-
Football/Soccer
-
Highlights Reel – Ryan Giggs’ 1 000 Game Career Is Older Than The Age Of Some Of His Team Mates [VIDEO]
01 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ryan Giggs is, arguably, one of the most naturally talented football players to grace the modern game. With an unrivalled mental strength, Giggs has skipped, turned, nutmegged and slotted his way through over 20 years of professional senior football, having burst onto the scene as something of a boy wonder for Manchester United in 1990. […]
-
Beckham And His Bits In New H&M Ad [VIDEO]
07 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Paris Saint-Germain’s newest edition, David Beckham takes the lead, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Richie takes the reigns and Foster The People’s “Don’t Stop” is the soundtrack to this rad advert which resembles a film short. Apart from the noteworthy collaboration, did you see Beck’s little bum clench at the end of […]
-
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard Gets Red Card For Kicking Ball Boy In The Ribs [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chelsea FC footballer, Eden Hazard, was sent off after receiving a red card during last night’s match against Swansea. Hazard was penalised for kicking a ball boy in the ribs.
-
Important Transport Information For Tomorrow’s Bafana Bafana VS Norway Match At Cape Town Stadium
07 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Tomorrow sees the much-anticipated Bafana Bafana versus Norway football game at Cape Town Stadium. The match will kick off at 20:30, and is part of Bafana Bafana’s preparation for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations later this month.
-
Suspended Safa Officials Implicated In FIFA’s Match-Fixing Report Are Back At Work
07 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African Football Association (Safa) has reinstated its chief and four other leading officials suspended over a match fixing scandal involving the national team. The move comes less than two weeks before we are to host the African Nations Cup finals.
-
Zambia FA Accepts Stoning Apology
16 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Zambia’s football association president, Kalusha Bwalya, has said that the African champions have accepted an apology over the shocking stoning of their team bus following an international friendly in Jozi on Wednesday night.
-
Is This The New Greatest Goal Of All Time?
15 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Armchair and real soccer critics were doing their heads in on social media networks last night after Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a seriously ridiculous bicycle kick goal from about 30 metres out.
-
Zambian Football Players Injured After Bafana Bafana Supporters Turn Violent
15 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
At least two Zambian football team players were injured last night after their game against Bafana Bafana at the FNB Stadium in Soweto when Bafana Bafana supporters stoned the team bus after the match.
-
Scumbag Arsenal Fan Teaches Three-Year-Old Son To Sing Rape Chant [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
British moral fabric eroded further on Monday when a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a man teaching his three-year-old son how to sing vile chants about Robin Van Persie.
-
Two Teams Sent Off During Paraguayan Soccer Match [VIDEO OF BRAWL]
23 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nestor Guillen on Sunday equalled the world record for the most number of red cards handed out during a soccer match, er, brawl, when he sent off 36 players in a Paraguayan junior league match.
-
Violence Breaks Out In Dakar During Soccer Match [GALLERY]
16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, the second leg of a qualifying match for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations took place between the Ivory Coast and Senegal in Dakar. But the game had to be abandoned before the end due to violent riots by Senegalese fans.
-
Safa Too Incompetent To Grab Fifa Freebies?
11 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sepp Blatter is no-one’s favourite guy, but his Goal project – started in 1999 – has funded 600 projects in 199 member associations. Artificial pitches, association HQ’s, training centres have all been built totally on Fifa’s dime. How many projects have we got funded? Zero.
-
Soccer Player Nearly Loses Hand By Grenade Thrown Onto Pitch [VIDEO]
21 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I once saw soccer hooligans throw a scooter onto the pitch. This, however, takes it to a shocking new level! A live explosive was thrown onto the pitch yesterday during an Asian Champions League quarterfinal match in Iran. This footage shows midfielder, Adel Kolahkaj, spot the object during a break in play. Without realising it is about to explode, he picks it up and tosses it to the side of the field. Watch what happens next, inside.
-
Usain Bolt Tipped To Don United Colours In Friendly Against Real Madrid
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Every day, the internet is flooded with ridiculous claims and preposterous stories, each begging for attention and the majority lacking even a shred of truth, and it’s our duty, as your humble news-givers, to shift through them all and bring you the rare, uncommon gems. Today, I believe I have found just such a gem – there’s a legitimate chance that Usain Bolt may play for Manchester United.
-
Who Is The Highest Paid Athlete Of 2012?
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Forbes Magazine has released its official list of highest-paid athletes of 2012. The net worth of these athletes not only comprises of their commissions from matches and games, but also from their numerous endorsements and ad campaigns, bonuses and other salaries for the past 12 months.
-
Second Olympian Expelled For Outrageously Racist Tweet
31 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
The Olympics haven’t even been running for a week and already a second athlete has been expelled from the games following a racist tweet. This time the guilty party was Michel Morganella, a Swiss football player, and his Twitter faux pas wasn’t nearly as tame as Voula Papachristou’s last week.
-
Competition: Win Tickets To The Manchester United Game In Cape Town [CLOSED]
18 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
DHL is giving away two tickets to one lucky 2oceansViber to go to the Manchester United Pre-Season Tour match against Ajax Cape Town at Cape Town Stadium this Saturday. Click through to see how you can win!
-
Manchester United Goalkeeper, Anders Lindegaard, Live On Sox And The City Today
13 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Coming up on the Sox And The City show today, DJ Sox interviews Manchester United goalkeeper, Anders Lindegaard! Be sure to tune in to Sox And The City from 15h00-17h00!
-
The Can Of Pepsi That Cost Ronaldhino $750 000
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The rivalry between Coke and Pepsi has been raging for years, each company claiming its own army of celebrity endorsers, sports stars often making up the majority. So what happens when one of these stars drinks from the forbidden cup, like Ronaldhino did at a recent press conference?
-
Goal Line Technology In Soccer Set To Be Approved Today
05 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How this has taken so long to happen is beyond comprehension, but by all accounts, when the International Football Association Board (IFAB) meet today, goal-line technology is set to get the go-ahead.
-
UK Police Investigate Racist Abuse Of England Strikers On Twitter
26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Sunday night, England dropped out of Euro 2012 in a quarterfinal against Italy. After 120 minutes of play, without any score, the teams went into a penalty shootout which saw Ashley Cole and Ashley Young both miss their attempts. The two players, who are both black, drew heavy racist abuse on Twitter which is now being investigated by British police.
-
URGENT: Manchester United Pre-Season Tour – Buy Tickets Now!
25 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
The time has finally come people, you can now purchase tickets to watch Manchester United play on South African soil!. Click through for the details.
-
Cape Town Estimated To Incur R3,7 Million Loss Hosting Man United
21 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Much hype has been made about the imminent visit from 19-time English Premier League Champions, Manchester United. But, the City of Cape is expected to make a R3,7 million loss for hosting the event at the Cape Town Stadium. The city’s mayoral committee member for tourism, Grant Pascoe, argues that, despite the loss, hosting the match is part of the City’s drive to market itself as an “events destination”.
-
Brutal Clashes Between Russian And Polish Euro 2012 Fans In Warsaw [VIDEO]
13 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Chaos erupted in Warsaw yesterday when Russian and Polish fans fought running battles in the streets before and after a Euro 2012 soccer match. At least 11 people were injured in the clashes. Eight of those hurt, including a policeman, are Poles, two are Russian, and one is German. The game ended 1-1. See the […]
-
Manchester United Coming Down To Play Amazulu And Ajax CT In July
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 64 Comments
Football fans ready your wallets, the world’s most popular team, Manchester United, are hopping over the pond to come play a pair of warm-up games against two local teams in July.
-
Gordon Ramsey Owned By Teddy Sheringham In Celeb Soccer Match, Leaves On Stretcher [VIDEO]
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gordon Ramsey suffered an effing back injury in the recent effing Soccer Aid, held every two years in effing England. The match sees a team from effing England play against a team from the rest of the effin’ world, in a charity match where all the effing proceeds go to UNICEF. Ramsey was taken out by effin’ Teddy Sheringham, and had to be taken off the field in a fucking stretcher. Video after the jump.
-
Premier League Wage Payouts At Their Highest Ever
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
English football is no stranger to big money, but a recent report by Deloitte shines a light on the financial successes and failures of England’s Premier clubs on and off the pitch. Long story short: debt is down, but salaries are way, way up.
-
10% Of The World’s Population Supports Manchester United, Apparently
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following a recent survey, the chances that someone is a Manchester United supporter are now as great as one in ten. That’s almost 660 million people around the world.
-
Sepp Blatter Wants To End Penalties
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sepp Blatter is at it again. The FIFA president said today that penalty shoot-outs are “a tragedy”. He challenged Franz Beckenbauer, honorary president of Bayern Munich, and head of the Football Task Force 2014 – a panel that will recommend rule changes to football – to come up with an alternative.
-
Naked Ukrainian Feminists Strike Again, Grab Euro 2012 Trophy [Mildly N5FW]
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Our friends from FEMEN, the topless Ukrainian protest group, have struck again – this time at the Euro 2012 trophy display in Poland. They are protesting the prestigious sporting event and the economies of prostitution and sex trafficking that spring up around it. See their passionate cries for justice after the jump.
-
-
-
2oceansvibe Partners
-
-
