A staircase at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, built on scaffolding, wobbles alarmingly under the weight of fans on Saturday.
Thankfully, the structure has since been inspected and reinforced.
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Care fore golf at all?
Wood you like to go to the Irish Open 2014 at Fota Island Resort in County Cork?
The Irish Open has given us one pair, yes, ONE pair of passes, for a day of your choice to go see amusing-trousered wild thing John Daly and recently declared 100% Irish beef Rory McIlroy.
To win the passes, simply complete the following
“I would like to take___________ to the Irish Open this weekend because____________________”
Lines MUST close at 5:15 pm 7:15 pm 9 pm
Update:
Congratulations Harchibald. The Good Helen won but can’t go, so by default you’re on the way to the Irish Open as best runner-up.
Thanks all.
Tickets here and children under 16 are free if accompanied.
Finally
atBig big news – @McIlroyRory confirms at press conference in Fota that he will play for Ireland at the Olympics pic.twitter.com/qFYgnbW5E5
— RedFM Sport (@BigRedBench) June 18, 2014
Hands off. He’s OURS.
Previously: Ireland And Me By Rory McIlroy
Meanwhile…
Oh.
Also:
Good to see this Australian paper are not taking sides in the Wozniacki/Mcllroy split… pic.twitter.com/oIXd6PDe9r
— The SPORT Bible (@TSBible) June 18, 2014
Seeing as we aren’t in it.
Hugh Curran of Atomic writes:
So basically being Irish this summer means having to cheer for a for a foreign team. Not the most craic during a world cup as ideally we want Ireland to be competing. But they aren’t so lets get on with it.
But we had an idea here in Atomic. What if we supported other teams that wear green? An alternative #COYBIG?
So we created four posters for Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria and Mexico
*waves tricolour pitifully*
Master Ken of Enter The Dojo Show, celebrates 100 uploads by demonstrating roughly one hundred ways to decimate your opponent’s undercarriage.
FIFAnistas
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Canadian artist Dead Dilly’s World Cup fashion homage for High Snobiety – national team shirts redesigned as if by various outré labels of the moment.
Above: Brazil (Bathing Ape); Argentina (Marcelo Burlon); Italy (Givenchy); France (A.P.C.); Spain (Balenciaga); Germany (Jil Sander); USA (Rick Owens); England (Alexander McQueen); Belgium (Raf Simons); Portugal (Supreme).
Stop That
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Monaghan’s Paul Finlay and Dick Clerkin embrace after beating Mickey Harte’s Tyrone in the Ulster SFC Quarter Final in Clones yesterday.
Watch in full here.
Previously: Public Dubs Play Of Affection
The long-awaited What The Feckxico Versus Cameroops Group A fixture
Conor Quinn tweetz:
…today’s World Cup game should be a belter according to the Indo
Ethereal, virtually silent first-person footage of surfer Benji Brand doing his thing (first in slomo, then at normal speed) in Namibia’s Skeleton Bay.
As an exceptional example of sustained wave riding, gnarl-heads the world over are touting it as the finest first person surf video to date.
You be the judge.
