Soccer Page 385 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
See? Not All Footballers Are Cheating, Diving BLAH, BLAH, BLAHs
This bloody lovely bit of sportsmanship happened last Saturday when Havant & Waterlooville were playing Boreham Wood in the Blue Square South....
Ronaldinho Does A Goal From Behind The Goal
This is more like it! None of your sexist pundit stuff here — just MAD SKILLZ!...
Fan Attacks Player Over Shared Girlfriend
The home fans storm the pitch after a huge upset. One punches out one of his own players. Why? Over a woman, of course....
A Tribute To Sexist Old Andy Gray
After a long, hard night staring into the bottom of a whiskey glass, listening to Blood on the Tracks and wondering how it all came to this, The Spoiler reached an epiphany at around four o'clock this morning…...
The Massively Sexist Analogy Brits Use To Explain Offsides To Women
Soccer offsides is hard to grasp, for Americans raised on a hard-and-fast line demarcating what's legal. But it's presumably not difficult for a professional referee, regardless of gender, despite the boorish comments that got two British broadcasters in trouble....
Drogba Kicks The Ball Hard And Does A Goal
The Spoiler loves a cheeky little chip or an intricate Tiki-taka goal, but sometimes you just can't beat someone kicking the ball proper hard....
This Isn't How You're Supposed To Lift A Guy On A Stretcher
I don't know who this player is or how he hurt himself, but I do know this video is about five Leslie Nielsen movies rolled into one. [Via Twitter]...
Here’s A Cool Video Of The Riquelme Who's Not Famous For Boobs
Blackburn's chicken people are still working their way through a list of players that could make for decent marquee signing — sadly the list appears to be from 2004....
Eric Cantona Crowned King Of New York Or Something
The New York Cosmos — essentially a 1970s forerunner to that Carlsberg advert with the pub team — are BACK, according to Eric Cantona. He's been appointed director of soccer — which has no real meaning — and said this about it:...
The 10 Most Miserable People In Soccer
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....
Ibrahimovic Scores A Beauty
Self-publicist Zlatan Ibrahimovic — football's Ricky Gervais, the millionaire's Peter Crouch, the vagrant's Curtly Ambrose — put a small portion of money where his mouth is yesterday....
Controversial World Cup Referee Is Now An Admitted Heroin Smuggler
Byron Moreno refereed the 2002 World Cup match in which America upset Portugal, and cost Italy a chance to advance to the knock-out round with a questionable call against South Korea. He also just copped to smuggling heroin....
Wayne Rooney's Brother Drafted By Red Bulls, Seemingly Mocked By Associated Press Photographer
This is a photograph of Wayne Rooney's 20-year-old brother, John. He was drafted by the New York Red Bulls in Round 2 of the MLS SuperDraft. This is the caption for the photograph, taken by J. Pat Carter of the Associated Press:...
The Spoiler’s Top Five Football Infighting Videos
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Flamengo Fans Slightly Excited About Ronaldinho
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Everyone Is Bottle-Throwingly Pissed At Jose Mourinho
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Swedish Orgy Blackmail For Premier League Star? Sure, Why Not
Someone's trying to blackmail a Premier League player with video and photos of his Las Vegas tryst with three Swedish blondes. And he wants this covered up...why? [Daily Mail]...
Goal Of The Year Wasn't The Year's Best Goal (Among Other FIFA Ballon d'Or Oversights)
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Soccer Could See Its First Photoshop-Related Fine
Soccer players: they're just like us! Liverpool's Ryan Babel could face discipline for Tweeting this photoshopped picture of the ref wearing a Manchester United jersey after a controversial FA Cup match yesterday. He should be suspended, if only for using "SMH." [Guardian]...
Theo Walcott Admits He Took A Dive
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