We reckon Brazil’s championship is definitely the funniest league in the world. There is always something crazy going on in the Campeonato Paulista, and this example is no exception. Cruzeiro goalie is still grieving the fact that his side have just gone 3-0 down safe in the knowledge that he can see the ball in the back of his net. Unfortunately, the Atletico Mineiro players and even his own team-mates had resumed action with a different ball. Oops!

Inter Milan failed to win for the first time in nine matches as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Udinese. They remain undefeated in Serie A, although the slip-up allowed second-placed Roma to close the gap to five points. The club from the capital picked up three points in their match at home to Palermo. Mancini grabbed the only goal of the game.

And what a peach it was too!

PSV extended their Eredivise lead to five points with a 2-1 victory over bottom-club Excelsior. Rivals Ajax only managed a 2-2 draw with Vitesse Arnhem. New boy Balazs Dzsudzsak opened the scoring for PSV and Geert den Ouden confirmed the win in the 81st minute. The real activity was at the bottom of the table though. Four of the bottom six recorded wins at the weekend. Most notable was NEC Nijmegen’s 2-0 victory over Utrecht, which was their first win since November 9.

Cheeky owls.

Aaron Hunt of Bremen goes flying during the DFB Cup match between Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen at the Signual Iduna Park on 29 January. Bremen, going well in the Bundesliga, lost 2-1. Italian midfielder Giovanni Federico and Spanish striker Diego Klimowicz scored either side of half-time for the hosts. Bremen’s Brazilian midfielder Diego hit [...]

This hilarious video shows Celtic’s Johnny Doyle whipping in a cross against former club Ayr United, but finding the referee’s head with pinpoint accuracy. The ref is knocked out cold and is out for a bit of revenge when he comes round. Doyle becomes – as far as we know – the first player to be sent-off for knocking the referee out with a cross.

The big news in German football this week is that Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni has been named Sport Fashion Ambassador for Italy by the Italian Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. In between ambassadorial duties, such as providing Ferrero Rocher to his team-mates, Toni found the net in a 1-1 friendly draw with Bayern’s city rivals and Allianz Arena co-tenants 1860 Munich.

Love him or hate him, there’s no doubt that United’s fleet-footed winger, Cristiano Ronaldo, is quicker than a greyhound on steroids. Here in another of Nike’s ‘we doubt that really happened’ viral ads he takes on the world’s fastest road car, the Bugatti Veyron, and somehow manages to pip it at the post.

John Aloisi of the Mariners (left) competes with Jade North of the Jets during the A-League semi final first leg match between the Newcastle Jets and the Central Coast Mariners. Newcastle won the match 2-0, thanks to goals from the Griffiths brothers, Adam and Joel. Photo Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Michele di Piedi’s career never really took off, but he will always be remembered fondly by Sheffield Wednesday fans for this effort. You can just ignore Efan Ekoku. Instead focus on the spectacular goal from the young Italian, which continues our current overhead kick theme.

Real Madrid closed in on a second successive La Liga title as nearest rivals Barcelona dropped points. The Catalan giants drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao, which meant Real’s 3-2 win over Villarreal was enough to extend their lead at the top of the table to nine points. The champions twice took the lead through Robinho, but both times Villarreal fought back. Wesley Sneijder’s 76th minute goal settled the match though.

Sas Ognenovski and Griffin McMaster collide during the A-League Minor semi final between Sydney FC and Queensland Roar at the Sydney Football Stadium on 25 January, 2008. McMaster had a fine game in goal for Queensland; despite that, Sydney had more than enough chances to take a lead into the second leg, to be held [...]

More goals galore from the weekend’s fixtures in the Africa Cup of Nations. Here’s a quick recap of the four matches that took place on Saturday and Sunday, plus video highlights. Senegal 1-3 Angola A brace of goals in the second half by Man Utd-bound Manucho – fast becoming one of the stars of the [...]

Well worth giving up six minutes of your day for, especially if you’re having a shit Friday and want a good laugh… (good choice of music too) Hmm, given that he’s suposedly one of the best strikers of a dead ball in world football, David Beckham isn’t half shit at penalties.

Table-topping Lyon suffered a shock 3-0 defeat at Lens on Sunday, but it was all smiles again by Wednesday when they beat Lorient 2-0. Struggling Lens followed up Sunday’s win with victory over Valenciennes. Nancy picked up only a point from their two games following a 1-0 defeat at Nice and a 1-1 draw with Marseille. That allowed in-form Bordeaux to edge them out of second spot after victory against Le Mans. Bordeaux are now six points behind Lyon with a game in hand.

Shouts of ‘my grandad could do better than you’ from the crowd might seem a little far-fetched in most instances, but not in Mexico. The accusations could be levelled quite fairly at Chivas’ 71-year-old striker Chava Reyes. The club’s all-time leading scorer was rolled out of retirement and drafted into the starting line-up of their match against Pumas.

A relatively quiet day in Ghana yesterday, at least compared with some of the exciting games earlier in the tournament. In Group D, one of the hardest groups to call, each of the four teams picked up a point after two intriguing, if not scintillating, draws. Tunisia 2-2 Senegal Senegal were denied the win their [...]

Juventus appear to have dropped out of the Serie A title race after a 0-0 draw at home to Sampdoria. The Turin side are now nine points behind leaders Inter Milan, who have a game in hand.

We know life can be tough at grassroots level, but one Spanish club has come up with a crazy scheme to make some cash and probably improve its grass at the same time! Amateur outfit Amoeiro have launched a new club lottery which presents fans with a unique way to help their club and win prizes.

As advertising techniques go there are more effective ones (and ones less likely to cause a spate of road accidents for that matter), but nonetheless Uefa are promoting the forthcoming European Championships with… wait for it… a hot air balloon in the shape of the trophy. The official Euro 2008 hot air balloon completed its test flight earlier this week and will commence a tour of Austria and Switzerland on Monday.

Wow, what a cracking game that was, the best of the tournament so far. Egypt tore Cameroon apart in the first half, playing a dynamic brand of football that the Lions couldn’t live with. Samuel Eto’o did his best to inspire Cameroon, but they were no match for the north Africans. Egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan, [...]

With the top pair of Ajax and PSV Eindhoven both recording 1-1 draws, the Eredivise headlines were stolen by Sparta Rotterdam who launched themselves off the foot of the table with a 6-1 hammering of mid-table De Graafschap on Sunday.

At the request of Pies regular Kipp, here is the Christmas edition of Jose Mourinho’s I’m On Setanta Sports you were all deprived of while we stuffed ourselves with turkey. In this episode, meddling Mourinho causes a telephone fight between Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Rafa Benitez.

It almost escaped my notice that Landon Donovan – team-mate of David Beckham, husband to a hot wife, hero to millions of not-quite-so-hot soccer moms – just overtook Eric Wynalda to become the USA’s top goal scorer… ever.
Landon notched a penalty in the 48th minute during the US’s 2-0 victory over Sweden (a ‘B’ Sweden, it should be said) this weekend, his 35th goal in 97 international appearances. in doing so, he surpassed Eric Wynalda, who will forever be stuck on 34 goals.