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Move over Freddie Kanoute, you've been trumped in the Gaza conflict political statement department.
Ibrahim Dagasan of Sivasspor staked a Palestinian flag at the center circle while his teammates -
one of whom is Israeli - celebrated their penalty win over Galatasaray in a cup fixture. No
subtlety here.
I play my first football in seven months tonight. It's indoor, but still... I shall run and kick
again. This event deserves goals: Sporting Lisbon's Derlei Silva hits old club Porto thanks to a
delicious slip pass. F-Word's Diego Biseswar deposits a dreamy lob. Sivvaspor's Yanick Kamanan
dials long distance in a crowd.
Is it racist/prejudiced when you ascribe certain attributes to entire cultures? Even if said
attribute is a positive? I think it probably is. But if Turkish people don't want to be labeled as
genetically pre-disposed to last-minute comebacks then maybe Turkish football teams should stop
doing things like this: Yep, that's Galatasaray pulling off an epic turnaround [.
I gotta tell ya: I haven't watched an entire NFL game in ages, but the officiating last night was
wretched all night long. That was the Super Bowl crew? The Cardinals win two challenges, win a
third automatic challenge with under two minutes left, have about three utterly ridiculous personal
fouls called on them and then do not get a taunting flag (stupid rule, but still) on Pittsburgh's
winning
I'm all sixes and sevens and nines...Nani gets Manchester United's FA Cup party started
right.Adrian Mutu completes his hat trick and Fiorentina's crazy rally for a 3-3 draw with Genoa on
the final kick of the game.Fenerbahçe with a double shot: a splendid header from Alex and a
well-executed free kick from Deivid.
