Sports Category
Sports news, commentary and scores with wit and added value. We compare and contrast the best and worst sports reporting in the mainstream press, blogs, TV and online. We love the English Premier League (Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs, Manchester United and Manchester City) and all things football but we cover cricket, rugby, the Olympics, tennis, golf, F1 and highlights of the sporting year.
Spear fisherman catches… himself
FAIL of the year so far, no question:
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Extreme Sports With Jesus, Bringing Of Snow
JESUS is a great ski buddy. He never gets your lost. Here’s to extreme sports with Jesus:
Posted: 7th, January 2009 | In: Sports | Comment (1)
FAIL: Gymnast dismounts onto head
How NOT to dismount from the parallel bars…
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Kevin Pietersen makes good on his New Year’s resolution
ACHY-BREAKING NEWS! Kevin Pietersen has quit as captain of England’s cricket team. So reports go, at least.
Yes folks, the man with the biggest ego in cricket has picked himself first, and to hell with the needs of his team in this Ashes year.
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Posted: 7th, January 2009 | In: Sports | Comment (1)
VIDEO: American football star draws Jesus
Yes, you read the headline right: he draws Jesus Christ. The star in question is quarterback Kurt Warner, who plays in the NFL for Arizona Cardinals and also happens to be a devout Christian. Watch the video:
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Spanish ref shows 19 red cards in one game
This from the Daily Telegraph:
“Recreativo Linense were beating Saladillo Algesiras 1-0 in the regional first division of the southern province of Cadiz before referee Jose Manuel Barro Escandon stopped the match.
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David Beckham Watch: Becks misses hot cheerleaders
IN a brief interview with German’s Bild newspaper, David Beckham denied that he had plans to remain in Europe after his loan deal with AC Milan expires in March.
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VIDEO: The worst horse racing announcer ever?
So brown horses are faster than black or white horses. You learn something every day…
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Posted: 5th, January 2009 | In: Sports | Comment (1)
VIDEO: Raymond van Barneveld’s nine-dart finish
Making a nine-dart finish is the Holy Grail for any arrows-smith. Making a nine-dart finish in front of Sky Sports’ TV cameras and thousands of ‘Christmassy’ (ie. drunk) spectators is more difficult than eating three cream crackers in less than a minute. In other words, it’s almost impossibly difficult.
But Raymond van Barneveld, a former multiple world champion (and postman), did just that at the recent PDC World Championships. Watch Barney make history below:
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WARNING: This golf club may cause deafness
NOT that The Daily Mail wants to scare you pantsless or anything… OK, they want to scare you pantsless. This just in:
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Luis Felipe Scolari’s Chelsea Needs Have Changed
LUIZ FELIPE Scolari, manager of Chelsea, aims for consistency at Chelsea:
“I think it’s a maximum one player they will replace because we only need one more: a striker” – Luiz Felipe Scolari, December 5, 2008
“I am satisfied because I have good players and I have many strikers” – Luis Felipe Scolari, January 3, 2009
Consistency is all…
English Footballers Support Limit On Foreigners
IN Barnsley all eyes are on the Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup match between Royston Villa and Sheffield’s Mosborough.
We are 80 minutes into the game and a player has been red carded.
Says a Mosborough FC spokesman:
“One of their lads got sent off and came back and had weapons and that’s why it got abandoned. We don’t want to comment because there is an inquiry and the referee’s report has got to be submitted.”
The weapons are, reportedly, a golf club a “long sword”. Neither sporting goods have been usual football paraphernalia since the mid-1970s, although both items are quintessentially English.
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Biker dude jumps over Las Vegas
AUSSIE stunt biker Robbie Maddison (pictured, right) wowed Las Vegas with a spectacular motorcycle jump on New Year’s Eve.
Bombing down the strip outside the Paris Las Vegas casino, Maddison flew 37 metres into the air – the equivalent of a 10-storey building – and landed on top of a replica of the Arc de Triomphe. Only in Vegas, baby.
Maddison landed perfectly, waved to the cheering crowds below, then for good measure he dropped off the Arc onto a landing ramp below, the impact of the fall broke his hand, an injury which he probably hardly noticed. He sure puts the mad in Maddison.
Watch the stunt below…
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Video: Philadelphia Eagles Owner High-Fives Wife In Face
In a word, FAIL…
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Hot Racing Driver Danica Patrick Caught Speeding… Again
Danica Patrick, the not-unattractive IndyCar race driver (see photo), has been done for speeding – for the second time in a year.
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Video: Football manager gives finger to referee
In which FC Gronigen manager Ron Jans flips the bird at the man in black, then acts all nonchalant. We like the cut of Jans’ jib.
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What is Steven Gerrard’s favourite song?
AS you probably know by now, Stevie G has been charged with assault (and affray, let’s not forget the affray) after an incident in a Southport nightclub. Liverpool’s captain has been bailed to appear at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court on January 23.
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Posted: 31st, December 2008 | In: Sports | Comments (8)
Liverpool offer support to Steven Gerrard
In the immediate aftermath of Stevie G being charged for assault and affray, Liverpool FC issued a statement saying it would back its captain:
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Anorak’s Top 10 random end-of-year sport awards
The ‘Not so scary now, are you?’ award: Mike Tyson
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Football Video Of The Year
FORGET goals, tackles and other such trivial aspects of football. What Anorak wants to see is more post-game interviews designed to scare and confuse the hell out of players. Like this one, which took place immediately after Man Utd’s victory in the final of FIFA’s Club World Cup (it was held in Japan)…
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Steven Gerrard Chaged With Assault
ENGLAND footballer Steven Gerrard has been charged with assault and affray following an alleged nightclub brawl.
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Posted: 30th, December 2008 | In: Sports | Comments (4)
Steven Gerrard Arrested
STEVEN Gerrard, captain of Liverpool football club, has been arrested the morning after a fight in a bar in Southport.
Says Gerrrad: Theladgonein and youknowthatattherednoftheday itwas youknowallbeingsaid youknow fairandIneverdived honestyouknow just ask anyofmematesand you know…
Posted: 29th, December 2008 | In: Sports | Comments (2)
Bundesliga Fashions From The 1970s
IT’S football fashion from the 70s. It’s German football fashion from the 1970s.
Is it meant to be funny? No-one is laughing. No one dares. These are hardcore German hooligans warming up for the Munich World Cup of 1972.
Look out for Peter Withe in pre-Villa days as a Bayern Munich Ultra:
Posted: 20th, December 2008 | In: Sports | Comments (2)
Rally Driver Petter Solberg Celebrates With Fail
RALLY driver, Petter Solberg, celebrates in style – fail!
