[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] An atrocious free kick by a Brazilian keeper in Qatar last weekend, and after you watch it you’ll know why the netminder is playingwhere he is. Evanildo is paid to stop shots, and his team, El Jaish, won this game 1-0 over Al Rayyan in the Qatar Stars League. That […]
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“We’re not racists but we see the absence of black players at Zenit as an important tradition.” — A statement from Landscrona, the largest fan club of Russian champion Zenit StPetersburg. (Guardian)
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Coach fails on ballboy duty
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Yilmaz Vural, coach of Turkish club Elazigspor, didn’t do so well trying to get the ball back in play during lastFriday’s game against Mersin. First, Vural gets beaned in the head while trying to catch it, then he takes a tumble. At least his team pulled off a 1-0 win. […]
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J-League slapstick in a monsoon
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Two Japanese teams playing during a flash flood provide few highlights, but lots of slapstick, in a game that should’ve beencalled off due to weather. In danger of relegation, Vissel Kobe at least has a 1-0 victory to show for its participation in this game on Saturday at FC Tokyo […]
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Legendary keeper with an all-time gaffe
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] One of worst goalkeeping errors we’ve ever seen by Essam El-Hadary, a legendary Egyptian keeper, from theAfrican Confederations Cup semifinals on Sunday. The 39-year-old El-Hadary has made 138 appearances for Egypt, over 500 appearances for the top club in Africa, Al-Ahly, he was named theAfrican Cup of Nations best goalkeeper […]
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Amazing Keeper Feat: Tying goal and winning PK
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] Alfredo Frausto‘s goal in the 91st minute sent the game to overtime, after which the goalkeeper scored the winningpenalty, in the Copa MX final on Wednesday. Correcaminos UAT had a 2-1 lead on its fellow second division club Dorados, who were playing with ten men, when it gave away a corner in […]
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Leeds coach calls it the 'miss of the century'
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Luke Varney somehow misses the target from a yard away, and his coach can laugh about it later, as Leeds went on towin this League Cup game against Southampton on Tuesday. Leeds, currently in the second division, will host Chelsea, which beat Manchester United, 5-4, in overtime on Wednesday, inthe Capitol […]
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Ref Sends off 17 Players Following Brawl in Uruguay
A referee in Uruguay sent off 17 players in Montevideo on Sunday following a mass brawl that ensued from one of the teams believing it should have been awarded a penalty toward the end of a tensegame in Uruguay’s Apertura championship. The game between Wanderers and Juventud ended 3-3, but chaos broke out after the […]
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Poor penalty meets worse goalkeeping
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Penalty kicks at the U-17 Women’s World cup provided a moment of levity, for those off the field, during this quarterfinal fromAzerbaijan 2012. France beat Nigeria on penalties 5-3 after a scoreless game in early October, and one of the penalties appeared to be a battle of who wanted it […]
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“Adam Chapman, like this good dad he is, was making his baby some milk and he managed to shake the bottle up and down, but he didn’t put the lid back on properly. He burnt his chest and had to goto hospital for a check up. He’s burnt all his nipple. It’s an unusual injury, […]