It seems that everybody is joining the online streaming party. After Abu Dhabi Sport made all of the Barclays Premier League matches available online from the beginning of last season, Aljazeera Sport has now the ability to stream all of its 12 channels online.

Not all of the content is available though. As when I was trying to watch last weekends FA Cup matches, I kept getting an error. I hope this gets sorted out and they get the licences for streaming all of their sporting events.

Access is currently free. It was implied that it will be free during November only but it is still free as far as I can tell. There is also an iPad app that make up for iOS’s lack of flash support. But I was able to use AirPlay to watch the game on my TV.

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We need to build subways first.

We all have seen a number of flash mobs but none come close to how cool this flash mob is. In New Zealand, this flash mob is doing the HAKA, a traditional dance that is also usually preformed by the All Blacks, New Zealand’s rugby team.

Got an email from Abu Dhabi Sport channel telling me that they had an “offer” for existing members for their online subscription, I enjoyed their online service at first last year but as it became more popular the more important games became almost impossible to watch and video just keeps buffering and disconnecting.

But hey 10KD for a whole season? not a bad backup plan. So I follow the link, like their Facebook page (I hate it when companies do that) and follow the newly provided link.

The price is almost double ($65 instead of $35). I am “almost” sure that this is just a mistake. but the offer ends tomorrow and the link is broken. Or  are they just hoping that after going through that you would just say “the hell with it” and just subscribe?

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Real Madrid’s starting 11 playing against 109 Chinese kids while on tour in China. I previously posted something similar that a Japanese team (Cerezo Osaka) did were they also played against 100 kid.

Highlights of yesterday’s friendly game that ended in a 2-1 win for Manchester United.

Argentina:

Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Nicolas Burdisso(Roma), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Nicolas Pareja (Spartak Moscow), Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscow).

Midfielders: Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Ever Banega (Valencia), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid).

Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Atletico de Madrid), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Diego Milito (Inter Milan).

Brazil:
8-time winners and winners of 4 out of the 5 tournaments are entering the competition as second favorites.

Goalkeepers: Victor (Gremio), Julio Cesar (Inter)

Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (Inter), Andre Santos (Fenerbahce), Adriano (Barcelona), Lucio (Inter), Thiago Silva (Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea) Luisao (Benfica)

Midfielders: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Ramires (Chelsea), Sandro (Tottenham), Jadson (Shakhtar Donetsk), Elias (Atletico Madrid), Elano (Santos), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos), Lucas Silva (Sao Paulo)

Forwards: Robinho (Milan), Alexandre Pato (Milan), Fred (Fluminense), Neymar (Santos)

Roberto Carlos gets a banana thrown at him during a football match. The Brazilian legend was so mad that he walked off the pitch.
This is the second time that Roberto Carlos was a subject of a racist attack in Russia.

This is where the World Cup is going to take place in 7 years.

1973, The Dutch Grand Prix. A car crash left british driver Roger Williamson trapped in his overturned burning car. David Purley, abandoned his won race, runs across the track in a desperate attempt to get his countrymen out of his burning vehicle.

Purley’s were in vain. Extinguishing the flames and turning the car upright was just too much to ask from one man.

You can really feel David Purley’s frustration and hopelessness during his solo heroic attempt. As nearby track marshals just stood and watched as they weren’t properly trained or equipped to deal with the situation.

The emotional point of the video is when he realizes that he won’t be able to help his friend and he is actually going to watch him die. Purley almost falls to his knees.

He actually heard Williamson crying for help when he first got to the car. And the sad thing is that Roger Williamson actually died from asphyxiation.

I can’t believe that the linesman didn’t see the ball actually hitting the back of the net.

Start watching at the 1:10 mark.

Yesterday, Zidane & Co. took on Bayern veterans in a friendly match that saw 11 goals, 3 penalties and 2 own goals. We had the pleasure of seeing former greats such as Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Emilio Butragueño and Fernando Morientes take on the likes of Paul Breitner, Andreas Brehme, Giovane Elber and Roy Makaay.

Real Madrid:

Paco Buyo, Coke Contreras, Miguel Porlan Chendo, Roberto Rojas, Rafael García Cortés, Luis Miguel Ramis, Ricardo Gallego, Aitor Karanka, Andrés Sabido, Zinedine Zidane, Julio Llorente, Emilio Butragueño, Iván Pérez, Dani García Lara, Luis Figo, Alfonso Pérez, José Emilio Amavisca, Jesús Enrique Velasco, Fernando Redondo, Christian Karembeu, Víctor Sánchez del Amo, Fernando Sanz, Iván Helguera, Fernando Morientes, Davor Suker, Ruben de la Red, Carlos Alonso Santillana.

Bayern Munich:

Klaus Augenthaler, Paul Breitner, Andreas Brehme, Harald Cerny, Harald Dax, Giovane Elber, Thomas Helmer, Walter Junghans, Ludwig Kögl, Robert Kovac, Niko Kovac, Oliver Kreuzer, Roy Makaay, Hans Pflügler, Stefan Reuter, Willy Sagnol, Paulo Sergio, Michael Tarnat, Marcel Witeczek, Matthias Zimmermann.

The Japanese division 1 team Cerezo Osaka playing against 100 kids in a very interesting match.

Tonight at Wembley Stadium 18:45 GMT (21:45 Kuwait Time), The most important game of the season is going to take place between Barcelona FC and Manchester United. 2 years ago both teams also met at the final of this competition and Barcelona left victorious back then wining 2-0. Goals by Samuel Eto and Lionel Messi secured the title for Barcelona.

Will it be that easy for Barcelona this time? or will Manchester United prove to be a worthy title contender and give us and excellent game tonight. Either way, no football enthusiast will miss the match tonight.

Football in general is know for its theatrics and “simulation” but barcelona take it a bit too far when they play one of the better teams.

You can say what you want about Pepe’s challenge on Alves but there was intention to hurt him. A red card for me.

really hope we see a good game tonight and Mourinho opens up the field and see a fast-paced game.

1. Real Madrid: 438.6m euros
2. Barcelona: 398.1m euros
3. Man Utd: 349.8m euros
4. Bayern Munich: 323m euros
5. Arsenal: 274.1m euros
6. Chelsea: 255.9m euros
7. AC Milan: 235.8.m euros
8. Liverpool: 225.3m euros
9. Inter Milan 224.8m euros
10. Juventus: 205m euros

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During the last weekend. The World Pro 2011 championship was held at Abu Dhabi. The guys from the Sidekick Academy participated in the competition and won 2 Jiu-Jitsu bronze medals. Well done guys.

After yesterdays win against their rivals Barcelona. Real Madrid player were celebrating their new trophy the “Copa Del Rey”. During the celebrations, Ramos seems to drop the Cup and the bus runs over it. Talk about clumsy/unlucky.

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شجار في برنامج “المجلس” ليلة أمس بين البحريني “حمود سلطان” والعماني”أحمد الرواس” كاد أن يتطور إلى التشابك بالأيدي..حيث هدد “حمود سلطان” بقتل العماني “أحمد الرواس” معتقدا بأنه أهان دستورمملكة البحرين , مما حدا بأحمد الرواس بتحدي “حمود سلطان” بكلام أثاراندهاش كل الضيوف وحينها قام “حمود سلطان” بخلع “المايكرفون” متجها نحوالعماني , إلا أن قناة الدوري والكأس قطعت إشارة البث عن برنامج “المجلس”فورا

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The current Kuwaiti team is a joy to watch. They’ve got character, spirit and determination which previous teams lacked. I hope they maintain this form going into the Asian Cup next month.

Mabrook to all.

Congrats to Qatar for this amazing achievement.

I posted just over a week ago about Roger Federer and called him the man. This is another video for anyone who has second thoughts. And this isn’t the first time he has done it

I used the website on many occasions. I subscribed saturday before the games but the account activated the next day (or late in the evening the same day not sure) and managed to watch the extra-long highlights of the yesterdays matches which were 45 mins long so you don’t miss a thing.

As for live viewing I watched Chelsea vs West Brom, Liverpool vs Arsenal and Man U vs New Castle all were great. And if you have a the bandwidth for it the quality automatically adjust (ala Netflix) to some very nice looking video.

Whats missing though is the short highlights that has just the goals, they might be there but I haven’t looked thoroughly enough and the ability to change the commentator language, from what I can see at the moment there is no why to do that at the moment.

Abu Dhabi online subscription is highly recommended even if you already have bought the receiver due to its shear and utter awesomeness