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Finland's football league is 'banning' its teams from postponing league matches
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Due to the fixture pile-up heavy snow causes, the Veikkausliiga chairman has declared a rule which forces clubs play no matter what the weather

Accrington owner Andy Holt defends decision to buy his players McDonald's burgers
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Accrington owner Andy Holt is not happy with an EFL probe over his 'bonus payment' in burgers.

Watch: Al-Gharafa player misses absolute sitter – then goes down injured
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... We're not sure what was worse from Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi: the miss or his reaction to it?

Karma hits pigeon-bashing LA Galaxy as New York City pay tribute to injured bird
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... NYCFC paid their respects to the pigeon that was inadvertently hit by Jelle van Damme back in 2016 – before beating the west coast side

Shakhtar's Facundo Ferreyra shoves ball boy over sponsor boards in Champions League exit
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Ferreyra sent a youngster overboard as Shakhtar went out at the last-16 stage against Roma

Watch: Retirement doesn't stop Francesco Totti from producing magic
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... The retired Roma icon showed he's still got that velvet touch in a recent five-a-side match

Fenix manager kicks a chicken in Racing colours, gets embroiled in animal cruelty row
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Fenix manager Gaston Alegari has landed himself in hot water after kicking a chicken.

Ex-West Ham loanee Simone Zaza purposefully headbutts elbow to fake injury
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... The Valencia man desperately tried to win his side a free-kick with hilarious results over the weekend

India football legend Sunil Chhetri apologises after scoring Panenka in ISL
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Chhetri scored a cheeky goal from the penalty spot, but felt the need to say sorry for it afterwards

Santos wonderkid Rodrygo misses school to become youngest ever Copa Libertadores scorer
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... At 17 years, two months and six days, Rodrygo Goes made history in the continental competition

Portsmouth ended Conor Wilkinson's 2016 loan spell because he refused to sing at his initiation
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Wilkinson claims his very brief stint at Pompey was cut short because he didn't want to exercise his vocal chords

Watch: Real Madrid-bound Vinicius Jr dazzles with a double on Copa Libertadores debut
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... The 17-year-old wasted no time impressing on the continental stage, showing why Real Madrid have paid €45m for him

Oprah Winfrey says she's now a Swansea fan – and might even invest in them
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Hollywood actress Mindy Kaling – who helped write and starred in The Office USA – says Oprah inspired her to invest in the Premier League club. But will the chat show megastar now get on board?

Non-League: Marlow's squad stage walk-out... on matchday
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Marlow have apologised to the Southern League after the majority of their squad didn't turn up for Saturday's match against Ashford – quite literally

Sunderland's morale-sapping Championship campaign is being turned into a Netflix documentary
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... A feature-length series to make Black Cats fans feel even more miserable looks set to be released in the summer

In Russia, a bear called Tim helped open a third division match
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... The furry mammal got on his hind legs and offered the match ball to the referee before Angusht's 3-0 victory over Mashuk-KMV

Watch: Schalke's Naldo shows disgusting cruelty to goal nets with piledriver against Borussia Dortmund
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... The Revierderby was decided when the 35-year-old fired home a bullet in the Bundesliga on Sunday

Torino steward has spleen removed after being hit by a wayward free-kick
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Eesh: a venomous strike from Inter's Antonio Candreva has forced one unfortunate bystander to have surgery

Watch: Cambodian midfielder scores a ridiculous own goal in a 9-0 defeat in the AFC Cup
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... It must be hard to draw positives from such a heavy loss when a team-mate produces a complete howler.

Watch: Matty Taylor rolls back the years with a rocket for Swindon against Wycombe
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... The former Premier League midfielder shows he's still capable of scoring a screamer.

Non-league side Grays forced to play their right-back in goal after a teamsheet mix-up
By James Kilpatrick last updated
In Other News... Ryan Mahal (right) played an hour in goal for Grays because their back-up goalkeeper accidentally did not make the teamsheet.

Watch: AEK Athens' Sergio Araujo misses open goal when it was probably already going in
By James Kilpatrick last updated
In Other News... Araujo impressively failed to score from a matter of yards out and somehow turned the ball away from goal in the Greek Superleague.

Watch: Rok Kronaveter shows Slovenia and the world how to score the perfect free-kick
By James Kilpatrick published
In Other News... Olimpija Ljubljana's midfielder scored a dipping piledriver from around 40 yards out against their Belarusan opponents Dinamo Minsk.
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