We’re halfway through the Tour de France and so far the toll is a stack of crashes, torn lycra, scrapes and broken bones. Plus one rider busted for cocaine and one for EPO. Now bikes are being randomly checked for hidden motors inside the frames. That’s right, mechanical doping is said to be the latest…
Category: Friday Funnies
July sports marathon too much for some
July. It’s the best month on the sporting calendar. There’s Wimbledon. Le Tour. Often a World Cup of some description. And this year there’s the Ashes as well. For some, it’s a little too much. At Wimbledon, the Duchess of Cornwall didn’t look that thrilled to be going home with one of Andy Murray’s sweaty…
Friday Funnies: Putin declares war… on yoga
We know how much Vladimir Putin loves his sport, whether it’s riding horses, carving up an ice hockey rink, throwing blokes to the judo mat or generally being a manly man. But it seems there are some physical pursuits Vlad just can’t abide. Gay sex, for one. And yoga. Now you’d think someone with the…
Friday Funnies: Shane Warne expands his horizons
Americans, be warned. Lock up your daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, mistresses and blow-up dolls. Shane Warne is heading your way. In between lamenting that since joining Tinder women are always accusing him of impersonating Shane Warne, Warnie’s been busy teaming up with Sachin Tendulkar to crack the stubborn US market. They’ve assembled what the Sheikh…
Friday Funnies: The big guns of tennis take aim
Boris Becker has decided to have a crack at, of all people, Roger Federer for, of all things, being too nice. In his new book, Boom-Boom backhands the Swiss maestro, saying: “The reason Roger is one of the highest-paid athletes of all time is because he’s liked by everybody. “But think about this — you…
Friday Funnies: thrills, spills, a couple of dills
It’s one of my favourite clips so far from the Women’s World Cup. Swiss striker Ramona Bachmann gets the ball at the halfway line, evades one, two, three, four, five defenders, then the goalie, sets herself for an angular shot at goal… and then falls over. Not one of those I’m-in-the-penalty-box-so-let’s-milk-it-for-all-its-worth dives but a legitimate…
Friday Funnies: Blatter ‘working hard’ on reforms
Today, in the most ironic timing ever, the film United Passions is being released in the United States. Almost entirely funded by FIFA to the tune of more than $30 million (!!!), it dramatises the early days of soccer’s governing body and the introduction of the World Cup. Without the corruption. So it’s a short film….
Friday Funnies: “This is good,” says FIFA
To the untrained eye, FIFA has had a very bad week. Nine officials past and present arrested. Allegations of bribery, corruption, money laundering and all-round dodginess spanning decades. A persistent stench about the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. But according to FIFA’s Communications Director Walter de Gregorio, everything is awesome. “This for FIFA is…
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