[VIDEO PICK] FC Twente goalkeeper Sander Boschker — a 40-year-old who has played more than 500 Dutch league games — didn’t do so well in hisChampions League debut on Tuesday. Twente didn’t have chance to advance to the knockout stage of the Champions League anyway — Inter and Tottenham having already clinch passage — butthat […]
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Oddest goal celebration you'll ever see?
[VIDEO PICK] After Bari striker Francesco Caputo scored the equalizer in a 1-1 tie with Cesena, Caputo took his joy out on his teammate. … The tie earned Bari only its second point in seven games. Two minutes after Cesena scored, Caputo scored his first Serie A goal but didn’t accept congratulations from teammate NicolaBelmonte, […]
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A shattering sideline tantrum
[VIDEO PICK] Sorin Cartu, coach of Romanian club CFR Cluj, took his frustrations out on the plexiglass of a Swiss dugout while his team waslosing a UEFA Champions League game to FC Basel. The 1-0 loss sent Cluj out of the competition with four losses in five Group E games.
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'Cannibal of Ajax'
[VIDEO PICK] Uruguayan World Cup star striker Luis Suarez has been dubbed the “Cannibal of Ajax” by Dutch daily De Telegraaf after he bit PSVEindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal during a league game last Saturday. Ajax Amsterdam has suspended Suarez, who scored three goals at last summer’s World Cup, for twoleague matches. He could also face […]
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Messi works his magic
[VIDEO PICK] By delivering the gamewinner against archrival Brazil, Lionel Messi may have finally silenced the critics who complain he doesn’tperform as brilliantly for Argentina as he does for Barcelona. The South American powers met in the Middle East (Qatar) and played to a stalemate until stoppage time, when Messi deliveredthe gamewinner …
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Pappa and Keller take MLS honors
[AWARDS] Chicago Fire midfielder Marco Pappa earned the 2010 AT&T Goal of the Year, while Seattle goalkeeper Kasey Keller was awarded the NAPA Save of the Year. VIDEO: Save of the Year With his team ahead 1-0in second-half stoppage time against the Kansas City Wizards, Keller made the save of the year with a quick […]
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Oh, what a miss!
[VIDEO PICK] Qatar’s Fahad Khalfan missed an open goal from one yard out in a 1-0 loss to Uzbekistan at the Asian Games. The18-year-old had all net in front of him after goalkeeper Timur Juraev whiffed an attempted clearance.
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Barking like Beckham
[VIDEO PICK] Multi-millionaire dollar earner David Beckham was a non-factor for the Los Angeles Galaxy during its 3-0 loss to FC Dallas in theMLS semifinal, but he got on the stat sheet by earning a yellow card for going nose-to-nose with referee Jair Marrufo after Marvin Chavez‘s perfectly legitimategoal. Beckham apparently thought Chavez was offside. […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo's back pass, literally
[VIDEO PICK] Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo used his back nicely to deliver a precise pass to teammate Xabi Alonsoduring a 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid. For some reason, Atletico players were upset by the maneuver, but Ronaldo was unfazed by their complaints.
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Swiss fans serve up tennis ball protest
[VIDEO PICK] Fans of Swiss club Basel, upset that the kickoff of their team’s game against Luzern was moved to earlier in the day by Swiss TV to accommodate thebroadcast of Roger Federer‘s tennis match against Novak Djokovic, delayed the game by hurling tennis balls — lots of them — onto the field. The fanschanted, […]