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Euro 2016 Match Delayed By Croatian Supporters Throwing Flares, Explosives
Today’s Czech Republic-Croatia match in Saint-Etienne suffered a five minute delay as Croatian fans flooded their corner of the pitch with flares and at least one explosive that blew up in the face of a steward who was attempting to clear the field for play—forcing Croatia players to plead with thei...

Czech Refs Show Up To Work Drunk, Stumble And Piss All Over The Field, Get Fired
Not all refereeing positions are made equal. Running around with the players in the middle of the action as the head ref is probably cool, but being parked on the sideline as an assistant must be boring. Two Czech men cast in these less-than-glamorous roles decided to spice up their day by getting s...

You've Got Something On Your Face
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Possibly Drunk Amateur Hockey Goalie Is Struggling So Hard
Judging from the way this amateur goalie's wobbling around, it doesn't seem to be solely due to the ice. The video's apparently from an amateur league game in the Czech Republic. Thankfully, no one will check this goalie into the boards, because he'll probably piss himself....

Czech Republic Denies That It's Chechnya
A very important statement from the Czech Republic's ambassador to the U.S.:...

Czech Fans Chant "Monkey, Monkey" At Wayne Simmonds
Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds recently signed with a team in the Czech Republic to try and ride out the lockout. It is exciting for Czech fans to see real life NHLers, but also scary for some of them to see a black person. So a sizable portion of the crowd in Chomutov did not take it well when Simm...

Hirshey: Gonzo About Ghana
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....

Live Blog: Italy Vs. Czech Republic
It's always important to have villains in international sports — because what's global goodwill except for an excuse for everybody to hold hands and smell of patchouli? — and last Saturday, Italy played the role right good. Now, of course, We Are All Italians. The United States needs to win its game...

Hirshey: We Waited Four Years For THIS?
David Hirshey's World Cup Closer begins today. Enjoy....

Picking Through The U.S. Carnage
One of the funnier bits "The Daily Show" has done of late was to run training video of late terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi set to the "American Idol" song "Bad Day," which was always played when a contestant was voted off the show. It somehow summed up so many conflicted and complicated wor...

Live Blog: United States-Czech Republic
All right! GO AMERICA! The one World Cup moment the majority of Americans will actually be paying attention is upon us: The red, white and blue is going soccering!...

Four Tiny Tidbits On: Czech Republic
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Czech Republic! And for World Cup prev...
