10. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Nicklas Helenius’ indirect free-kick, due to land back on Planet Earth some time around Spring 2014.
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9. The NBA season gets under way on October 30th. This might just get you in the mood (despite the absence of a Simple Minds soundtrack).
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8. City woe.
Quite a strike from Ajax’s Siem de Jong and quite the disappointment for Manchester City, set to tumble out of the Champions League at the group stage for the second year in a row.
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7. Free for all
Ever seen 36 red cards handed out in the same match before?
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6. New Orleans Saints receiver Joe Morgan catches a Drew Brees pass, then flips cornerback Eric Wright over his shoulder en route to the end zone.
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5. Trouble at Anorthosis Famagusta v Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus.
No one was seriously injured, but this incident is part of a rash of soccer violence across the world. Last month, a game in Iran was stopped when a grenade exploded on the field, and last week a match in Africa was abandoned after Senegalese fans rioted.
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4. Wallabies forward Scott Higginbotham will miss two Tests after being suspended on Monday for striking All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in last weekend’s Bledisloe Cup Test in Brisbane.
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3. Remember that contentious was-it-a-cross-was-it-a-shot goal thatRonaldinho scored in the the 2002 World Cup quarter-final? He’s only gone and done it again. The 32-year-old then broke down after scoring the goal, on account of his step-father having died from a heart attack the previous day.
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2. Andy Hazell of Gloucester loses the rag after an eye gouging incident in the match between his Gloucester side and Mont-de-Marsan in France.
The one-time England player received a 14-month ban for his troubles.
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1. If a particularly special goal is a “golazo,” does that make this stunning winner from Grigor Dimitrov a “shotlazo”? We need a word that does justice to the Bulgarian’s brilliance.
Up against Victor Troicki in the first round of the Swiss Indoors, Dimitrov played this outrageous behind-the-back half-volley drop-shot which left his Serbian opponent looking on in awe.
Troicki went on to win 6-3, 6-2.
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