1) Farewell Ronaldinho, you were a lot of fun. Here are all his goals for Barcelona, some tricks and flicks, futsal magnificence, keepie-uppies with a crossbar, that goal against Chelsea, trick tackling and oh David! To show he’s human there’s also this.
2) En route to winning the Tournament of Champions Dustin Johnson came within inches of a hole in one on a par four after a 430 yard drive. It would have been the longest in a professional tournament but there have been some par-four aces caught on camera: Andrew Magee, Richard Green, Minjee Lee, Rahil Gangjee, Chip Beck and Ha Na Jang. Fine but robot holes in one are better.
Is this guy even human?! pic.twitter.com/EQj2EYUWWn
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) January 8, 2018
3) It’s been a miserable tour for England’s cricketers but it could be worse. Four years ago they won only once, thanks to Jos Buttler. That came in the fourth ODI, the second was absolutely remarkable. Elsewhere: Jofra Archer’s back.
4) Stoke host Huddersfield this weekend. In the 1997-98 season, Huddersfield failed to win in their opening 14 games but then Stoke came to town and lost 3-1. The final goal came in wonderful circumstance as Potters goalkeeper Carl Muggleton went up for a corner but the Terriers cleared and countered through Paul Dalton who ran a long way to put the ball into an empty net.
5) The Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup starts on Friday, what a sport. Meanwhile: when racing goes It’s A Knockout …
Not sure what to make of this but you can safely say that this race had it all! #scenes @Racing pic.twitter.com/xVls82YREC
— Shane Anderson (@Globalgallop) January 16, 2018
6) Roberto Firmino’s dink over Ederson on Sunday was reminiscent of a former Liverpool forward’s goal against a Manchester side. And this …
"Hi Peter, can you just give us a nice touching tribute on what Laurie Cunningham meant to you please"
— Jim Daly (@jimdalycomedy) January 17, 2018
"Sure, no worries..." pic.twitter.com/AWNX4h0Jvd
Our favourites from last week’s blog
1) When Mike Williams pulled out of his WBO heavyweight title fight with Tommy Morrison promoters spotted un-ranked journeyman heavyweight Tim Tomashek eating a hot dog in the stands. Tomashek accepted the challenge and gave an incredible post-fight interview.
2) Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood clearly does not want to be filmed after getting ejected.
3) Dunfermline keeper Sean Murdoch pulled out all the stops and moves for his marriage proposal.
4) All of Boca Juniors’ goals from 2017.
5) John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander all star, loose-term, in one of the worst commercials ever.
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