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Caught on film: PBA bowler Josh Blanchard experiences the lowlight of his professional career. Blanchard made his approach, swung the ball and then, right at the crucial moment his fingers got stuck and he screwed up on the release – badly enough that it very nearly smashed into his...
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After an incident-free competition, the closing ceremony of the World Deaf Futsal tournament was marred by violence when a middle-aged man was stabbed in the throat. The man, aged 35-40 was found in the corridor of the sports hall in Örebro soon after the Iranian team was awarded their...
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Two Iranian soccer players are facing up to 74 lashes after their celebratory behavior ran afoul of the Islamic nation’s notoriously conservative sensibilities. From The Age: Members of parliament, sports officials and judges have called for the “swift punishment” of Mohammad Nosrati and Sheys Rezaei, two football stars who...
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It sounds like a story granddad tells you but instead of walking miles and miles to get to school it’s using the back of a great white shark as a surfboard. But it’s the story of American Doug Niblack and he’s sticking to it. Niblack says he was surfing...
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Neither Bayern Munich nor Hoffenheim managed to score during their 0-0 football game in Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Saturday, but this didn’t prevent a couple of rowdy spectators from scoring in their own way. Within sixteen minutes of the opening kick, a couple was photographed in the stands having sex. While...
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A man in Taiwan is becoming an internet celeb and I’m betting he’s probably hating it. During a baseball game he was so excited to catch the foul ball coming that he dropped his young daughter. And thanks to crowd camera it was caught on video. Next time remember...
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The Winged Stuntman has struck again. This time jumping off a 5,000 foot mountain in China. American Jeb Corliss, 35, does this kind of thing as a sort of profession. Wearing a special jumpsuit fitted with wings he’s jumped off of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Space Needle...
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Apparently in the UK the new thing is Muay Thai Boxing for your kids. For your young kids. While I agree that sports are good for kids, competitions and boxing matches that make your 5-year old scream and cry in fear just can’t be. Muay Thai Boxing is practiced...
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The IAAF World Championships, August 2011, in Daegu South Korea will be remembered in Russia as the day the pole snapped. At least it will for Dmitry Starodubtsev, his family and some close friends. The Russian pole vaulter was trying to make a jump of 5.75 meters when his...