Olympic weightlifter Edwin Mosquera Roa has died after being shot in the Colombian city of Palmira. please log in to view this image
Quite ironic in a country where the president recently won the Nobel Peace Prize. Not directly related of course but still...
I like this quote, The USA Today newspaper once described him as "the greatest rock star you never heard of RIP Johnny.
Benjamin Massing, the Cameroon defender with the dubious record of committing the worst tackle in World Cup history, has died aged 55.
given the run-of-the-mill underhanded and rarely punished dirty tactics of the argentinian team (tactics pointlessly but wholeheartedly embraced by the italians and the spanish at the time), i'm of the opinion that that was one of the **best** fouls in world cup history. granted caniggia wasn't one of their main offenders, but when that "tackle" happened, i stood up and applauded mr massing. i seem to remember cameroon winning that game and i for one was delighted. khama had spoken to the dirty argies.
Max Clifford was all that is wrong with these people who are in privileged positions to take advantage of people. He finally got his comeuppance.