Blackburn star makes up bizarre excuse for bad behaviour

Blackburn’s El Hadji Diouf gave the world yet another example of his sparkling personality at the weekend, when he was overheard by home fans at Goodison Park shouting “F**k off white boy” at an errant ball-boy.

Keen to stress that he would never impart offensive comments at a stranger, the Senegalese star has vehemently denied the incident:

“I didn’t even speak to him. I just told the assistant ref that the ball-boy should respect the players.

“For a kid to say things like that is unacceptable.

Young Israeli helps his side to victory

It’s hard to believe, but most people don’t follow the events of Israel’s second tie, the Ligat Leumit, and therefore this incident from last week may have passed Spoiler readers by.

When Bnei Lod visited Hapoel Haifa, they suffered at the hands of a ball boy. When the home side launched an attack and the Bnei Lod keeper was forced to head the ball clear, the quick-thinking youngster threw on a replacement ball, which duly ended up in the net.

Despite the assistance of their twelfth man, the home side still managed to lose 2-1.

[101GG via TotalProSports]

Nine-foot tall youngster also made to hug Argentina coach

When the Argentinean football team trained at Parkhead yesterday, tragedy struck when Real Madrid star Fernando Gago lost a gold St Christopher chain somewhere on the playing surface. Recreational drug fan Diego Maradona called a halt to proceedings, and enlisted the help of Celtic’s ball boys to find the precious item:

“After several dozen people had spent 10 minutes looking, 13-year-old Adam Brown came up trumps and found the lost gong. Maradona ran over to the boy, lifted him in an embrace of thanks, and then gave the lad the woolly hat and gloves he had been wearing to keep out Glasgow’s East End chill.”

A woolly hat and gloves. For finding an invaluable piece of jewellery belonging to a millionaire who plays for one of the biggest club in the world. Looks like somebody needs to attend the Olivier Kapo school of gratitude.

[The Independent]