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England’s Dele Alli busts out ‘Fortnite’ dance in World Cup match against Sweden

sudshr47 July 7, 2018

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England and Sweden faced off in the World Cup on Saturday morning, and a familiar dance from Fortnite just so happened to make an appearance in the game.

After England’s midfielder Dele Alli scored the team’s second goal against Sweden, doubling their score in England’s quarterfinal match, he celebrated by busting the following move from the popular survival video game.

IT’S HAPPENING #ENG #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/e0rhlPWpRz

— Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) July 7, 2018

The crowd went wild after the goal, and Fortnite fans online celebrated yet another World Cup nod to the video game.

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Neymar’s World Cup ‘injury’ gives us the top-notch memes we’ve been waiting for

sudshr47 July 6, 2018

The only thing more entertaining than watching world-class athletes at peak physical condition compete ruthlessly for the World Cup is watching them cry like babies. Brazil’s star Neymar gave an especially dramatic performance this week, leading twitt…

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These kids training to play soccer like Neymar in the World Cup all deserve an A+

sudshr47 July 5, 2018

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When you’re practicing your soccer skills, it’s important to cover all the basics: passing, tackling, dribbling, shooting.. and, of course, Neymar-ing. 

Yep, that’s right, Neymar-ing. On Wednesday, YouTuber Soccerdrill shared a video of a group of kids “practicing ‘The Neymar'”. As you probably guessed, it basically involves instantly dropping to the ground and rolling around in the semblance of extreme agony.

Here’s the master himself, showing how it’s done:

Y’all already know to catch Neymar at the academy awards for best actor of our century 🏆 🏅 pic.twitter.com/rk3ViU8nus

— Eric 🐝 (@LatinoDionysus) July 2, 2018 Read more…

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Japan leaves touching thank you note and a spotless locker room after World Cup loss

sudshr47 July 3, 2018

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If the World Cup was determined strictly on the basis of sportsmanship, Japan’s team would win this thing no question.

Sadly, though, that’s not how it goes — as Japan knows all too well. Their mens team lost Monday’s knock-out round contest to Belgium at almost the last possible moment, after holding a two-goal lead. 

That didn’t stop them from performing the ultimate class act, though. After warming the world’s hearts by remaining on the pitch to give thanks to their dedicated fan base despite the agonizing loss, Team Japan took things next level as evidenced by the below photo, reportedly shared by a FIFA official.  Read more…

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With fake beards and viral Instagram videos, female football fans are making history in Iran

sudshr47 June 25, 2018

Women in Iran are forbidden, among other things, from attending sports events. But today, female fans are defying the ban by posting viral videos of themselves watching live games disguised as men. And now, with Iran’s team competing in the World Cup…

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Kangaroo invades field, decides it wants to play goalkeeper

sudshr47 June 25, 2018

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Although there’s a lot of them around, Australians will have you believe that kangaroos aren’t actually hopping up and down our city streets.

Then something like this happens: A kangaroo delayed the second half of a match between soccer teams Blue Devils FC and Canberra FC on Sunday, when it hopped onto the field and set itself in front of goal.

While Australia has no shortage of decent goalkeepers, this little fella is also pretty adept at keeping a clean sheet.

A brief summary of why the second half was delayed today at Deakin, between @BLUE_DEVILSFC & @CanberraFC1 .
📹📹 @BarTVsports pic.twitter.com/86mypdYf3B

— CapitalFootball (@CapitalFootball) June 24, 2018 Read more…

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Football matches land on your table thanks to augmented reality

sudshr47 June 19, 2018

It’s World Cup season, so that means that even articles about machine learning have to have a football angle. Today’s concession to the beautiful game is a system that takes 2D videos of matches and recreates them in 3D so you can watch them on your coffee table (assuming you have some kind of augmented reality setup, which you almost certainly don’t). It’s not as good as being there, but it might be better than watching it on TV.

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This country’s prime minister intervened because people couldn’t watch the World Cup

sudshr47 June 18, 2018

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Never get between fans and the World Cup.

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has stepped in after people complained of streaming issues with Optus, which holds the right to locally broadcast all the games at the tournament.

On Twitter, Turnbull said he had spoken with the telecommunications company’s CEO, Allen Lew, who reassured the problems would be fixed by Monday night.

I have spoken with the Optus CEO, Allen Lew. He assures me he is giving the World Cup streaming problems his personal attention and he believes it will be fixed this evening.

— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) June 18, 2018 Read more…

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