1) Diego Maradona has been warmly received by just about everyone since becoming the new Argentina manager, but it wasn't always so. This is what happened when he met the Butcher of Bilbao. More chilling still*, this is what happened when he met Gary Lineker.
2) How not to enter a boxing ring, by Monte Barrett. And here's what he did for an encore.
3) Justin Kemp makes a rather tidy catch on the boundary while playing for Hyderabad Heroes in the ICL Twenty20. The initial catch made by this man is less impressive, but we're going to give him extra points for holding on despite hitting a wall face-first.
4) At first we weren't surprised to hear Australia had beaten American Samoa 31-0. And then we realised they had been playing football.
5) Former WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar claims the Ultimate Fighting Championship's heavyweight title by clobbering Randy Couture in his fourth-ever mixed-martial arts fight.
* In no way chilling
The best from last week's blog
1) Martina Navratilova shows she's down with the kids by appearing in Sesame Street and then playing tennis with a racket 79 times her size.
2) All indirect free-kicks should be taken this way.
3) Do not try this at home. Or even on a motorway near your home.
4) Preston North End v Aston Villa might not sound exciting now, but it sure was in 1905.
5) On one hand, this is disgustingly cute. On the other hand, it's rather joyous.
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And finally, the best bits from today's Guardian
1) Ricky Hatton goes into the ring with Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday night. If you're baying for blood and can't wait that long, why not check out this footage of the Hitman's best KO's.
2) Darts players are pretty much professional athletes these days. Pretty much. Not like when Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones performed this sketch.
