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VAR Malfunction Turns African Champions League Final Into Protracted ShitshowAfter a five-day controversy that included fans protesting in the streets, the Confederation of African Football executive committee decided Wednesday that the second leg of the African Champions League final will be replayed, the Associated Press reports....

Eden Hazard And Romelu Lukaku Have Belgium Cooking With GasGoals have been hard to come by for most teams at the World Cup, but not for Belgium. The Red Devils added another blowout win to their tournament resumé today by plastering Tunisia by a score of 5-2. Once again the Belgian goalfest was led by their two star forwards, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku, ...

Tunisia Are FuckedEveryone welcome Tunisia back to the World Cup! They haven’t been here since 2006, and they will go to Russia seeking to win their first Wold Cup match in 40 years. They, uh, probably won’t get it....

Girthy Goalkeeper Has A Much Smaller Man's Ball Skills

By physical appearance, you’d probably assume this chubby keeper playing for PS Sakiet Eddaier in Tunisia’s third division was something like a plumber or a short-order cook at a mid-tier chain restaurant. But judging by his frankly jaw-dropping tekkers, you’d be forgiven for thinking this roulettin...

Ons Jabeur Is The First Arab Woman To Make It This Far Into A Grand Slam

Ons Jabeur, ranked No. 114 in the world, slipped into the French Open as a “lucky loser”—a player who lost in qualifying rounds but nevertheless lucked into a spot vacated by another player’s withdrawal. Before this tournament, the 22-year-old Tunisian had played only two other Grand Slam matches in...

Referee Starts Crying After Mean Fans Shout Insults About His Mom

We’ll let the weeping referee, officiating a league match in Tunisia, speak for himself, for they are words we all can agree on: “Hearing such insults, it’s hard to hold back tears. No one likes to hear his mother insulted. God bless my mother!”...

Belgium's World Cup Tune-Up Interrupted By Giant Hail Storm

An international friendly between Belgium and Tunisia was stopped in the first half because golf-ball sized hail stones were raining down on the players. The hail became unmanageable at around the 24 minute mark, with the match still scoreless, and play was halted for approximately 40 minutes. As yo...

After The Expected Ass-Kicking, A Tunisian Player Had Kobe Bryant Autograph His Shoe

The U.S. overcame a slow start to thrash an unexpectedly tough-playing Tunisian team 110-63, which meant the usual courtesies extended to the losing side of handshakes, hugs, and the occasional picture. Tunisian forward Mohamed Hdidane—who surprised a lot of us with basketball we didn't expect fro...