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Elephants playing football

A unique event was held in Nepal as The Elephant Festival took place to raise conservation awareness and to help drive back toursim.

The elephants were entered into a beautie pagent, raced against eachother and faced off in a game of football for the event’s finale. The elephants used a regular sized football, with 2 teams of 4 vowing for the championship.

Here’s a piece of the action:

I know, it’s like watching Stoke.

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End of the world extreme dreams?

As you may well know, it is Doomsday tomorrow! Or, the Apocalypse? Or is just the end of the Mayan calendar?

Whatever you think it may happen tomorrow, you may be thinking about going out with a bang and trying your hand at an extreme sport before the world ends.

Skydiving would be an excellent way to get those thrills, feasting your eyes on the Earth from a view you’ve never seen before whilst travelling at speeds of up to 180 MPH! What an experience to bow out with. Ansell’s Extreme Insurance can make sure you get the best skydiving insurance policy.

Perhaps you’re more interested in taking to the road and blasting through the mud in a 4×4, putting your foot to the gas and letting out some steam? Ansell will provide the best off-road insurance for you to get your kicks.

For any enquiries about insurance for your end of the world advenrtures, don’t hesitate to call on 020 7251 6821

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Referee Practices Looking

Football fans have been treated to a number of daft decisions and explanations from Sepp Blatter and his motly crew over goal line technoology and a whole host of other things over the past few years, but this next clip kind of sums it all up.

Introduced to European club competition last season, the infamous ‘fifth referee’ has become another fad that hasn’t exacly come off for European football’s governing body. People question whether they actually do anything and this  latet video, picked up on Dutch TV, only strengthens the arguement that these extra officials are just plain pointless.

Take a look at this unnamed official practicing his ‘looking technique’ ahead of a Europa cup game this year.

Let’s hope he spotted that imaginary ball crossing the line and gave an imaginary goal, eh?

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