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Tag: football

Nicklas Bendtner, Paddy Power and other goal celebrations

When Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner scored his second goal vs Portugal in the European Football Championship a few days ago, he lifted his jersey and lowered his shorts. There wasn’t wearing anything under his jersey, but we could see ‘PADDY POWER’ written on his underpants. I first thought “That’s awesome!” My second thought was “What [...]

SMS headphones at Chelsea parade – great fit or forced exposure?

Do you know that one of the reasons why Beats by Dr. Dre headphones look cool is the fact that we can see several celebrities wearing them? I don’t know when it started, but I guess pretty soon after the launch of Beats headphones in 2009. The company Beats Electronics, LLC was founded in 2006 [...]

Hooligans in Nike sneakers

Ivan Bogdanov, 29, is probably the most famous football hooligan at the moment. He's the guy who was on almost every picture from the Italy-Serbia football match, which should have been played on Wednesday, 12 October in Genoa. He was the (unofficial) leader of Serbian hooligans who demolished some of the city centre and then [...]

Louis Vuitton at the World Cup

In about 4 years time we'll remember the final game of the 2010 Football World Cup as a rather dull and physical game with lots of fouls and yellow cards. Of course Andres Iniesta's winning goal will never be forgotten, but otherwise the final game was a bit of a letdown. Usually I don't mix [...]

Goal – The Nightmare Begins

A few weeks ago Slovenian weekly magazine Mladina published a list of seven memorable football movies. The magnificent seven are: Escape to Victory, The Football Factory, Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter, Bend it like Beckham, Goal: The Dream Begins, The Damned United and Zidane – un portrait du 21e siecle. The period before the [...]