International sports news: Big balls, deflated balls, and just plain balls

 

Host Laragh Widdess tells this week’s sporting tales from around the globe, and picks a ‘team of the week.’

  • Chelsea’s manager Jose Mourinho told the players of Bradford, the league one team who knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup, that they had “big balls.”
  • Cristiano Ronaldo sees red in Real Madrid’s match against Cordoba.
  • Israeli soccer manager Avram Grant keeps his team Ghana afloat in the Africa Cup of Nations.
  • Palestine’s soccer team bows out of the Asian Cup while Iran tries to stop its players having fun.
  • NBA ‘Blatt-watch’ has good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Gal Mekel is three weeks away from returning to Europe.
  • NFL #DeflateGate is taking attention away from the Superbowl, while the story of a heroic car crash rescue makes us smile.

 

Song credit: Kasabian – Underdog

 

This is a segment from It Takes All Sports: Listen to the full show

 

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