1) Kieron Pollard attracted ire for bowling an apparently deliberate no-ball in the Caribbean Super League, denying St Kitts’ Evin Lewis a chance at a century. Pollard’s no-ball sealed defeat for his Barbados team, leaving Lewis stranded on 97. Back in 2010, Sri Lanka’s Suraj Randiv was banned for one match for a similarly unsporting delivery to Virender Sehwag.
2) This weekend sees a true Super Sunday, with the return of NFL and a long evening of becoming one with the sofa. The game of week one is Seattle at Green Bay, who memorably met in the 2014 NFC Championship Game. That comeback overtime win for the Seahawks involving Aaron Rodgers doing Aaron Rodgers things, a trick play, an onside kick, a chaotic two-point conversion and a walk-off touchdown will be hard to top. Red Zone has us covered if the Carolina Panthers utility back Christian McCaffrey (montage warning) gets going, or Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber tries any more of this filth. Finally, here’s the best and the worst of pre-season:
3) It’s been a big week for sports that may not actually be sports. There was the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Austin, Texas and a world record attempt at beer tankard carrying in – where else – Germany. Central Europe is also the spiritual home of Kaninhop, or rabbit show jumping. That’s right. Enjoy some training shots, elite hoppers from Sweden and even super slo-mo action.
4) T20 Blast finals day threw up some stunning catches. Perhaps the best was from Birmingham captain Grant Elliot to dismiss Glamorgan’s Colin Ingram with a ‘Superman’ dive close to the boundary. Birmingham eventually lost the final to Notts as Samit Patel blasted the Outlaws to their second white-ball trophy of the season:
5) In Ireland, the GAA season is reaching its climax. In the All-Ireland hurling final, Galway beat Waterford for their first title since 1988. In the Gaelic football final, Mayo will take on Dublin looking to break a legendary curse which has seen the county lose eight finals since 1951. Last year, they scored two own goals in a draw with Dublin, then lost the replay – so maybe there’s something in it. And if you think that’s unbelievable – here’s Chris Kamara getting put on his posterior in County Tyrone.
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6) Syria’s brave bid to reach the World Cup looked over with the side 2-1 down in Iran – but a late equaliser saw the war-ravaged nation into a play-off with Australia, and it all proved too much for one commentator.
1) In 1964-65, newly promoted Leeds made a surprise title bid, but because there was no TV gantry at Elland Road, they didn’t appear on Match of the Day until a February trip to Highbury. Leeds won 2-1 but lost the title to Manchester United, and Norman Hunter was on the receiving end of some very un-Arsenal language (at 38.35, should you want to avoid it).
2) Ali Mabkhout and Ahmed Khalil score two beauties for UAE in their World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia:
3) Guy goes surfing … on his 58” flatscreen TV.
4) Here’s a nice way to end a baseball game.
5) And finally, New Mexico State’s wide receiver Jaleel Scott makes an amazing one handed catch for a touchdown.
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