Grace Reid of Scotland competes in the Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary at the DDDr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex during day ten of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 13th.
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Thursday, 14 October 2010
The Shot - Falling Into The Blue
Grace Reid of Scotland competes in the Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary at the DDDr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex during day ten of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 13th.
The Shot - Football (and Rioting) is Fun
Police in riot gear confront Serbian fans during the UEFA EURO 2012 Group C qualifier between Italy and Serbia at Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa on October 12th.
The match had to be cancelled.
Sports Sweety Elaine Koon floats like an angel
Elaine Koon of Malaysia performs with the ball as she competes in the in the All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Final at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex during day ten of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, yesterday.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Bad Day In The Office - Liverpool FC Risk Points Deduction
So the demonic Laurel and Hardy douchebag duo of Hicks and Gillett are set to be replaced by some other yankee douche fro the satanic mason sect!
Then the legal wranglings and risk of points deduction and likelihood of star departures in January and .... yada yada yada.
Perilous times indeed for an iconic, once great club.
Everything about this whole Liverpool fiasco stinks to high Heaven ... or to Hell!
REDS AT RISK OF POINTS DEDUCTION
By Martyn Ziegler, Press Association Sport
http://www.sportinglife.com
Liverpool would be at risk of a nine-point deduction if the owners' holding company is put into administration, it has emerged.
Initially it had been thought the Premier League would not penalise the club for Kop Holdings becoming insolvent, but now the threat of a points deduction has become a serious one.
The Royal Bank of Scotland could put Kop Holdings, the company owned by Tom Hicks and George Gillett, into administration if the Americans continue to block a takeover by New England Sports Ventures and have not paid off their £280million debt to the bank by October 15.
Under Premier League rules, the fact that the holding company is solely concerned with the ownership of Liverpool and football-related matters could trigger the nine-point penalty.
An insider told Press Association Sport: "It is not completely clear whether the nine-point penalty would come into play but it would be a risk."
West Ham has been used as an example of why the Reds might escape a deduction if administration goes ahead when it was owned by Icelandic bank Straumur.
However, the Hammers were a solvent part of a whole portfolio of different companies while Kop Holdings is solely concerned with Liverpool.
Hicks and Gillett's legal action against the proposed takeover will begin in the High Court next week.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
The Sport - Partizan Serenade
A vibrating ocean of black and white!
Partizan Belgrade fans wave their team's flag during a recent Champions League match.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
The Sport - Play Misty For Me: Europe Win Ryder Cup
Yap, lovely Wales - land of easy skanks, evacuated coalmines, rain (lotsa rain!) and shitloads of mist! ... The Riviera of Northern Europe!
Anyway, here Lee Westwood of Europe tries to catch a glimpse of his tee shot - as it enters a veritable cloud! - on the first hole in the first singles match of the 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales yesterday.
Lee found the ball about three hours later!
Europe, of course, sent the 'mighty' Yanks home with their tails between their legs! ... Hurrahhhhhh!!!
(Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images Europe)
Monday, 4 October 2010
Bad Day In The Office - God Only Knows : Liverpool Shamed by Beach Boys
HODGSON BEMOANS 'VERY BAD DAY'
http://www.sportinglife.com
4 Oct 2010
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson admits the 2-1 defeat at home to Blackpool was a "nightmare result" but will not accept his underperforming side are in a relegation battle.
Charlie Adam's penalty and Luke Varney's perfectly-timed run and finish did the damage for the Barclays Premier League newcomers in the first half.
Although Sotirios Kyrgiakos' header pulled one back Liverpool will spend the forthcoming international break rooted in the bottom three.
They have won just one of their seven league matches - a 1-0 victory over West Brom at home - and are 18th with just six points.
"I'd rather not think about it," was Hodgson's response to being asked about the game.
"In the first half we were correctly punished for a lacklustre display.
"We had the ball as much as them but did not do anything with it anywhere near enough to satisfy my, the club's or the players' demands.
"We conceded two goals on counter-attacks but in the second half we came out and tried to turn matters around but could only get one goal.
"Their great result is our nightmare result. It is a very bad day and there is nothing I can say.
"At the moment things look bleak and really bad and it is difficult for me to put a bright face upon it.
"There are 31 games left but when you are in the relegation zone you are in a relegation battle.
"But I really don't think my concerns are with relegation, my concerns are that we are not playing to our full potential.
"I am not going to think too much about relegation with 31 games to go."
If Hodgson was in any doubt that his honeymoon period is over just three months after taking over it came shortly before the end when the Kop began chanting the name of club legend Kenny Dalglish, who was overlooked somewhat dismissively for the manager's job when Rafael Benitez left in the summer.
The 62-year-old took the slight on the chin.
"What's fair and unfair? There is no fairness. The fans are entitled to voice their frustrations, they are a frustrated group at the moment," he added.
"I am the one responsible because I am the team manager. When the team does badly then the criticism is going to fall my way and I have to accept it."
Striker Fernando Torres was forced off with injury after just 10 minutes but Hodgson did not know the extent of the problem.
"It is a groin strain, I don't know how severe," he said.
"It came as a surprise to us, we had no awareness there were any problems in the groin area.
"I don't know if it was something which happened during the course of the game."
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
The Shot - Caracas FC Fan puts Nut into Fanutic
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A fan of Caracas FC, in Venezuela, cheers for his team!
... And ignites a homemade flame thrower!!
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Friday, 24 September 2010
The Shot - The Dogs Are Off
Greyhounds running at the Romford Greyhound Stadium on September 23, 2010 in Ropmford, England.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Moments In Time -Dimitar Berbatov scores the Goal Of The Season (Sep 19 2010)
A moment of real majesty and beauty from the sulky genius!
Yeah, he is Eric Cantona's son!!
The Sport - Douchebag Arsene Wenger Censured
The Basil Fawlty of football, Arsehole Whinger is always whinging about how his pack of pussy players are being targetted with what he considers overly physical tactics.
Then at the end of Sunday's match, when Sunderland scored in the 300th minute, Arsehole Whinger turns into a thug (albeit a feeble faggy one) and tries to rough up the assistant referee! Arsey was in a rampant rage - almost as angry as Mel Gibson gets when having not been blown in his jacuzzi!
Now that's what I call Ironic!!! Seems the irony was lost on Arsey though!
So Wenger was mad? Man, I had a great treble in play, relying on this 'gimme' result to get me a nice chuck of change. But Arsenal self destruct in the 895th f*cking minute to leave me having to eat tuna for the rest of the week!
If I'd got my hands on that f*cking referee - the douche who allowed Sunderland to play on for ages after the time was up (well, until they scored basically!) - he'd be in ER now!! ... So would Wenger!!
Premier League - Wenger charged by the FA
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
Mon, 20 Sep 2010
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been charged by the FA with using insulting language and behaviour amounting to improper conduct.
Wenger landed the charge for his reaction to Sunderland's injury-time equaliser in the 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
"Under The FA’s new fast-track procedures, Wenger has until Thursday 23 September to respond to the charge and he has been offered a standard sanction of a one-match touchline ban and an £8,000 fine should he accept the charge," the FA said on their website.
"If he denies the charge, the case will be heard by a regulatory commission."
Wenger was furious that Darren Bent was allowed to score 15 seconds after the four minutes of signalled injury time had passed.
The Frenchman - who appeared to put his hands on fourth official Martin Atkinson in the aftermath - acknowledged the referee's right to extend added time but questioned the need to in that instance.
Monday, 20 September 2010
The Sport - Berba Wonder Goal Sends Scousers Whelping
Berbatov brings big-match game
from eurosport.yahoo
Mon Sep 20 2010
Wigan, Bolton, Burnley, Hull... no, these are not the venues for the latest Cannon and Ball tour, but the calibre of opposition that Dimitar Berbatov scored against last season.
He may have scored 26 goals in his first two seasons, but United fans never really took to their club record (and, for a tantalising few minutes at least, British record) signing.
Right from his sulky final performance for Tottenham before joining two years ago, he has failed to win over the Stretford End. There can't be many players who are as derided by supporters of the club he left as those of the one that he joined.
Unable, and seemingly unwilling, to replicate his mesmeric Spurs form at Old Trafford, it was not long before there were rumblings of discontent. When his arrogantly dinked penalty in the FA Cup semi-final shootout was saved by Tim Howard, Red Devils fans were given carte blanche to vent their frustrations.
Last season, however, he put in the kind of contribution that can't be measured in a simple tally of goals and assists, with seemingly every other cross from Antonio Valencia coming after a lay-off from the Bulgarian.
However, his failure to sufficiently fill in for the injured Wayne Rooney at the business end of an unsatisfying campaign made him a fully-confirmed flop in the eyes of many.
But now, perhaps, that has all changed. A great run of form since the start of the season was capped off with a match-winning hat-trick against Liverpool. The treble, which included a stunning overhead kick after teeing himself up with his knee, was the first by a United player in the fixture since 1946, and it certainly spared United's blushes as they were on the verge of surrendering a two-goal lead for the third time already this term.
Berbatov's seven goals so far have helped paper over the cracks of a lacklustre start to the season, especially when Chelsea continue to lay waste to all who dare cross their path. Not that Alex Ferguson sees it that way, of course.
"From thinking to myself 'it's going to be 10' we ended up at 2-2," he said. "It was a travesty of a scoreline then - but a great result at the end.
"They (Liverpool) didn't offer anything and depended on decisions from the linesman to get back in the game. Edwin van der Sar had no saves to make, Paul Scholes controlled the midfield and we looked dangerous up front with Dimitar and Nani - I couldn't see us losing the game."
Whatever the truth behind that rather bullish statement, being spared extra matches against Russia, England and Montenegro so far this season, plus having the summer off, prove how Berbatov is just the latest in a long line of United players to benefit from international retirement. United fans may yet see the very best of Berbatov.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
The Dumb Side - Fans left stunned as mascot eats cheerleader
"Whoa!!!!!!!!!! Thats ...... not ...... right !!!!!!!"
Fans left stunned as mascot eats cheerleader
eurosport.yahoo
Tue Sep 14 2010
American football fans were stunned when a cheerleader was 'eaten' by a mascot during an NFL match.
The Tennessee Titans mascot, known as T-Rac, engulfed the cheerleader during the fourth quarter of the team's season opener against the Oakland Raiders in Nashville.
Stunned fans couldn't believe their eyes as the giant raccoon first picked up and then swallowed the stunning blonde with nine minutes 58 seconds left of the game - adding a belly laugh to their delight at cruising to a one-sided 38-13 victory.
The Dumb Side - UK Newspaper uses cartoons with match report
Newspaper uses cartoons with match report
Mon Aug 09 2010
uk.eurosport
Artist Chris Robinson was hired by a newspaper to draw cartoons of Plymouth Argyle's match against Southampton at the weekend after a row over photographers being allowed into Southampton's ground.
The south coast club have restricted access to photographers, forcing newspapers to buy official pictures.
But instead of buying in official match photographs the editor of the Plymouth Herald commissioned Robinson to produce cartoons from the match, which the artist had watched on television.
The resulting images - evoking happy childhood memories of cartoon strips such as Roy of the Rovers and Billy's Boots - have gone down a storm with fans, and the Herald is now considering using Robinson's art every week.
See more of Chris Robinson's work at www.chrisrobinson.co.uk.
Luke Summerfield's winning goal for Plymouth at Southampton was one of the published cartoons.
Another cartoon depicts Pilgrims' debutant goalkeeper David Button making one of a string on fine saves.
Friday, 10 September 2010
Moments In Time - Wayne Rooney scores in the right place & at the right time
For once, lil Wayne scores in the right place & at the right time!
Yap, a footy match for the Brits against mighty(?) Swiss people!
Not a nasty Manc ho when wifey's preggo!
Monday, 6 September 2010
Bad Day In The Office - Wayne Rooney Hooker Forgiveness?
Can Roo be forgiven?
Mon Sep 06 2010
from eurosport
The problem with having a headline-friendly name is that when things go wrong it seems to become a source of never-ending puns.
And so it is that we are treated to splashes this morning like "How could Roo?: Fury as star cheats pregnant wife", "Get out Wayne Roo dirty rat" and "Are Roo up for it?"
The allegations by a 21-year-old prostitute that Wayne Rooney saw her several times over a period of months while his wife Coleen was pregnant with their baby were reported by the Sunday Mirror and the News of the World, finally bumping the Pakistan spot-fixing story off the top of the sport news agenda.
It had just looked as though the striker had turned a corner, too. The Manchester United forward assisted three goals and had a hand in the other in England's 4-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday, but no one is talking about his return to form now.
Instead, all the focus in the sports press is on whether or not he is in the right frame of mind to play against Switzerland tomorrow, with manager Fabio Capello assessing his star man's mental state ahead of the trip to Switzerland for Tuesday's second Euro 2012 qualifier. Meanwhile, Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley's transition from evening to breakfast television has been made easier now they can do their best sympathetic frowns while discussing the matter from a celebrity news angle.
Jenny Thompson kept up the peculiar tradition of hooker kiss-and-tell stories by simultaneously boasting about her exploits but condemning Rooney.
She told the News of the World: "I think he believes he's invincible and untouchable. As a woman, I wouldn't like that done to me - especially if I was pregnant." That's right girl, way to get your sisters on-side.
Thompson also helped us recall another of Rooney's conquests: "I told him, 'I remember reading in the newspapers about you and the old granny!' Wayne just laughed. He thought that was really funny."
But at least there was one player who came out smelling of roses from this whole affair. Thompson revealed when describing a time he met Rooney in a nightclub where other United players were present: "Michael Owen was looking at him in disgust. Wayne made no effort to be discreet and I was embarrassed."
These allegations may not have had the direct effect on team affairs that John Terry's liaisons with the mother of Wayne Bridge's children had, but it looks as though we now know the reason for his alarming dip in form at the World Cup.
Many are now attributing Rooney's poor performances in South Africa to his fears over the story going public, highlighting how players' off-pitch conduct is not just important for living up to their role model status or to please sponsors, but can have a real effect on them doing their jobs too.
If it was indeed fears over a fresh scandal that led to Rooney's lacklustre summer then that will damage his reputation amongst football fans far more than his infidelities.
Rooney last week opened legal proceedings against The Sun over stories printed during the World Cup suggesting that he had booked a holiday before England's match against Germany. According to the Press Gazette: "Rooney claims the stories depict a shameful lack of professionalism and commitment to England's cause on his part, alongside disdain for supporters." Good luck with that one, Wayne.
This news would certainly not have been so gleefully reported had England won the tournament, or at least given a showing the nation could be proud of. Following on from reports about Peter Crouch's philandering and Ashley Cole's continuous poor treatment from fans, this is another example of an England player being punished for letting the country down.
In addition we have also recently had reports of Jack Wilshere's arrest following a nightclub scrap, while three other Premier League players obtained court injunctions last month to stop lurid stories involving them from going to print.
Cole and Rooney both received abuse from sections of the Wembley crowd during the match at Wembley on Friday, but for different reasons.
Cole seems destined never to be in the supporters' good books despite being arguably England's most consistent performer over the past decade. Despite his divorce being finalised on the day of the game, the Chelsea left-back put in a solid and determined performance, but will forever be the pantomime villain.
Rooney was also the target of jeers and whistles, but they had all but disappeared by the time Jermain Defoe scored his third goal and England's fourth of the night.
If Rooney plays and turns in another match-winning performance in Basle tomorrow then he can start treading the long path towards forgiveness, in the eyes of the football world at least. But his standing as national hero and world star will never be the same again.
Words of Wisdom - Brazilian Douche Robinho loves the sh*t outta Manchester
"Manchester is a sensational venue for football but an awful place to live ... the winter, the cold and the dark nights. It's very hard for a young Brazilian. "
This is so subtle! Let me read between the lines here! Yap, I think what he's saying is .... Manchester isn't too bad - it's got an Airport you can fly the f*ck out of and never ever come back!!
Well, Mozza did say: "Oh Manchester, so much to answer for"!!
Suffer Little Brazilians ... indeed!
The City board replied to the samba scumbag saying;
"We may be gone, but we will be right by your side until the day you die. This is no easy ride. We will haunt you when you laugh. Yes, you could say we're a team. You might sleep BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !"
Sunday, 5 September 2010
The Sport - Wayne Rooney Shoots & Scores (with Hooker!)
Lil' Wayne was so jealous of all the wonderful media attention Tiger Woods has been getting, he (re)started [he has 'previous'] banging expensive whores behind wifey's back (though not literally!)!
The £100,000-a-week Manchester United and England icon erm ... 'slept' with 'middle class' part-time hooker and full-time party gal, brunette Jennifer Thompson, 21, at least seven times over four months.
Astonishingly, he even flaunted the ho on a string of dates to VIP haunts in Manchester, including bars, clubs and the city’s 235 Casino! ...Stoopid much??
Ironically, while he's been doing all that scoring in expensive hotel rooms, he hasn't been able to score on the field for United or England in months!
Great work Waynie!! Enjoy watching the sponsorship deals slipping away and the massive divorce settlement you'll be paying out real real soon!!
Wayne Rooney Allegedly Cheats On Wife Coleen with £1,200 Hooker Jenny Thompson
by Mad Dog and Glory
September 5th, 2010
http://www.caughtoffside.com
The News of the World today tells us;
WAYNE ROONEY had a series of romps with a £1,200-a-time hooker when wife Coleen was pregnant, we can reveal today.
The England and Man United striker bedded pretty Jenny Thompson, 21, over several MONTHS.
Last night she told us: “Wayne chased me with sex texts and paid in wads of cash. He didn’t seem to care he was betraying Coleen.”
The Cheating England ace begged Jenny, 21, and her pretty friend to fulfil his fantasy with a sordid THREESOME.
Then he summoned the vice girl back again and again – while trusting wife Coleen was expecting their son Kai.
Last night Jenny, 21, exclusively told the News of the World: “Wayne certainly enjoyed all our meetings and didn’t seem to care what he was doing to his wife.
“I think he believes he’s invincible and untouchable. As a woman, I wouldn’t like that done to me – especially if I was pregnant.”
Could this mean that Mr. Rooney is one of the two England internationals who sought the safety of a ’super injunction’? Could this cloud hanging over the Manchester United man’s head be the reason for his poor start to the season? Either way The News of the World delights in telling us all the sordid details. As always the seemingly pointless CAPITALIZATION is all over the shop. Words such as MONTHS appear to warrant extra emphasis as does the word THREESOME.
The Sunday Mirror also reports on the story, but sadly does not do so using CAPS.
Rooney now expects betrayed Coleen to throw him out of their £5million mansion in Cheshire and begin moves for an explosive divorce. He told a pal yesterday: “My life is in ruins… I’ve been so stupid. Coleen won’t forgive me this time. She will leave me.”
As with the downfall of philandering golf legend Tiger Woods, Rooney fully anticipates losing sponsorship deals worth £6million a year which depend on him maintaining his family-man reputation.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, escort girl Jennifer said of multi-millionaire Rooney: “He sent me SIM cards full of text messages and spoke to me on Skype using a false name. Whenever we met for sex, it was always in the same hotel.”
It is understood that Rooney, 24, booked Jennifer from an online agency in Manchester which promises its clients “ultimate discretion” after she was recommended to him by a pal.
Their first meeting was in July last year at the £300-a-night Lowry Hotel in Salford when devoted Coleen was five months pregnant with their son Kai.
Well-spoken Jennifer – whose middleclass parents live in a £300,000 detached home in a leafy suburb of Bolton – provided Rooney with “anything goes” sex. (Sunday Mirror)
It is quite possible that Coleen will leave Wayne as she seems like a fairly intelligent woman with her head screwed on as opposed to Abigail Clancy who reportedly is going to take Peter Crouch back after his own hooker revelations with the wonderfully named Monica Mint.
Saturday, 28 August 2010
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