Tag Archives: Soccer
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Usain Bolt Wants To Try Out For Manchester United
So apparently the World’s Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, thinks he could cut it as a professional soccer player on one of the best teams in the greatest league in the world. Nobody ever said the guy lacked confidence. On Monday, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m sprint told UK paper The [...]
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Montreal Impact’s Nelson Rivas Pulls A Zidane, Headbutts Opponent (Video)
In the everyday world, they call it a “headbutt.” In the soccer world, it’s called a “Zidane.” The headbutt earned that named in the soccer world after famous soccer star Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italian opponent Marco Materazzi during the finals of the 2006 World Cup. That act earned Zidane a red card in his final [...]
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USA’s Alex Morgan Knees New Zealand Keeper In The Face (GIF)
Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux scored goals in the 27th and 87th minutes, respectively, to give the USA women’s soccer team a 2-0 quarterfinal victory over New Zealand, ending the Kiwi’s hopes for an Olympic medal at the 2012 London Games. Despite being outplayed for much of the match, the Kiwi’s still had a shot [...]
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Soccer Goal With A WWE-Style Celebration (Video)
If I told you that I thought soccer players would make great WWE wrestlers, you’d probably think that assumption had everything to do with their uncanny ability to simulate an injury. And while that may be true for most soccer players around the world, it isn’t the case for Monterrey striker Angel Reyna. Instead, his [...]
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Swiss Soccer Player Michel Morganella Sent Home From Olympics For Racist Tweet
Last week, Greek triple-jump champion Voula Papachristou was banned from participating in the Olympics due to a racist Tweet that read, “with so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat homemade food.” Now, Swiss soccer player Michel Morganella has become the second athlete to be sent home from the 2012 Summer [...]
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Colombian Soccer Player Suspended Two Games For Sucker Punch That Gave Abby Wambach A Black Eye (Video)
All athletes representing their respective countries at the Olympics are expected to exude the qualities of sportsmanship and fair play while competing at the Games. Apparently, Lady Andrade of the Colombian women’s soccer team didn’t get that memo, as she demonstrated anything but sportsmanship and fair play when she punched American soccer star Abby Wambach [...]
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If He Weren’t A Soccer Player, Mario Balotelli Would Be A UFC Fighter (Video)
If Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli weren’t a world class footballer, what would he be? Many probably believe he would make a great underwear model, while others would be inclined to believe that he would be perfectly suitable for a job as an ambassador for fireworks safety. As for Balotelli himself, he seems to believe [...]
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Olympic Soccer Fail: Swiss’ Admir Mehmedi Misses Open Net From Two Feet Away (Video)
Look, we know it sucks to play soccer at the Olympics. Despite being the most popular sport in the world, soccer is also one of the most irrelevant sports at the Games. Why? Because the old dudes who run FIFA are sticks in mud who don’t want the Olympics to compete with the World Cup, [...]
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Check Out This Figurine Commemorating Mario Balotelli’s Shirtless Flex Celebration At Euro 2012 (Pic and GIF)
Italian striker Mario Balotelli is a controversial player in the world of soccer. While with Inter Milan, he was accused by coach José Mourinho of phoning it in at practice and not playing up to his potential. Then he made the Inter fans go apesh*t when he made a television appearance wearing an AC Milan [...]
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Olympics Organizers Insult North Korea By Running South Korean Flag At Soccer Game (Video)
North Korea and South Korea: one of them is a free democratic society that makes Samsungs and Hyundais; the other is a brutal cult-like dictatorships that can’t feed it’s own people. Do you know which one is which? If so, good for you! Unfortunately, the person in charge of putting graphics up on the jumbotron [...]
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If You Fielded A Soccer WAG Team, I Would Probably Look Something Like This (Photo)
Spain may have the best soccer team in the world, but they certainly don’t have the best looking team on the planet. That distinction belongs to the All-WAG team featured in the above image, which includes beauties like Irina Shayk (Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend since 2010), Sara Carbonero (Iker Casillas’ woman), and Abbey Clancy (Peter Crouch’s [...]
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Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakas Got to Meet Chelsea FC Last Week in Seattle (Video)
Last week we told you about how Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakas stopped by Wrigley Field while touring the country, doing publicity for their upcoming movie, The Campaign. Well, their visit to Wrigley wasn’t their only run-in with pro athletes. During their brief visit to Seattle, they also got a chance to meet up with [...]
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Mario Balotelli Shows Off His Awesome Purple Underwear While Vacationing In Ibiza (Pics)
Italian striker Mario Balotelli (Manchester City) is a magnet for paparazzi thanks to his enigmatic on-field performance and off-field activities that are sometimes heroic, sometimes weird, and sometimes just plain questionable. Thus, with the flamboyant 21-year-old enjoying a nice long holiday in Ibiza after a grueling club season and Euro tournament, there were swarms of [...]
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Brawl And Knockout During Amateur Soccer Game (Video)
Sometimes sports bring out the best in us. That, certainly, is the idea behind every Olympic marketing scheme ever created. But more often than not, sports have the tendency to bring out the worst in us. The best examples of this, of course, are sports fights. It doesn’t matter what kind of sporting event we’re [...]
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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 [...]
