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Pies have found footage of Team USA’s Freddy Adu getting schooled at the crossbar challenge (although technically all bets are off - they should be shooting from the half-way line)

If you can think of a better way to spend your spare time than building a replica Batmobile, I’d like to hear it.
[Grid Crasher]

Inspired by breaststroker Amanda Beard, here’s a comprehensive guide to the Olympians who have posed in the buff for Playboy
[FanIQ]

Arsenal man could be heading for £4m exit: Maybe it would be best for both parties?
[Caught Offside]

WAG Jennifer Metcalfe admits to a strange childhood ambition
[WAGs Blog]

Video: Yet another David Beckham endorsement
[The Offside Rules]

Nerieda Gallardo is still refusing to wear a bikini top (NSFW)
[On205th]

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Brian McBride and his Team USA chums are finding it difficult to walk in the heat and smog of Beijing - expect some very lethargic games in this tournament
[The Offside Rules]

The 50 hottest women of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (although Jelena Jankovic is number six!)
[WebTVHub]

Video: David Beckham sits on the fence when asked about C-Ron
[Pies]

Ten ways to make Chelsea loved by everyone
[The Guardian]

Unsexy news: Brazil’s synchronised swimming twins will not be at the Olympics
[WithLeather]

Rafael van der Vaart and his WAG arrive in Madrid
[Kickette]

Has Kimi Raikkonen lost his mojo?
[Grid Crasher]

There’s groin-grabbingly good fun going down on the B’ball court

Thanks to our Polish friends at ciacha.net for drawing attention to this peculiar international basketball technique.

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Common sense defeated in battle with over-the-top precaution

In an Olympic cycling test event held in Beijing last September, just eight of fifty riders finished, most blaming the dropouts on breathing problems and nausea. Accordingly, some American cyclists today turned up at Beijing airport wearing black respiration masks, presumably to combat a fatal pollution problem inside the newly-constructed air conditioned terminal.

Darryl Seibel, chief communications officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee, summed up what everyone was thinking:

I will say this, I am not a scientist, but in my view that was unnecessary.

[Yahoo]