Tag Archives: South Africa
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Female Rugby Fan Gets Knocked Out Trying to Break Up a Brawl (Videos)
I’ve covered fan fights a lot over the last few years, and I’ve seen just about every kind of fight you can imagine. You know what I’ve learned? Well, not much, actually. But I can think of at least one thing: don’t try to break up these fights. I mean, have you seen what these [...]
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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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Mountain Biker Collides with Antelope in South Africa’s Cape Epic Race (Video)
Don’t you hate it when you’re riding your mountain bike along a dirt path in South Africa and an antelope comes out of nowhere and plows into you? I know I do. And I imagine Austrian cyclist Robert Mennen hates it also. On Monday, during the first stage of South Africa’s Cape Epic race, a [...]
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Rugby Fans Brawl During Super League Match in South Africa (Video)
There was a really nasty brawl at the Sharks-Kings game back on March 9. However, it wasn’t the Sharks-Kings game you’re thinking. The San Jose Sharks played the Blues that day, and the Los Angeles Kings played the Flames. No, the Sharks and Kings I’m talking about are South African rugby teams based in Durban [...]
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Oscar Pistorius Murder Case: Here’s a Diagram Showing How He Says He Killed Reeva Steenkamp
We all know that “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The fact that she died by a gun fired from his hand is not even in question. So no matter the outcome of the eventual trial, Pistorius is in trouble. Whether it was an accident or on purpose, you can’t [...]
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South African Soccer Player Mistakes Opponent’s Crotch For The Ball (And Kicks It…Hard) [Video]
The way the following video starts off, with Rooi Mahamutsa pleading with the officials not to send him off, the viewer might be led to believe that there has just been some grave miscarriage of justice. Whatever Mr. Mahamutsa did, it couldn’t have merited a red card, right? Otherwise, why would he be protesting so [...]
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South African Cricket Player Has Career Ended By Freak Eye Injury (Video)
Don’t worry, you don’t need to know a lot about cricket—a strange and mercurial game to most North American sports fans—to appreciate this story. In fact, you don’t even need to care about sports (though I assume you do). You just need to have a heart. In England, a South African cricket player named Mark [...]
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Cricketer Kane Williamson Takes A Pitch To The Groin (Video)
“Oh that’s flush.” That was how the commentators of this cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa described the scene after watching replays of Kane Williamson taking an 86 m.p.h. pitch to the groin. The impact was so hard that it was enough to break the protective cup (or as they call it in [...]
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South African Flash Card Cheerleading Is Pretty Cool (Video)
Are these South African cheer squads (anyone know what the official term is?) among the best cheer squads in the world? Sure, they may not have the sex appeal of American cheerleaders, but what the South African cheerleaders lack in sex appeal, they surely make up for in creativity and precision. Just check out the [...]
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11 Biggest Badasses In The History Of The Rugby World Cup
Originally, I thought I’d bring you a list of the greatest upsets in Rugby World Cup history for today. But as the group stage of the 2011 tournament draws to a close, the fact that the opening round matches have yielded precisely zero upsets thus far really took the wind out of those sails. Maybe [...]
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Bryan Habana’s Speed Is One Reason To Watch The Rugby World Cup (Video)
While all of America is eagerly anticipating the start of the NFL season this weekend, the rest of the world will have their sights set on New Zealand, where the 2011 Rugby World Cup is set to kick off on Friday when the hosts take on Tonga at Eden Park. Although I may not follow [...]
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Two Dead, Over 100 Injured During Spain’s World Cup Celebrations
Some may tell you that the World Cup victory celebrations in Spain were “to die for.” Unfortunately, such a comment was all too real for two individuals whose parties, and lives, were cut short due to their tragic deaths. After years of waiting, one man did not even get to see Spain lift the World [...]
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Iker Casillas And Sara Carbonero Give The Best Post-Game Interview Ever
Goalkeeper Iker Casillas was the man for Spain at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Many will point to David Villa’s five goals as the key to Spain’s success at this tournament, but it was the Spanish captain’s calm under pressure and ability to make the big save at key moments which gave his [...]
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The Best Goals Of The World Cup…Thus Far (Videos)
Looking back on the past month in South Africa, I think it is fair to say that the 2010 World Cup has provided soccer fans with a fair share of highlight reel goals. Throughout the first few games it appeared as though the players were having a tough time keeping the Jabulani ball under control, [...]
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Picture Of The Day: This Ref Likes What He Sees
It is the World Cup semi-finals between Germany and Spain. The beautiful Durban Stadium is filled with some of the world’s best footballers, including David Villa, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Lukas Podolski, Phillip Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger, among others. The score is tied nil-nil almost 40 minutes in and with both teams getting their [...]










