Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Fans Insult Soccer Player’s Dead Mom, Soccer Player Bursts Into Tears [VIDEO]

Everything about this story is very sad. In this video you will see an emotional, Turkish football player, Volkan Sen who plays for Trabzonspor FC. He burst in to tears during a match on Monday because fans of his OWN TEAM heckled his dead mother. Wait until you hear what the chairman of the football club had to say.

The Monthly Meltdown: Angered Football Club Fans Stage Mental Fire Protest [VIDEO]

Earlier this week in the land of the Pols, the defending league champion Legia Warsaw were fined and forced to close down a spectator stand stand for yesterday’s Champions League tie as punishment for their fan’s “racist behaviour” at a match in July. Naturally, the team’s fans responded by basically turning a stand into a glowing hellfire of fury and flares.

David Beckham Announces Retirement

David Beckham is retiring at the end of his current season at Paris club, Paris St-Germain, where he is donating all his earnings to charity. This guy does things nicely..

Alex Ferguson Has Announced His Retirement: Read His Statement Here

Sir Alex Ferguson will be retiring from football management at the end of the current English football season, his 27th in charge of Manchester United. Under his tenure, United racked up 13 league titles, two Champions Leagues, the Cup Winners’ Cup, five FA Cups and four League Cups. Ferguson, who will remain at the club as […]

Weasel Brings Football Match To A Grinding Halt [VIDEO]

Look at this adorable Pine Marten. Just look at it. A match between Thun and FC Zurich in Switzerland’s top football league, a pine marten (a close relation to the weasel) invaded the pitch, running between the legs of players and officials, and bring the game to a complete stand still. The marten had wandered […]

Tuesday Morning Spice

Global match-fixing ring busted. Herbalife shares plunge amid government probe. Prince Harry coming to SA. Apple interface overhaul looming. Youngest ever Oscar nominee. First porn star into space.

Violence Breaks Out In Dakar During Soccer Match [GALLERY]

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.

UK Police Investigate Racist Abuse Of England Strikers On Twitter

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.

Naked Ukrainian Feminists Strike Again, Grab Euro 2012 Trophy [Mildly N5FW]

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.

Can Roy Hodgson Turn England’s Title Drought Around?

Yesterday, England’s Football Association announced the rather controversial choice of Roy Hodgson to take the reins of the national football team from Fabio Capello for the next four years. Hodgson has the experience of a long career in coaching behind him, but can he turn the fans and even the players to his side in order to recapture England’s long gone football glory days?

Soccer’s Richest Stars Revealed

France Football magazine has released this year’s list of the world’s highest-earning soccer players – Rooney earned $32,6 million for a single goal, and Samuel Eto’o got $37 million for moving to Russia. And to everybody’s surprise, Beckham isn’t the biggest earner anymore; see who’s taken the lead after the jump.

Soccer Player Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Match Over Weekend

An FA Cup quarterfinal match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers came to a shocking halt over the weekend after a player suffered a cardiac arrest during the game. It took nearly two hours to get 23-yeard-old Fabrice Muamba’s heart to work on its own again, and he is currently still fighting for his life.

Brazilian Police Equipped With Facial Recognition Glasses For 2014

This is sort of like Robocop! Brazilian police forces are testing out glasses fitted out with cameras linked to a central computer network that stores a database of criminal suspects’ faces, so that they’ll be able to arrest people during the 2014 World Cup without having to ask them their names.

Sepp Blatter Says Racial Insults On Soccer Field “Should Be Forgotten”

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday that racial insults on the soccer field are nothing more than “on-field provocation”. He also suggested that players should accept this as part of the game and simply shake hands at the end of the match. I was actually trying to think of something sarcastic to insert here, but I’m too busy weeping for humanity at the moment.

Uncontrollable Orlando Pirates Players Love To Party

The Orlando Pirates have a good attitude towards success. Grounded, really. Because they like to have a good time, whether they’re winning or losing. Reports today say some of the players have turned the team residence in Buccleuch, Johannesburg into a “party haven”. Judging by the way they’ve been jolling, the defending league champions don’t seem to be at all worried that they have hit a slump in form.