Republic of Ireland had to draw a number on Richard Dunne's
shirt in felt-tip because they forgot to bring a replacement.

The defender needed a new shirt after a painful collision
during the 0-0 draw against Russia in Moscow that left him needing four
stitches.

UEFA's Euro 2012 qualifying regulations dictate that all
players must have a number on the front and rear of the shirt, so it fell to
goalkeeping coach Alan Kelly to draw them on himself.

Manager
Giovanni Trapattoni said: "In life, these things happen. We forgot the reserve
shirt.

"We wrote the number five and thank
God, he went back on

Novak
Djokovic has revealed the bizarre, space-age recovery pod that helped him
become the world's best tennis player.

The Serbian,
who has won the Australian Open and Wimbledon this season, used an egg-shaped
machine designed by CVAC Systems that simulates being in high altitude conditions.

Makers
claim that the £50,000 chamber alters air pressure and oxygen levels, compressing the
muscles of the body at rhythmic intervals. The intention is to boost the body's
ability to absorb oxygen into the bloodstream, helping it become more efficient.

Djokovic
admitted before the US Open - for which he

Rio Ferdinand unwittingly sparked a security alert at the White
House after posting photos on Twitter.

The Manchester United and England defender published several
photos of a visit to Barack Obama's presidential home, taken on the club's pre-season
tour in Washington DC.

However one snap of security men - accompanied by the
comment "The security needs beefing up here at
the White House....!!" - was mysteriously deleted from his page.

Ferdinand, who boasts 1.3
million followers, commented: "Whoa....some1
has got into my phone + taken down my pics off twitter....this is deep...is
jack Bauer in

A Polish gymnast has become an internet sensation after his dazzling somersault skills went viral.

A YouTube video entitled simply 'Is this even human?' featured Polish gymnast Jozef Wadecki showing off his simply astonishing tumbler skills and has already got hundreds of thousands of hits.

Now World of Sport isn't much on gymnastics jargon, but according to Maggie Hendricks over at our sister site Yahoo! Sports: "Wadecki performs a front flip off of the springboard, followed by a whipback (a no-handed backhandspring), back handspring, triple twist, whipback, back handspring, triple twist.

A new musical instrument said to be louder and even more annoying than the vuvuzela is expected to blight Euro 2012.

The 'zozulica', a cuckoo-shaped whistle the size of a small rugby ball, has been unveiled by tournament co-hosts Ukraine.

The instrument makes an astonishingly loud, high-pitched whistling noise, and looks set to become every bit as notorious as the vuvuzela did during last year's World Cup in South Africa, when thousands of fans blew the noisy plastic trumpets non-stop during matches.

The instrument created plenty of unique local atmosphere - but TV viewers and players alike

England legend Gary Lineker has made the astonishing admission that he pooed himself during a match at the 1990 World Cup. 

The incident happened during the opening game of the tournament in Italy against the Republic of Ireland and had originally become the stuff of urban legend after it was mentioned in Terry Butcher's autobiography.

Butcher was the England captain during the 1990 World Cup where England got to the semi-finals before losing to Germany on penalties. 

However, Lineker himself has now 'come clean' and admitted that the incident did indeed take place during the second half of

A Chinese hurdler's hilarious efforts have taken the
internet by storm after he literally smashed his way through to the finish
line.

The unidentified runner was taking part in a large-scale
local race being watched by thousands of spectators, but after a poor start
clearly decided to try a change of tactics.

With jumping the hurdles clearly not working for him he
decided to simply run straight through hurdle after hurdle, sending debris
flying and ending up with a hurdle around his neck before eventually coming a cropper and almost taking out a fellow competitor.

He finished the race - but in

Former Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit preached the gospel of "sexy
football" back in the 90s - now the club have revived that spirit by
launching their own lingerie range.

The stereotypical Toon fan might sport a tattooed beer
belly, but the Newcastle undies have been designed with a rather sleeker figure
in mind.

The saucy items on sale include stockings, suspenders and
French knickers, tastefully emblazoned with the club crest.

The launch follows a deal struck with "football-related
underwear specialists" Premier Lingerie, who already make underwear for
Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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