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Off the record: 5 sporting stories you may have missed this weekend

Beering with NASCAR champions, a Romanian stadium is engulfed by smoke and Arsenal fans spot Santi Cazorla at the traffic lights.

UNLESS YOUโ€™VE BEEN glued to the internet all weekend, thereโ€™s a chance that some weird and wonderful sporting tidbits might have slipped through the cracks. Hereโ€™s a run-down of some of the stories you may have missed.

1. #SHAKE Nโ€™ BAKE Brad Keselowski won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup on Sunday โ€“ beating five time champions Jimmy Johnson at Homestead. His post-win interview with ESPN, which was like something straight out of Will Farrellโ€™s comedy Talladega Nights, saw the 28-year-old admitting that he had โ€œa little buzz goingโ€ while swigging out of a giant jug of beer.

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(h/t: James Dart)

2. #HIDDEN Hereโ€™s the strangest ice hockey goal weโ€™ve seen in some time thanks to the Swedish second division. Djurgardenโ€™s Alexander Wennberg skates into the net before he unknowingly scores as the puck had some found its way into his shorts before dropping out over the line.

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(h/t: Yahoo Sports Blog)

3. #OUCH Argentina winger Horacio Agulla has a nasty clash of heads with Maxime Mermoz and comes off far worse after attempting a high tackle on the French centre in Lille. Itโ€™s not surprising that the veteran has been ruled out of the Pumaโ€™s visit to Dublin to play Ireland next weekend. Skip to 1:05 to see it in slow motion.

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(h/t: rugbyworldcup-argentina2023.blogspot.ie)

4. #FIREWORKS Fans of Romanian fifth division side ASU Politehnica decided it would be a good idea to let off hundreds of flares at the same time during their meeting with AS Nadrag on Sunday.

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(h/t: 101GreatGoals)

5. #DERBY DAY On the way home after a good day at the office, Arsenal schemer Santi Cazorla is spotted by a troop of Gunners supporters as he waits for the lights to turn green. The Spaniard, who scored in the 5-2 defeat of Spurs on Saturday, has become a real fansโ€™ favourite since arriving from Malaga, as this clips shows.

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(h/t: Balls.ie)

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