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Ultimate Taser Ball – Seems Like Kind of a Bad Idea

Posted in Funny, Sport on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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Luis Suarez v Patrice Evra – let’s all move on

Posted in Sport on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Luis Suarez made a serious mistake this weekend.  Regardless of the original incident with Patrice Evra – which Suarez argues he was culturally misunderstood – he needed to spend time to understand the UK culture. Liverpool FC haven’t handled the situation well, they should have sat him down and ensured that he understood the cultural [...]

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Warrior Sports are Liverpool’s new kit suppliers

Posted in Sport on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Adidas backed out of renewing LIverpool’s kit deal as they weren’t overly impressed with the club’s performance. No matter. The Reds have reached an agreement with US based Warrior Sports that is worth £25m a year for 6 years, which more than Man Utd’s annual £23.5m deal with Nike. New Balance, the parent company of Warrior Sports, is also [...]

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Goalkeeper scores a goal!

Posted in Sport on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Tim Howard refused to celebrate despite becoming only the fourth goalkeeper to score in the history of the Premier League with a freak goal from inside his own area in Everton’s home match against Bolton. His clearance from a back pass bounced about 30 yards from the Bolton goal and was blown by the wind [...]

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Passing To Yourself for a Layup

Posted in Sport, YouTube on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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The FA, FIFA and a Poppy

Posted in News, Politics, Sport on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In recent days we’ve seen headlines such as David Cameron slams ‘outrageous’ poppy ban by Fifa on England shirt after it emerged that Fifa officials turned down the special request, made by the Football Association, claiming it would “open the door to similar initiatives” across the world. A letter from Fifa to the FA sent on Tuesday said: “We regret [...]

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Jeremy Hunt tried to delay Panorama exposé of Fifa

Posted in Sport on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Guardian is reporting that Jeremy Hunt tried to delay Panorama exposé of Fifa, this could have some big developments in the next few days: John Ware, an award-winning veteran Panorama reporter, said that a government minister phoned the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, in November 2010 and told him it would be “helpful” if the corporation delayed the [...]

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Rip Curl: full-tilt surfing action

Posted in Sport on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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FIFA proposal would limit red cards

Posted in Sport on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A FIFA panel proposed that referees be more lenient with players who foul in the penalty area.  The FIFA Task Force Football 2014 led by Franz Beckenbauer agreed that the so-called “triple punishment” of penalty, red card and suspension is too severe.  Beckenbauer said: “A penalty is enough if it is a simple foul or [...]

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The World’s Highest Tennis Court

Posted in Funny, Sport on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A helipad atop the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai was converted to a tennis court just long enough for Roger Federer and Andre Agassi to have a game and promote the Dubai Men’s Open. In this game, when the ball goes out of bounds it never comes back! And for those of you curious [...]

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