women’s World Cup of Soccer, perhaps a glimpse of the sexy woman you can expect to see on the pitch will be. Two of the women included in our gallery – Germany’s Julia Simic and [...]
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Canada’s Christine Sinclair Breaks Her Nose, Scores Goal Of The Tournament (Video)
Canada was in tough in their opener of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, but as we all learned yesterday, they don’t come much tougher than Canadian women. Taking on the defending champions and host country Germany, Canada found themselves down 2-0 when captain Christine Sinclair was on the receiving end of an elbow to the [...]
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A Beer Shower Is A Much Cooler Way To Celebrate Than A Gatorade Shower (Video)
In America, sports teams often celebrate victories by drenching the head coach with a traditional Gatorade shower. In Germany, they do things a little differently. Borussia Dortmund won their seventh Bundesliga title this year and during a press conference following their final game of the season this past weekend, the club’s players gave their coaches [...]
