"Praising John Terry for the win at the bridge is like awarding the Oscar for the best dialogues to "CAST AWAY". Abstruse, incongruous, inaccurate and so totally dumb."

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According to an old drunkard, who i met yesterday, breaks are supposed to be used for relaxation.

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The MLS announced today that the start time for the Western Conference final at Los Angeles will take place at 10:25 p.m. CST Friday. That's right, 10:25 P.M.! It STARTS at 10:25 p.m. WTF is that all about? Good luck watching that one, East Coast.

I'm guessing the time slot was already reserved prior to Houston's victory over Seattle.

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Another surprise of Dunga, and not a good one this time. Ramires, injured, will be replaced by Palermo's Fabio Simplicio in the matches against England and Oman. This just doesn't make sense.

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Q. What exactly happened here?

A. Darren Fletcher won the ball and Ashley Cole jumped up into the air. Martin Atkinson promptly scurried across and awarded Chelsea the 'foul'. The rest, as they say, is the rest of this post.

Q. Was Sir Alex wrong in criticizing the referee?

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1. 'FAT burgers' -- via The Offside
2. 'Swine flu UCL viewers' -- via Dirty Tackle
3. 'Israeli WTF jersey' -- via Unprofessional Foul
4. 'Plymouth Argyle mascot' -- via Who Ate All the Pies?
5. 'Adoring Adriano poster' -- via Futbolita
6. 'Lost in Google translation' -- via The Spoiler
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We are twins, lookalikes. But between us, there is a difference of heaven and earth. I'm the most celebrated defender at my club, while he's a young upstart. I'm the most uninspiring captain English football has ever seen, while he's yet to captain any side higher than a reserve side in the Swiss Third Division.

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Sorry Vishwa. You're the man but still worth a try.

Some say he thinks Alex Ferguson is a swear word. Some say he has a bicycle kick that not even Iker Casillas would have dared to stop. All we know is, he's called THE AQUAMAN.

- No Sir, not Carlton Parlmer

Sendros is quality I tell you.

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The following pictures are from two different agencies, but both are of Zidane at the opening of a watch store in Hong Kong (WTF?). By the framing of the shots, which photographer would you say thinks more highly of Zizou?

Getty:

AP:

Apparently the AP photographer doesn't think that headbutt in the World Cup final should keep Zidane from achieving sainthood.

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In light of the fact that United had a Carling Cup tie last night, which was won comfortably enough, but was overshadowed by a good ol' college-style food-fight, BigFourZa shall not review the match in protest, to express our solidarity with the 1 Billion people in the world who go hungry every day (seriously).

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... it's gonna be the Yankees that the Phillies have to put in their place to take the World Series again.� Be there, starting Wednesday night ... as two ex-Cleveland aces go up against each other in their new(er) uniforms. That's CC vs. Cliff Lee.� Let's go, Phillies, you can do it!

And I love hearing that George Will has gone after Dick for his "dithering" comment noting that a little "dithering" by the Bushies might have been helpful before invading Iraq.

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Since so much has been said about yesterday's game, I'm not going to go too much into it. I just wanted to say how proud I am of my team. We've been waiting for this win for a long time. It might just be the group stages, but the biggest criticism of Lyon has been that they've been unable to defeat a big team away from home.

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This week Pepsi introduced an iPhone application called "Amp Up Before You Score" to promote its competitor to the slew of energy drinks. Its purpose? To give you alleged insider information to boost you powers of seduction, as well as give you a platform to brag about which women you managed to get naked. Click to continue reading...

No, it's not about the other teams in the Champions League like Uriea Urigniceni and Rubin Kazan. Though from what I've seen of Rubin Kazan, they could go some distance in Europe, at least through the Europa League (hard luck for them to be in a group with Barca and Inter. If they'd been with Arsenal, they would've fancied their chances).

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Ducky's Note: This bugger preempted me and wrote a note to my note. So now I'm going to post-preempt him, and not write him a note. Suffice to say, he's been mentioned here before. And he's a Chelsea fan.

Lighter's Note to Ducky's Note: Did Ducky mention very smart, very funny and very single?

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First off, Ryan B. is departing The Spoiler. He's been doing some great work for a while and I wish him the best.
Now the best of the rest:

• Grant Wahl was robbed in Honduras. WTF. [SI]
  
• New Armani underwear model: Ronaldo. [TOW]
  
• Arsenal needs trophies ASAP.

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"Dude WTF? Mo Over There Wild'n." That is how our man FERENGI® put it in an email this afternoon and it seems like a fairly accurate description. It seems that the former TFCer has quickly become something of a Scots tabloid favorite despite seeing little of the field. Yes America, we truly have arrived on the world stage. Click to continue reading...

This one happened in the match Saturn Spartak Moscow for the Russian league. Alex, from Spartak, was going to take a penalty when a fan invaded the pitch, took the penalty and scored. And he even had time to celebrate. Enjoy:

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When Maradona, or even Messi, used their hands to score, the referees had a few excuses. The hands were close to the head, the pace was too fast, other players were in front of him, the linesman did not help...

However, what happened in the match Ceara Parana for the second division of Campeonato Brasileiro is hard to defend.

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Bossaball de los deportes mas extraños del mundo, es practicado en Belgica que tiene de lo siguiente: soccer, gimnasia y capoeira.
Todo lo anterior con una cancha inflable, al parecer es algo muy divertido y espectacular.
Esta ademas en la lista de los deportes mas raros del mundo según la revista TIME. Click to continue reading...

Background: WTF? What is Tony Meola doing in my MLS� Hall of Shame? He was a great keeper in MLS, who won titles, individual awards, and many, many fans. Well, I will tell you why he is here, and it has nothing to do with his utterly un-majestic pony tail.

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It seems the 2002 World Champion coach already forgot his spell at Chelsea...

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Bien, una victoria de buena manufactura que deja a la vista la mano de Aguirre en la selección, todavía quedan cosas por mejorar pero la imagen en este partido fue muy buena

Y es que hasta el minuto 40 del primer tiempo el partido era reñido, aunque México tal vez no controlaba la pelota si era solido en defensa y buscaba proponer en cuanto se hacía con el esférico, parecía que pudiera cargarse para cualquier lado hasta que Giovanni reventó desde fuera del área la pelota y la mando guardar al fondo del marco, ahí se rompió el partido y era claro que México saldría al segundo tiempo más sólido en defensa y esperando finiquitar el partido a base de contragolpes.

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Maybe he is having too much fun. Too Much.

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This is not what Andre Lima from Botafogo seemed to be thinking when he shared a moment with a Gremio defender.

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Esta noticia se supo el 31 de Julio pero es que realmente es de WTF y por eso la recordamos:
El equipo de la ter­cera divisón inglesa, Tran­mere Rovers, bus­caba nuevo dueño. Por lo que su diri­gente, Peter John­son, con­trató a la firma amer­i­cana Dornoch Cap­i­tal para encon­trarlo. Click to continue reading...

FIFA published the second part of the interview with Diego Maradona, Argentina's god and coach. The funny part is, FIFA would not stop asking questions about Brazil. Ok, Brazil plays Argentina on September 5th and if Brazil wins, Seleção already qualifies for the World Cup while Argentina would be in serious trouble (could this cost Dieguito's job?

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Some of you may remember the scandal of result fixture in the 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro. At the time, referees Edílson Pereira de Carvalho and Paulo José Danelon were caught being bribed by "investors" to fix results that would benefit their bets in international websites. When caught, Carvalho was even jailed and confessed his participation.

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What was that? Manchester's loss to Burnley, even if not at the Old Trafford, by 1 0 has been the biggest upset so far in the EPL. Alex Ferguson's squad played like sheits and was easily dominated by Burnley's players.

Owen played and could not really do much after missing a clear shot from a cross by Evra.

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So a "new" (at least to me) study found what we already new: referees are biased towards the home team. The study called "The Influence of Social Forces: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees" by Thomas J. Dohmen was published in the Economic Inquiry in July of ­2008. One of the findings is that refs called 5-15 less fouls against the home team.

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We're only an hour or so away from the first match of A-League ver. 5 and already it's promising to be a cracker of a year!
Two new teams in Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, new and "unique" kit designs, a host of new faces from local and abroad, ex-socceroos and marquee talent the likes of Robbie Fowler, Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns etc. Click to continue reading...

We're only an hour or so away from the first match of A-League ver. 5 and already it's promising to be a cracker of a year!
Two new teams in Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, new and "unique" kit designs, a host of new faces from local and abroad, ex-socceroos and marquee talent the likes of Robbie Fowler, Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns etc. Click to continue reading...

I recently bought some cheap sunglasses. I got what I paid for and they're (plural? I guess) crap.
I should get some of these instead.
I could pull it off.
Let's see some links:

• Owen drops big money on car. [Daily Mail]
  
• MLS and free agency? [The Offside]
  
• VIDEO: Jeff Agoos, hall of famer.

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Atletico-MG will face Flamengo tonight in Rio. And it seems the club is really in a rush to not allow Palmeiras take the first spot. Goalie Aranha was a bit late for the flight and his teammates had no doubt: leave him behind. When Aranha arrived at the airport he realized he not only missed the flight, but he was home alone.

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Ronaldo was going under a surgery to get metal 12 screws to help in the recovery process of his broken hand (as the picture shows). But he did more than that. Aware of the fact that he was going to miss from 8 to 10 matches, the forward also got a liposuction in the abdominal area. Initially, doctors were supposed to take out 1.

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The victim was Santos' midfielder Roberto Brum. The player was going to be replaced and took forever to left the pitch, which result in a yellow card. it was his third yellow card and he got suspended for the next match. Luxemburgo reacted to that. Overreacted.

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