By losing 1-0 at home to 10-man Augsburg, Borussia Dortmund remain bottom of the Bundesliga table with an astonishing 11 losses in 19 matches this season. Their baffling tumble from second to worst has their supporters just as frustrated and angry as the players and as the boos rained down after the latest home loss, captain Mats Hummels and goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller took it upon themselves to try and ease tensions between those in the stands and those on the pitch.
Carles Puyol is inventing dangerous new ways to kiss
Since retiring from football last season and then quitting his position as ousted Barcelona director Andoni Zubizarreta’s assistant last month, Carles Puyol has apparently been very busy inventing new and dangerous ways to kiss his wife.
We’ve seen the couple’s acrobatic yoga poses before, but this is on another level. If Puyol doesn’t find a new job soon, maybe they’ll put out a death-defying new Kama Sutra. A very hairy, death-defying new Kama Sutra.
West Ham players form hilariously terrible band
There is a rich tradition of footballers who can make beautiful music: Petr Cech is a competent drummer, Alexi Lalas once opened for Hootie and the Blowfish on tour and Andy/Andrew Cole once did whatever this is. Read more
DT Exclusive: Harry Redknapp’s QPR resignation call
Prevented from overpaying for one of several players he has already signed several times before, Harry Redknapp phoned QPR chairman Tony Fernandes very early the morning after the January transfer window shut and resigned. Not because he couldn’t be the star of deadline day or because are currently second from the bottom in the Premier League table, but because he needs knee surgery. This is his actual reason.
The following is a transcript of Harry’s call to Fernandes.
Pep Guardiola celebrates goal by hugging fourth official
After getting thumped by Wolfsburg in their first game back from the winter break, Bayern Munich faced another test against Schalke when Jerome Boateng was sent off in just the 17th minute. Despite this disadvantage, Bayern still managed to score first, prompting Pep Guardiola, who decided to wear a blanket around his neck for some reason, to hug the fourth official.
Steven Gerrard and Liverpool teammates attempt to play blind football
Steven Gerrard, Adam Lallana, and Mamadou Sakho took part in a training session with Merseyside Blind FC as part of the club’s Seeing is Believing initiative and found out just how difficult blind football actually is.
Though each player struggled to keep the ball at their feet in the beginning, they seemed to get a better feel for it as the season went on. Gerrard’s dribble dance at the start of the video is delightful, though.
The 2015 Champions League final match ball is covered with ravenous bears
Normally the one-off cup final match balls are boring variations of the design that’s been used throughout the tournament, but for this year’s Champions League final in Berlin, Adidas decided to add ferocious multicolored bears.
Everything you need to know about Man United loan signing Andy Kellett
Manchester United completed the shock deadline-day signing of 21-year-old defender Andy Kellett on loan from Bolton, prompting the world to ask, “Who is Andy Kellett and why does Man United executive Ed Woodward insist on doing all of his drugs during the transfer window?” We may never know the answer to the second part of that question, but we do have some information to help clear up the first part.
Footballers looking miserable while being unveiled at a new club
The January transfer window has mercifully shut, ending an underwhelming month that had no chance of living up to the hype that was forced upon it. And if there was one image to sum it up, it had to be that of defender Robert Huth, sent from Stoke to Leicester on loan until the end of the season, sullenly holding up his new shirt.
And if there were five images to sum it up, the other four would be these of 74-year-old Aaron Lennon…
Aaron Lennon looks delighted to have joined Everton on loan. pic.twitter.com/H05H4Ddtpz
— Eurosport.com (@EurosportCom_EN) February 3, 2015
But Huth and Lennon are far from the first players to look like they just watched Requiem for a Dream before being unveiled by a new club. Here are just a few others.
DTotD: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar gets six-match ban for kicking out at opponent
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was shown a red card for kicking Manuel Schmiedebach’s legs from behind during Schalke’s 1-0 loss to Hannover 96 on Saturday and now he’s been banned six matches for it.
Here’s the challenge in question…