Pachuca's Dionicio Escalante was a little too eager in his attempt to help a teammate take the ball off of Pumas' Eduardo Herrera Aguirre. So instead of getting the ball, he stomped on Aguirre's leg. And since that kind of thing is frowned upon, Escalante was sent off 34 minutes into Saturday's...
In extra time of Anzhi's 1-0 Russian Cup loss to Dynamo Moscow, Samuel Eto'o decided to show that just because he's now the highest paid footballer in the world doesn't mean he's gone soft.
After sending a header just over the bar from right in front of goal, Eto'o stood up and grabbed a...
Yeah, yeah, yeah -- Zinedine Zidane, Marco Materazzi. Whatever. Villarreal's Borja Valero executed a headbutt that was arguably even more awesome in his side's 3-0 Champions League playoff win over Odense on Tuesday. When Andreas Johansson shoved Valero to the ground and then kicked him in the...
In a match against Boa Esporte, Vitoria's Rildo decided to take his frustrations out on the referee by throwing the ball at him. The ref didn't appreciate this and sent him off with a second booking to which Rildo responded by kicking at the much larger man before walking off with the help of...
The violent hatred between Egypt and Algeria apparently hasn't simmered down since their vicious 2010 World Cup qualifiers against each other. Right after Algeria beat Egypt 1-0 to win their sixth gold medal at the Military Games in Brazil, Egypt's Ahmed Eid, who is notorious for his bad temper...
Last week, video of Zidane systematically destroying a young goalkeeper two years ago made the rounds, reminding us all how magical he was and apparently still is. Well, this clip of Zidane with school children in Lyon shows that yes, he is very much human.
Just as he was about to show off his...