Posts Tagged ‘soccer’

Audible farting has been banned for some Marines downrange because it offends the Afghans.

The video above is already spreading like something involving Justin Bieber and is being described as the greatest goal celebration ever. In it, Icelandic club Stjarnan wins in extra time off a penalty kick from Halldor Orri Bjornsson, giving the team reason to unleash a performance that involves Halldor fishing for his human fish teammate [...]

Soccer vs. Football

Posted: 28th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Sports, Videos
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Like millions of other Americans, I suspect, my initial reaction to Landon Donovan’s thrilling extra-time goal against Algeria was not joy or elation or anything else quite so uplifting. No, the celebrating would have to wait a few more excruciating moments, as I shouted frantically at the TV: “Does it count?! Does it count?! Does [...]

World Cup Considers Banning the Vuvuzelas

Posted: 14th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Sports
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World Cup organizing committee head Danny Jordaan on Sunday did not rule out banning vuvuzelas, the noisy plastic trumpets that have proved a hit with fans in South Africa but threaten to deafen players and viewers alike. Criticism of the vuvuzelas has been almost as loud as the instruments themselves with broadcasting companies complaining the [...]

You Play Fútbol like a Girl … a Scary, Mean Girl

Posted: 9th November 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Sports
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World Cup to Start with Cow Sacrifice?

Posted: 26th October 2009 by Veritas in Sports
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South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament ahead of the start of the showcase event next June, they said on Friday.

SMU Freshman Hits 95 Yard Goal

Posted: 24th October 2009 by Veritas in Sports
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Southern Methodist University freshman Ryan Rosenbaum still has a lot of collegiate soccer ahead of him, but he’ll be hard pressed to ever score as memorable a goal as he did Wednesday night.

It look as though the famous referee from Switzerland, Massimo Busacca, has gone awall.

An unusual incident occurred in the Russian football (soccer) league this weekend when Spartak Moskva met the team Saturn. Alex, a Spartak Moskva player, was about to take a penalty when a cheerful fan ran on the pitch and hammered the ball with his left foot into the net. The fan then ran around the [...]