1) No it’s not Lee Cattermole revving up for Sunday’s Tyne-Wear derby, it’s a bull. On the pitch! Making for some sharp moves by the poor nippers who are forced to take evasive action. OK, so let’s have an animals on the pitch special. Here’s a far from cuddly cat. Here’s some dog mischief. Pitch-invading cows? Yup, got that covered. And also Ewood Park chicken. A squirrel moving faster than Adel Taarabt ever did at Loftus Road? Yes. A snake getting hoofed towards some unfortunate stewards? Only in South America. And here’s Vinnie Jones. Honk.
2) Cristiano Ronaldo tries to enjoy a cup of tea but shows good humour in allowing fans to take selfies. NB: good humour may be present due to it looking like a set-up to flog his headphone brand but is nicely done nonetheless. Definitely a set-up to shill bottled water – Zlatan Ibrahimovic has ordered a bicycle courier.
3) Pitcher takes an almighty clonk to the head. Carries on pitching.
4) With the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, some moments from down under: Ayrton Senna v Nigel Mansell rather splendidly set to the Smiths in 1992; the 1991 downpour that ended the Adelaide GP; Martin Brundle and David Coulthard walk the track, including Brundle’s huge accident in 1996; Mansell’s blowout in the finale at Adelaide in 1986; Mark Webber makes the points on his debut in 2002; Michael Schumacher biffs Damon Hill out in 1995 and to prove how a) domination in F1 is nothing new and b) why McLaren’s recent woes are so shocking, here’s 1998 when the Adrian Newey-designed MP4/13 in the hands of Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard, lapped the entire field. Also: the 2016 season previewed.
5) Warning! Very sweary from the start: Angry Arsenal fan attempts to burn his shirt on the worst fire ever made. Fails.
6) Introducing the hardest refereeing leg in football.
Our favourites from last week’s blog
1) Wiffle ball kid has swagger.
2) Absolutely extraordinary athleticism on the squash court by Paul Coll against James Willstrop at the Canary Wharf Classic; and more from Oman’s Zeeshan Maqsood who took his side’s first ever wicket at the World Twenty20 with aplomb.
3) When British TV tried to do an ‘alternative’ take on football in 1991 with Standing Room Only. Here’s The ‘Continentals’ – foreigners who loved the English lower divisions – the other Lineker, Wayne, who went to Spain and England’s home USA 94 qualifier v Holland, as seen by the sports desk of the Today newspaper, and by the Dutch fans (“They’re so stupid. No Chris Waddle, then you lose.”). And there was the Supporter Loo too.
4) Sport or not? Who cares. Some stunningly beautiful cave diving and a breathtaking ride on a mountain coaster in Switzerland.
5) “Holy Cow! Are you kidding me?” College Basketball: a three-pointer in the last seconds seals the game. Or does it?
6) Major League baseball has seen only 15 unassisted triple plays – where players achieve three outs in one continuous play with no assists from team-mates – under modern rules, with the first in 1909. Here are the last seven collected together.
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