Blog Posts by Jeffrey Oon

  • Tiny tots’ terrific take on tiki-taka

    By Jeffrey Oon | Fit To Post Sports – Wed, Jul 11, 2012 4:02 PM SGT

    Reposted from Yahoo! Eurosport sports blog World of Sport

    A kids' football team in America has become an internet sensation for their dazzling brand of tiny tot tiki-taka football.

    The California-based under-11 team takes its inpiration from the masters of tiki taka themselves, Barcelona. They've called their team Barcelona-USA, and the kids even play in the same strips as the Catalan giants.

    The resemblance is more than just skin deep, however: the kids are entrenched in the tiki-taka philosophy of keeping the ball as much as possible in order to build up patiently, force an opening and deliver a killer blow.

    Considering that you're watching kids of 10 and 11 years old, the quality on display is exceptional: the video below shows Barcelona-USA playing against another California-based team called Arsenal in a match that was the semi-finals of the State Cup.

    And it was no mismatch: Arsenal have been the top side in the area for 10 years, but they are absolutely taken to school by

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  • Ronaldinho’s million-dollar can of cola

    By Jeffrey Oon | Fit To Post Sports – Wed, Jul 11, 2012 12:22 AM SGT

    Reposted from Yahoo! UK sports blog, World of Sport

    The world's most expensive tin of cola?

    Anyone over the age of 30 will probably remember the famous 'Pepsi challenge' adverts, which got blindfolded punters to see if they preferred Pepsi or Coke.

    One thing's for sure: Ronaldinho definitely prefers Pepsi. So much so that his fondness for the soft drink has cost the Brazilian football legend a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola worth S$980,000 (£500,000) a year.

    Ronaldinho stunned Coke chiefs by turning up at a press conference and sipping nonchalantly from a can of their arch-rivals' fizzy pop. Furious bosses at the Atlanta-based firm immediately demanded that the plug be pulled on his huge endorsement deal, according to a report in the 'O Estado de Sao Paulo' newspaper.

    It's just the latest blow for the 32-year-old, twice a winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award, who has struggled to shine since he left AC Milan two years ago to finish his career in his homeland.

    His spell at Flamengo came to an end last month

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