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Watch Will Smith Whiff Badly On A Penalty Kick

John Ferensen — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:23:13 +0000

Will Smith’s After Earth publicity tour in London took an athletic turn Saturday, when he and son/co-star Jayden stopped by the UEFA Champions Festival in London to take some shots on former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. After an epic whiff by the elder Smith — Jayden nailed his shot attempt — it’s a good thing he has that rapping and acting career to fall back on.

[Yahoo!]

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The Champions League Final Had Some Questionable Advertising

Chris Partlow — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:41:55 +0000

Very unfortunate positioning by a sideline referee during Saturday’s Champions League Final between two German teams.

[Andrew Gardiner]

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Arjen Robben Nails Borussia Dortmund’s Keeper In The Face

Chris Partlow — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:36:36 +0000

Borussia Dortmund keeper Roman Weidenfeller was willing to risk pretty much anything to make sure his side won the UEFA Champions League final against FC Bayern Munich. Case in point is Weidenfeller taking a ball from Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben to the face like it was nothing. Well done.

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Dortmund And Bayern Fans Fighting In London

peadar_cleary — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:02:48 +0000

Some pregame aggro from the German brethren. Whole lotta nothing if you ask me. Where’s Elijah Wood when you need him?

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Behold The Yellow Wall

Michael Leboff — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:43 +0000

Tomorrow afternoon Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will play for the UEFA Champions League title. Despite both playing in the German Bundesliga, the two clubs share very little in common.

Bayern are the richest and most popular/hated club in the Bundesliga. They are loved and hated in the same way that the Yankees are here in the States.

Dortmund on the other almost went bankrupt in 2005. They saved themselves from football exile by devoting all of their resources to developing a dynamic youth system and scout network. This approach has yielded incredible rewards as Die Schwarzgelben won back-to-back Bundesliga Titles in 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Bayern responded by spending tons of cash and winning this year’s Bundesliga by an incredible 25 point margin.

The oddsmakers like pretty much everybody else aren’t giving the Borussians much of a chance. That won’t phase Dortmund’s animated but extremely likable coach, Jurgen Klopp. When Dortmund defeated Real Madrid earlier in the competition, Klopp said it was like “Robin Hood taking from the rich.”

Aside from its talent-oozing squad, Dortmund’s best asset is its maniacal fan base.

Every home game is absolute chaos at Westfalenstadion. It holds 80,000-plus but the real magic in the stadium lives in the Sudtribune Stand where 25,000 wild Borussians take there place and form the Yellow Wall.

Dortmund is an industrial town that doesn’t offer much else to visitors aside from a chance to revel in one of the most exciting scenes in modern football. They almost lost that in 2005. Eight years later, they are staring at a chance to claim club soccer’s most coveted trophy.

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Pope Francis Now Has a Custom Celtics Jersey For Vatican Pick-Up Games

Chris Partlow — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:31:10 +0000

James Pallotta, who is president of the Italian soccer club A.S. Roma, made a visit to the Vatican on Wednesday in advance of his team’s Coppa Italia final this weekend against Lazio. During the trip he met with pope Francis and presented him with a jersey for his soccer club, but being that he is also a minority owner of the Celtics, he of course offered up a custom Celtics jersey as well. Pretty surreal and awesome images.

[Fox Sports]

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The 5 Biggest European Soccer Transfer Stories That Will Unfold This Summer

Chris Partlow — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:25 +0000

When the European soccer season finishes the fans start dreaming about the superstar players their clubs will sign to change their fortunes.

Here’s five of the big transfer headlines that we can see happening in Europe over the summer.

1. Ronaldo Says Adios To Real Madrid - After another spectacular season with Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo decides he can’t live without the English weather anymore. But will he go back to Manchester or follow Jose Mourinho to Chelsea?

2. Neymar Does Europe - The hottest player in Brazil decides he’s ready to test himself in the Champions League, but how will he decide between Barcelona and Madrid, or even Munich?

3. Bale’s Too Hot For Spurs – After Tottenham Hotspur miss out on qualifying for next season’s Champions League, Gareth Bale, the hottest player in England, decides he can’t wait any longer. With all the top clubs in Europe keen to sign him he’ll have to decide does he stay in England or move abroad.

4. The Colombian Hitman - Radamel Falcao is reckoned by many experts to be the best striker in World football. Since joining Atletico Madrid from Porto two years ago he has been sensational, last week helping Atletico beat bitter rivals Real Madrid to win the Copa Del Rey. All the top clubs would want him to play for them, he just has to decide where he’d like to go next.

5. Rooney Does Another U-Turn. Three years ago Wayne Rooney announced he wanted to leave Man Utd, then signed a new contract and stayed. Now he’s announced he wants to leave again, but that was before the manager changed. Will he stay or will he go? If Ronaldo comes back to Man Utd, that could see him perform another U-Turn.

Let us know how likely you think each of these are and tell us what other transfers you’d like to see happen.

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Interview Of The Year: Emmanuel Eboue

Michael Leboff — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:52 +0000

This video comes to us all the way from the soccer crazy country of Turkey.

Moments after Galatasaray won their 19th Super Lig title, Ivorian right-back Emmanuel Eboue celebrated by picking up the team’s reporter, tackling him, and then turning the interview on him. They frolic about for a few moments before Eboue tells the world of his celebration plans followed by making one of the happiest/weirdest noises ever.

[AwfulAnnouncing]

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