Romanian player sold for a chunk of meat

A new transfer record was set in Romania back in 2010 - for the most expensive footballer sold in return for pork.
Defender Marius Cioara was sold to Regal Hornia for 15kg of sausages. He retired a day later after 24 hours of taunts. Regal Hornia demanded a refund, and Cioara went to work on a farm.

Highest Scoring Football Game: AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne is the world record for the highest scoreline in association football, recognised by The Guinness Book of Records, set on 31 October 2002. AS Adema, of Antananarivo, in Madagascar, beat their arch-rivals Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne (SOE) as the result of a pre-determined protest by SOE over refereeing decisions that had gone against them during a four-team playoff tournament. The match surpassed the previous record for the highest scoreline of 36–0, set in 1885.

FOOTBALLER who left the PITCH to answer the CALL OF NATURE

JASON PUNCHEON is getting a bum deal at Southampton after becoming the butt of his team-mates’ jokes.
The Saints midfielder had to dash off the pitch at St Mary’s during the second half of their 0-0 draw with Everton on Monday to answer the call of nature.

The 26-year-old then sheepishly returned in the 70th minute — and got a ribbing from his own fans. Now his team-mates have started teasing him.

Fellow midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin said: “All the players have given him some stick about it — but he said it was better he did it in the changing room than out on the pitch!

“It is the first time I have ever seen that and I am sure not many other players have seen that before.

“But he has taken it well. He loves giving the banter and he has a great personality.”

New Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino joked: “When there is a new manager, the players want to impress and sometimes nerves get the better of them!”

Lionel Messi First Barcelona Contract was on a NAPKIN

At the age of 11, Carles Rexach, the sporting director of FC Barcelona, with no other paper at hand, offered Messi a contract written on a PAPER NAPKIN.

The man who took 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds to complete a marathon race

Kanakuri Shizō was a Japanese marathon runner and one of the early leaders of track and field athletics in Japan. He has been celebrated as "father of marathon" in Japan.

However, Kanakuri is best known for disappearing during the marathon race in the 1912 Summer Olympics. The race was held at Sollentuna Municipality in unexpected 40 deg C heat, and over half of the runners in the event suffered from hyperthermia. Kanakuri, weakened by the long journey from Japan, and suffering from problems with the local food, lost consciousness midway through the race, and was cared for by a farming family. He returned to Japan without notifying race officials. Swedish authorities considered him missing for 50 years before discovering that he was living in Japan and had competed in intervening Olympic marathons.

In 1966, he was contacted by Swedish Television and offered the opportunity to complete his run. He accepted and completed the marathon in

54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds, remarking, "It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren."