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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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With the Women’s World Cup around the corner, Germans are searching for the next future predicting octopus since Paul the Octopus died last October. For those who don’t remember, Paul correctly predicted the winner of every game Germany played during the Men’s World Cup last year. Well, there are...
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Five CONCACAF soccer players from the Mexican Gold Cup team were suspended after testing positive for clenbuterol, a drug used for promoting lean muscle mass and boosting overall muscle. Clenbuterol is illegal in farming animals for human consumption, because its residues can cause health problems later in life. The...
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Dreams can come true… even if your 1 and you don’t even know what they are yet. Dutch toddler, Baerke van der Mey, has landed a 10-year “professional” contract with the VVV Venlo soccer club. According to Radio Netherlands the move came after a YouTube video of the 1-year...
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Here is an example of how not to celebrate winning the Copa del Rey (King’s Cup). Real Madrid right back Sergio Ramos is front and center up the top of the Real Madrid double decker party bus when the trophy slips from his hands and drops to the street...
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Attention all you soccer fans, or is that football fans? Apparently the english soccer god otherwise known as David Beckham has decided its time to move on. That means of course, its time to get rid of the 2 year-old $100, 000 matte black Porsche 911 Convertible Turbo. The superstar’s supercar had...
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Rather than let his fists do the talking in an altercation with PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal, Ajax ace Luis Suarez decided to creative and use his teeth… to bite Bakkal’s neck. It was all over fast enough that the referee missed the action, but it was picked up...
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FANS worldwide have fashioned replicas of the World Cup trophy out of everything from papier-mache to plastic. But a lawbreaker in Colombia gets top prize for most original material – cocaine. Airports anti-drug chief Colonel Jose Piedrahita says Colombian authorities found the unusual statue during a routine security check...
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We all know how much the English love a drink. No one knows more, it seems, than Britain’s electricity network. There are therefore, real concerns during the World Cup. They are apparently bracing for record-breaking power surges should England do well in the football World Cup. Probably a tall order without...
With the Women’s World Cup around the corner, Germans are searching for the next future predicting octopus since Paul the Octopus died last October. For those who don’t remember, Paul correctly predicted the winner of every game Germany played during the Men’s World Cup last year. Well, there are...
Five CONCACAF soccer players from the Mexican Gold Cup team were suspended after testing positive for clenbuterol, a drug used for promoting lean muscle mass and boosting overall muscle. Clenbuterol is illegal in farming animals for human consumption, because its residues can cause health problems later in life. The...
Dreams can come true… even if your 1 and you don’t even know what they are yet. Dutch toddler, Baerke van der Mey, has landed a 10-year “professional” contract with the VVV Venlo soccer club. According to Radio Netherlands the move came after a YouTube video of the 1-year...
Attention all you soccer fans, or is that football fans? Apparently the english soccer god otherwise known as David Beckham has decided its time to move on. That means of course, its time to get rid of the 2 year-old $100, 000 matte black Porsche 911 Convertible Turbo. The superstar’s supercar had...
Rather than let his fists do the talking in an altercation with PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal, Ajax ace Luis Suarez decided to creative and use his teeth… to bite Bakkal’s neck. It was all over fast enough that the referee missed the action, but it was picked up...