The World Cup is the most watched football competition on the planet, involving football’s biggest nations but with all the glamour, revenue and media coverage, it seems that many forget about the downside to hosting the tournament…

The World Cup is the most watched football competition on the planet, involving football’s biggest nations but with all the glamour, revenue and media coverage, it seems that many forget about the downside to hosting the tournament…

The media might have finally had the chance to be able to blow the top off of Ryan Giggs’ affair with Imogen Thomas but it seems that there is more to the reaction from the Manchester United winger.
According to reports, media and television vans that were situated outside of the players house before they were attacked following the arrival of a group of men after they piled out of a van.
The masked men attacked the media vans, slashing tires, causing bodywork damage and throwing flour and eggs, leaving the media photographers and reports shaken.
When asked what they could remember, it seems that they could only give the fact that Eric Cantona was there….

Following the shocking incident of Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos dropping the Copa del Rey trophy under the team bus, an incident that had never been seen before, it seems that lightening does strike twice.
Following their collection of their league winners trophy, Ajax paraded the trophy through the city but with the trophy in what was thought to be the safest hands in the squad, keeper Maarten Stekelenberg dropped the newly acquired league title, sending it crashing to the ground.
See the incident here: