Worse than Kompany This crazy goal comes from India and the match between East Bengal and Pailan Arrows. Pailan defender Lalrozama Fanai, for some reason best known to himself, dealt with a through-ball by launching into a two-footed lunge on his goalkeeper Ravi Kumar. The ball bobbled through to East Bengal striker Tolgay Ozbey for [.

Former Celtic hero Shunsuke Nakamura proved his set-piece talent has not diminished since leaving Celtic Park by performing this TV stunt in his native Japan. The 34-year-old, currently playing for Yokohama F Marinos, was tasked with firing a free-kick into a moving bus. The midfielder was positioned in a side-street and watched the bus approaching [.

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A moment suspended in time.

Simply put, you're unlikely to see a better footy-related photo for some time. It actually looks similar to acrobatic artist and photographer Li Wei's works, but without the rigging and scaffolding and waivers in case of death. (Getty)

If you're going to pull out the bag of tricks, don't dump it in a heap on the ground. Or fumble it when trying to extract something with precision. Or go to the top drawer when you don't yet have a handle on the basics.

Or be this guy.

Without the context of the game itself feel free to roll through Malaysian fixtures for an answer it's hard to know what exactly happened.

For whatever reason, the holiday season hasn't been kind to the big teams of the Premiership I have a theory based on the higher wages and proportional amount of booze that allows one to buy. Bolton was bottom of the table and looked to stay there after Tim Howard booted a clearance and it caught some wind in the sail (0:25).

Thank God it's blow off work in the afternoon day...Let's start with Earnie Stewart, who talks Jozy with ESPN's Leander Schaerlaeckens.Everton keeper Tim Howard talks about his goal and the loss against Bolton.What's that you say, Timmy? Had it happen to you before? Oh dear, you should not have said that to my ears.

Oh, Diego Diego Maradona has hit out at Paris St Germain boss Leonardo by seeming to suggest that the Brazilian is only in his role due to the masses of money on offer at the Qatari-owned French outfit. El Diego said: "I wonder if he is a player, coach, agent or oil dealer. I do [...]

This is likely to end up on some end of the year Best Of lists for football photos and the like, along with someone in the Bundesliga making a nice tackle and John Terry barking orders in the rain soaked evening.

Afghan boys play football in sunset in Mazar-i-Shraif on January 10, 2012.

Last year the Indian Football Association announced it would be launching Premier League Soccer in early 2012, with six franchises. The franchises are located in Kolkata, Howrah, Asansol, Midnapore, and Siliguri. When the league was announced, IFA also stated that each team would have one icon player and a maximum of three overseas players and one overseas player from Asia.

The practice of veteran stars seeing out their careers in lesser leagues isn't exactly new, nor is it rare. The Middle East has been using oil-soaked checks to lure eager foreigners for years. And yet, this weekend might just take the cake for odd locations and trail-blazing new football landscapes.

This video is technically Shunsuke Nakamura belting a free kick onto a moving bus, but it really qualifies as a pleading attempt for a free kick trick series between the likes of Nakamura, Juninho, Darijo Srna, et cetera et cetera, just like those old McDonald's trick shot commercials between Michael Jordan and Larry Bird.

For today's profile, we welcome back Michael Hudson, a long standing friend of the blog and the mastermind behind The Accidental Groundhopper website. Here, Michael, who can be followed on Twitter at @DolphinHotel, turns his attention to a player on the brink of signing for Southampton, drawing as he does on his immense experience following the game in Asia.

When Al Wasl paid a hefty sum of money to Diego Maradona to lead their team, they did so not with the idea of getting the next great football coach, but with the idea that he'd be part coach, part entertainer, occasionally part circus clown. He rarely disappoints, if he does so by disappointing.

Private market in Asia mockingly offering 1.47 that Redknapp either sent down or forced to reach an accommodation about his past income as well as his future revenue streams.
Rumour going around that bank acct Rosie 47 originally named 'Rosebud'...

26.01.2012 - Leo Messi llegó a la portada de la revista Time (edición Asia, no USA). En una bajada polémica y (por las dudas antimaradoneana) la editorial dice: "Es el mejor jugador del mundo y posiblemente de todos los tiempos. Entonces ¿por qué no lo quieren en la Argentina?

Algunas ediciones regionales de la prestigiosa revista estadounidense Time tendrán en su tapa de febrero a Lionel Messi, protagonista de una entrevista en la que se analiza por qué el mejor jugador del mundo no llega a ser del todo querido en la Argentina.
Titulada "King Leo", esta tapa circulará desde el 6 de febrero en las versiones de la revista en Asia, Europa y el Pacífico Sur.

To anyone who follows the beautiful game, Anelka's move to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua did not make sense. What is even more interesting is Anelka's recent revelation that he snubbed PSG and a chance to re-unite with former coach Carlo Ancelotti for a little known Chinnese team.

We knew the Melbourne Victory defence, central defence was too slow, too fragile and lacked Muscat.
And in midfield the pairing of Leigh Broxham and Grant Brebner could never control the game in the Asian Champions League games - at times the Victory were embarrassing - and these our Aussie Champions - and this season they've never had the ball, kept the ball or enabled the style boys to get on the ball.

The league of note is the Saudi Arabian second division and yes, that gentlemen appears to put gum in his opponent's eye. Which then prompts the Roll of Death making its way to prominence in football. And though the eye gumming is the prime evil here, there's really no need to drop like hit with a Bazooka at the slightest contact with a noun.

Si piensas que este 2012 el mundo se va a terminar y estas buscando señales,tal vez esta noticia futbolera entre en la lista de razones fatalistas. No es que exagere, pero es casi imposible de pensar que en Brasil contraten jugadores extranjeros, mucho menos si se piensa en asiáticos.
China es de las selecciones menos desarrolladas en Asia pero ya tienen un jugador que generara furor en el país mas poblado del mundo.

Si piensas que este 2012 el mundo se va a terminar y estas buscando señales,tal vez esta noticia futbolera entre en la lista de razones fatalistas. No es que exagere, pero es casi imposible de pensar que en Brasil contraten jugadores extranjeros, mucho menos si se piensa en asiáticos.
China es de las selecciones menos desarrolladas en Asia pero ya tienen un jugador que generara furor en el país mas poblado del mundo.

Arsene Wenger will take Arsenal to play Hong Kong Champions Kitchee FC at the HK Stadium on Sunday, July 29, as part of the club's Asia Tour 2012.

The club says the game will give the Gunners' huge fan base in Hong Kong the opportunity to see AW's team play live ahead of the 2012/2013 season.

No exagero a la hora de poner el titulo, ya que muchos se desgarren las vestiduras con cosas que piensan no son para nada agradables en la cancha ,creo esta va mas alla del fair play, este foul para un niño menor de 12 años es demasiado fuerte y peligroso, peor aun que no reconozcan que es algo malo, eso a mi parecer lo hace la peor historia en el fútbol en lo que va del año.

A 10-year-old player of Hong Kong-based English Schools Federation Lions has been arrested by police for kicking an opponent in the head during a match. Footage of the incident shows the youngster lining up what appears to be a big hoof upfield... before opting to clear the skull of a Kitchee Escola player rather than [.

A 10-year-old player of Hong Kong-based English Schools Federation Lions has been arrested by police for kicking an opponent in the head during a match. Footage of the incident shows the youngster lining up what appears to be a big hoof upfield... before opting to clear the skull of a Kitchee Escola player rather than [.

23.03.2012 - Más allá de la Liga, la larga sombra del Barcelona, los silbidos a Mourinho y la irritación de Cristiano Ronaldo, la directiva del Real Madrid sigue su impertérrito camino (lejos del fútbol).
El presidente Florentino Pérez hizo la presentación pública del proyecto Real Madrid Resort Island, el complejo turístico, deportivo y de ocio que demandará una inversión (inicial) de u$s 1.

By Andrew Crawford, writing from Shanghai

With the Chinese Super League (CSL) now in full swing, Shanghai Shenhua, having spent an offseason gleefully cranking up expectations, are now being forced to finally back up their big talk - and so far it is not going well.

The U.S. players were surprised and a bit awed to see the sixth tallest statue in the world near its hotel in Sendai. Who knew? We are of course referring to Sendai Daikannon, a massive statue of the Goddess of Mercy that looks down over Sendai.
When it was completed in 1991 it was the tallest.

El fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 contara con dos torneos, uno masculino y otro femenino, que se disputaran entre el 25 de julio y el 11 de agosto de 2012. Los eventos deportivos de esta especialidad se realizaran en diversos estadios. La final será en Londres en el Estadio de Wembley, mientras que también se llevaran a cabo partidos en la ciudades de Mánchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cardiff y Glasgow.

Clasificatorias África Asia Europa Norteamérica Oceanía Sudamérica Equipos participantes Brasil Colombia Francia Sudáfrica Camerún Corea del Norte Japón Suecia Canadá Estados Unidos Reino Unido OFC
El fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 contara con dos torneos, uno masculino y otro femenino, que se disputaran entre el 25 de julio y el 11 de agosto de 2012.

Taking advantage of mutual connections, Liverpool will be using Boston's Fenway Park this summer to host AS Roma on July 25th. Liverpool is owned by Fenway Sports Group president John Henry, and one of his partners in Fenway Sports Group - Thomas DiBenedetto - owns AS Roma. "We had a great time playing in front of our supporters in Asia last year and it will be good to give our fans in North America the.

Las tiendas olímpicas de Pekin 2008 que permanecieron abiertas en la capital china para vender hierba que antes estaba plantada en el Nido de Pajaro (estadio olímpico) y acero sobrante de su construcción a 330 euros (420 dólares), informó la prensa de la capital.
Por esa suma, el comprador obtiene una bolsita con hierba y tierra que se corto del centro de las pistas tras el final de la cita deportiva, y una antorcha olimpica en miniatura elaborada con acero que sobro tras la construcción del estadio, obra de Herzog & De Meuron, informo el diario "Nuevo Pekin".

Liverpool has announced that they will face Roma in a pre-season friendly in Boston during a trip to North America this summer.
The Reds will play the Italian giants on 25th July at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, who share owners with the Anfield club.
The match will form part of the ballpark's 100th anniversary celebrations.

Diego Maradona waded into the stands like some kind of portly superhero after his partner Veronica Ojeda got into a row with fans of opponents Al Shabab. The Argentine star, manager of Dubai side Al Wasl, went to confront supporters who had fought with Ojeda and Al Wasl player Juan Mercier's missus. Al Shabab forward [.

Only Diego could make this much noise on the United Arab Emirates club scene. His club, Al Wasl, lost their third in four and some of the supporters' vitriole was flung in the direction of the WAGs section. And then Diego came to the rescue.

"Some people are cowards.

Shane Smeltz stole the headlines as Perth put a strangely negative Melbourne Heart to the sword.
Perth aren't pretty for the neutral and with Liam Miller off his game it was dire stuff. A strange second "goal" that clearly wasn't killed the game all hats off to Smeltz for celebrating early - did he influence the Perth-based linesman who gave a goal.

At first this appears just the standard photo of an appropriately zealous fan of the Iranian club Piroozi, full with what appears to be Medusa's vuvuzela. And upon viewing the next photo you realize...

That cacophonic monstrosity is designed to fit right in between his missing front teeth.

Do you remember those Nike Total 90 ads starring Wayne Rooney from some years back? Particularly the one with the bullseye? Even if Wayne did it on one try, Ali Khaseif of Al Jazira is better at least one time better. And he's so good he doesn't even need to try to nail the SpiderCam, it just happens, thus it's entirely possible his father is Stan Lee.

He was nicknamed Le Sulk, caused unrest in the Chelsea squad and was sent home from the French World Cup squad in disgrace, so you might think that Nicolas Anelka isn't exactly ideal material to take over as a manager. But he has. Replacing fellow countryman Jean Tigana at Chhinese club Shanghai Shenhua FC, who [.