We've come to expect great things from disabled athletes. Even in that context, this video of highlights from The African Cup of Nations for Amputee Football is pretty darn impressive.
The ball may not be to regulation and they may occasionally use their paws, but rules be darned, there's simply no denying that these playful pugs love soccer.
It appears that goalkeeper Virgil Vries of the South African club team the Golden Arrows actually moves his leg out of the balls way as he allows a soft back pass from his own teammate to go into the goal.
Fagiano Okayama defender Ryujiro Ueda set a world record for scoring a professional soccer goal from a little beyond the midfield line -- or 64 yards away. If you are wondering how a player could possible score with his or her head from so far out, the answer is atrocious goal keeping.
Since he is the world's smallest stallion, one would expect Einstein to do dainty things -- like sniff flowers or frolic in meadows.
But, as you can see in the video below, the mini-horse enjoys playing soccer. Goooooal!
Like most lions, Triton spends most of his day either napping or gnawing on some tasty meat.
But when this 11-year-old resident of the Johannesburg, South Africa zoo has a soccer ball tossed his way, he suddenly becomes a whirling dervish of activity. Who knew a lion could bend it like Beckham?
University of North Carolina goalies Lassi Hurskainen and Dan Jackson use their feet to play a real life version of the absurdly addictive video game, 'Angry Birds.'
Eren Derdiyok, a striker for the Leverkusen soccer team, pulled off a tricky bicycle kick in one of the most unique and exciting plays in soccer.
A Norwegian soccer player may have set a record with a monster header goal. Guinness World Records has yet to confirm the numbers, but it is likely that Jone Samuelsen's 57-meter (62.33 yards) header goal is the longest ever recorded. Now that's using your head.
Soccer star Walter Pandiani of RCD Espanyol won a match against the Getafe football club this weekend with a last-minute goal. Naturally, the press wanted to talk to him immediately, but with no time to shower, Pandiani couldn't stop sweating through the entire interview and soaked his dress shirt clean through by the conversation's end.