The title of this video looks like a spam e-mail (“aek olympiakos 1-1 ( 15 – 10 – 2011 ) xevrakwma cala apo ton modesto”), but if you can get past that you’ll enjoy the generation-defining clip of a soccer player responding to being taunted by pulling down the taunter’s pants.

The most interesting and oddly-reassuring part of the video is that the guy who gets pantsed doesn’t get embarrassed or start beating the sh*t out of the guy, he just turns around, pulls up his pants and makes a “heh, okay, uh, whatever” gesture at the people watching.

It doesn’t do a lot to disprove the whole “soccer players are wimps” thing, though. I feel like I might’ve tried to put my cleats through that guy’s head.

[h/t Sportress of Blogitude]

Douchedog says, "Sweet bike, brah."

As most of England and Ireland will be celebrating Bank Holiday this weekend (Ed. – No clue) a group of British daredevils will be introducing the world to a brand new sport – stuntbike football. Now before you ask how the riders will be able to stay on their bikes while wearing pads, remember that our friends across the Atlantic Ocean use football as a term for soccer. Haha, cultural differences!

Anywho, the sport’s pretty simple, in that riders use their legs to kick one of those giant Swiss balls around a paved court, ultimately trying to score by putting the ball into a soccer goal. This is clearly the sport of kings for anyone who has ever bought a motorcycle and thought, “How can I combine my love of taking sharp turns at sporadic speeds with my desire to use only one leg while driving?”

Don’t forget to sign your disavowal of blame waivers, BBC (with doucherrific video):

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Yep, definitely a woman slapper.

With every euphoric victory for one side comes the depression of defeat for the other, and yesterday’s game between the United States and Algeria proves that some countries lose better than others. After the United States’ stirring 1-0 victory, a peeved Rafik Saifi of Algeria (who only played the final five minutes of the match) decided that he’d take out his frustrations on a female reporter who criticized him in the past by slapping her in the face.

In America our athletes treat the media with passive aggressive answers and scornful sneers, both of which are perfected by Tiger Woods. In Serbia they take our actions and turn them physical.

While walking through the interview zone, Algerian soccer player Rafik Saifi spotted writer Asma Halimi, who works for Algerian newspaper Competition, and struck her with his open hand in front of dozens of witnesses. Halimi responded by striking the player in the mouth.

Saifi then threw a sports drink bottle at a wall in the interview area, as Halimi was ushered away by security staff.

“I said nothing to him and he reached over and hit me,” Halimi said to Yahoo! Sports. “So I hit him back. I said nothing to him first.” -Yahoo! Sports

The first thing I’d do if somebody walked over and slapped me in the face is blow my rape whistle, so this woman has some admirable cojones. I can’t believe Saifi had no qualms about slapping a woman in front of dozens of people straight out of the blue. If this happened in the United States, women liberation groups would be calling for his testicles to get ripped out by a pack of wild dogs.

If I were in charge of his punishment I’d have a bunch of female softball players stone him with Susan B. Anthony dollars while he’s forced to listen to the entire Ke$ha discography on repeat. And then make him watch every episode of Roseanne.