1) A recent upload to YouTube: the 1994 World Cup draw, starring Sepp Blatter and Robin Williams. And more randomness: Saint & Greavsie watch a referee butt a player during a 1980s Red Star Belgrade match.
2) The Voice of Racing, Sir Peter O’Sullevan, died this week aged 97. He famously called the climax of the farcical 1993 Grand National, describing it as “the race that surely never was”. Here, O’Sullevan reflects on his career before his retirement in 1997, and here’s a tribute from At The Races.
3) The GoPro highlights from throughout the Tour de France were fantastic, but those on Alpe d’Huez show just how wild the stage was.
4) Jacksonville Sharks player Tiger Jones scores a TD during an Arena football game. Celebrates by busting out the People’s Elbow. Meanwhile, if you will ask an NFL linebacker to tackle you during a celebrity golf tournament.
5) From the world of forgotten football goals: PSG’s Francis Llacer against Caen in 1994. Woof! And, from the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, here’s the 1991 FAI International Soccer Awards (parts one, two and three).
6) Meet boxer Cam Awesome, who’s not not saying he’s the Taylor Swift of boxing.
Our favourites from last week’s blog
1) Cracking stuff here: Gary Stevens, Gary Stevens and Trevor Steven interviewed on the Wide Awake Club, complete with the video of forgotten England Euro ‘88 anthem All the Way; Peter Shilton on Going Live, being asked questions about penalty shoot-outs despite never getting near any spot-kicks at Italia ‘90; and the time that Frank Skinner and David Baddiel were the pundits on Match of the Day, taking a light-hearted look at the action despite two teams actually being relegated that day.
2) To the West Michigan Whitecaps and the DTE Energy Home Gas Appliance race …
3) Genzebe Dibaba taking Qu Yunxia’s 22-year-old women’s 1,500m world record.
4) How F1 drivers dealt with the extreme heat during the 1960 Argentinian GP.
5) Extreme kissing is just showing off.
6) Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. But no, miraculously.
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