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We knew we were part of the universe of footballers (part 1)

Published on June 15, 2010 in Australia, Football, Germany, South Africa and World Cup Finals. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

The World Cup is up and running. Teams are swapping shirts, shaking hands and some nice celebrations (so far the South African’s opening goal celebration is top of the ‘joyous goal scoring celebrations chart’). So far so good. Just a few divers who were publicly shamed in front of worldwide tv audiences as the referees gave them their nice shiney yellow cards. Germany’s Mesut Ozil getting the first yellow card for diving in the opening minutes (8th minute) of their opening game with Australia.

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Where Are The World Cup Sportsmanship Heroes?

Published on June 6, 2010 in Brazil, Cameroon, England, Football, Iran, Mexico and USA. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

As hundreds of millions of us sit down to a feast of football, who will stand out as a real champion of football? Who will light up the World Cup with a smile (remember Pele’s smile) instead of a raging roar of aggression? Or maybe a dance (Peter Crouch’s Robot Dance or the 42 year old Cameroonian Roger Milla’s samba with the corner flag)? Or perhaps the unbridled joy of youth will let Nigeria’s 19 year old revelation, Haruna Lukman, simply celebrate the fun, excitement and joy of playing in the world’s best competition?

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A Selfless Christmas Gesture from a Football Fan

Published on December 21, 2009 in America, Athletics and France. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

During a recent BBC Radio 5 Live interview this Wigan fan shocked us all with his absolutely magnificent selfless sportsmanship gesture of all time………

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Portuguese Players Shake Englishman’s Hand After He Scores

Published on December 4, 2008 in England, Football, Portugal and sportsmanship. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

A BBC Radio interviewer asked the late Cissy Charlton (mother of Bobby and Jack) about the 1966 England v Portugal World Cup semi final (which England won 2-1), she said:

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