He might not have played much in the last few years, but former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is becoming something of a lucky charm for his clubs. The Danish forward has fewer than 50 performances to his name in the last three seasons, but his clubs have won trophies in each of those campaigns. That […]

11 years ago

The Strokes have given their British fans some food for thought ahead of next month’s Hyde Park gig. The New York band reeled off classic after classic during an hour-long set at the Spanish festival Primavera Sound, including early hits Last Nite and Reptilia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoAGnJ51OhU Festival-goers in Barcelona have also been treated to performances from the […]

11 years ago

The choice between walking and taking a taxi isn’t always an either-or decision, as one fare-dodging woman found out. After a 30-mile cab ride, Victoria Bascom attempted to leave a cab without paying. Now, in one of the more cruel and unusual punishments around, a judge ordered her to cover the distance on foot if she wanted […]

11 years ago

So, is a watch a handheld device or not? A Canadian man was ordered to pay £63 after being caught by police skipping songs on his Apple Watch while behind the wheel. Jeffrey Macesin, from Quebec, plans to appeal the decision. His reasoning? The watch is wrist-held, not hand-held. According to Quebec’s Highway Safety Code, […]

11 years ago

Water great gesture… A brewery plant in America has taken a break from beer production to fill its cans with emergency drinking water after floods hit parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Anheuser-Busch, which brews Budweiser, Michelob Ultra and various other beers for the US market, did what many of us have pledged to do on […]

11 years ago

In news which will come as a shock to almost no one, Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as FIFA President for a fifth term. Despite the 79-year-old failing to receive the required two-thirds majority, rival Prince Ali bin Hussein withdrew from the race after the first round of voting to leave Blatter as the only […]

11 years ago

Football managers are often criticised for playing their own children, but when the manager was one of the world’s finest players it’s a different story. The great Gheorghe Hagi, known as the Maradona of the Carpathians in his playing days, is now in charge at FC Viitorul in his homeland of Romania. Among the club’s current squad is […]

11 years ago

Even the biggest bands in the world started out from humble beginnings. Two members of Pink Floyd returned to the college where the band was founded 50 years ago, and lyricist Roger Waters admitted that the prog rock giants were “effing awful” to begin with. Drummer Nick Mason was slightly more tactful, saying: “Put it like this: if […]

11 years ago

Well, that backfired…

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Scary s**t…

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There are no words…

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Good things come to those who wait, as young Preston fan Ted Dockray found out. After the eight-year-old fan had Jermaine Beckford’s play-off final shirt snatched from him, the player and club were quick to make things right. Young Ted was invited to Preston’s Deepdale stadium for a free tour, and got a surprise when […]

11 years ago

The FA’s decision to debut a new Muse track ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup Final has been receiving plenty of ‘Resistance’. Arsenal and Aston Villa fans looking to soak up the famous Wembley atmosphere have not taken too kindly to the announcement on Twitter, and have aired their grievances. .@FA @muse @wembleystadium let the fans […]

11 years ago

A married couple defied odds of more than a million to one to record one of golf’s most amazing feats. Tony Blundy had barely finished celebrating his hole in one at the Ledge Meadows golf course in the US state of Michigan when wife Janet followed suit – on the same hole. Enthusiastic amateur Janet told […]

11 years ago

We’ll miss The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, but his successor Trevor Noah already looks the part. The South African funnyman will take the reins in September, and was filmed getting a feel for his surroundings in a new Comedy Central promo. He’ll have big shoes to fill, with long-standing host Stewart known for moments […]

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The bear-faced cheek of it… Police in Poland are looking for a man who entered Warsaw Zoo’s bear enclosure and got into a grapple with a grizzly. According to Polish newspaper Fakt, the man climbed over barriers and attacked the animal, who responded by biting his arm. https://twitter.com/kashoobs/status/603942810752917504 The man, who was barefoot (or should that […]

11 years ago

After watching his team suffer a play-off final defeat, one Middlesbrough fan succumbed to a desperate last resort. Boro fan Tibi Fodor-Jordan decided all was not lost after a 2-0 reverse against Norwich and emailed the Football Association arguing that Boro’s league victories over the Canaries made them the more suitable promotion candidates. Aitor Karanka’s team […]

11 years ago

It’s not like Luis Suarez to do whatever he can within the rules of the game to gain an advantage… The Uruguayan striker came to the attention of most English fans at the 2010 World Cup, where he saved his country’s bacon with a deliberate handball on the goal-line against Ghana, and he has done […]

11 years ago

For years the debate has raged on about whether Cristiano Ronaldo is better than his Brazilian namesake. Now we may find out which Ronaldo is the greatest…at the poker table, at least, as leading site PokerStars has united the pair as ambassadors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR9DUKSxgLQ The duo are part of a three-pronged attack, with Barcelona superstar Neymar […]

11 years ago

If you’ve had a drink, don’t watch this video. When the king of BMX tricks Tim Knoll left his skateboard at his local skate park, he thought it would be too easy to walk down and collect it. Instead, equipped with his bike and GoPro camera, Knoll filmed his ride down to the park in […]

11 years ago

Plenty of bands have been known to make weird and wonderful purchases in the middle of exhaustive tours, but New Found Glory have taken it to a new level after buying a thoroughbred horse. The American punk band’s guitarist Chad Gilbert bought the animal, which was hours away from being slaughtered, and named it New […]

11 years ago

Beat that…

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It sounds like something straight out of the Simon Pegg film Hot Fuzz… Residents of a village in Somerset are preparing to lower flags to half mast and hold a wake for a local duck. That’s right, a duck. But Desmond Drake is not just any duck, having lived in the mill pond in the […]

11 years ago

Suited and rebooted…

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You must be kidding…

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Up Beavercreek without a paddle…

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Slippery send hoff…

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Double Karim…

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We imagine there’s some panicked shredding taking place at FIFA HQ this morning after more than a dozen officials and marketing executives were arrested on corruption allegations. Following a dawn raid by the Swiss police, officials were led out of the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich behind bedsheets – with JOE suspecting this was done in order […]

11 years ago

How many selfies could you take in three minutes? Five? 15? 50? How about 105? That’s the new official Guinness World Record set by none other than The Rock – is there anything that man can’t do? We know The Rock is great in front of the camera, but it turns out he’s pretty handy […]

11 years ago

Buzzing off…

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Watford Gap year…

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If a week is a long time in football, how about nine months? That’s the extraordinary length of time between Thomas Vermaelen signing for Barcelona and finally making his debut for the club (fingers crossed) against Deportivo la Coruna this weekend. Luis Enrique also confirms that Thomas Vermaelen will get his first official minutes with Barça. #FCBLive — FC […]

11 years ago

After failing to get the better of Floyd Mayweather in the ‘Fight of the Century’, Manny Pacquiao’s next test could have a more British flavour. Bolton fighter Amir Khan was ringside for Pac-Man’s defeat in Las Vegas, and the former two-time world champion is on the list of potential opponents ahead of a rumoured bout […]

11 years ago

A genuine rumour, or is it just a trap…

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