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Beckham's penalty shot ball lands in Canada eh
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | TORONTO (AFP) - The ball David Beckham's expensive boot kicked over the crossbar and into footballing infamy in a Euro 2004 shootout has landed in the hands of a Canadian-registered online casino.
GoldenPalace.com, renowned for publicity stunts which have included sending a streaker onto the field of the Superbowl, paid 35,000 US dollars for the ball in an auction on the eBay Internet site.
The final price tag was well below a sheaf of fake bids which at one stage reached 10 million dollars.
"We plan on raising a lot more money for charity than we did paying for this ball," said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe.
"Expect to see the ball traveling around the world in an effort to raise money for charitable organizations."
Beckham booted the ball into the crowd during England's penalty loss to hosts Portugal, after their quarter-final clash had ended in a 2-2 draw.
Spanish fan Pablo Carral caught the ball and smuggled it out of the stadium and put it up for sale on the Internet.
Beckham blamed the poor state of the penalty spot for his miss, which saw Portugal into the semi-finals in a championship run which ended in defeat in the final to Greece.
GoldenPalace.com is registered in the native Canadian Kahnawake Mohawk territory near Montreal, and is a part sponsor of the Minardi Formula One team.
It has also partnered with outrageous former NBA star Dennis Rodman, and sent a streaker onto the field at this year's Superbowl, naked except for a football covering his private parts, with the company's website address emblazoned on a tattoo across his chest.
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| Jayx1 |
Hey! A perfect example of a minority owned business that is taking off exponentially! This ties in with the other thread about race perfectly
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Hey! A perfect example of a minority owned business that is taking off exponentially! This ties in with the other thread about race perfectly
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it does? how does race play a factor in this case?
im glad Minardi are getting some mention! |
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| Jayx1 |
native owned company:
| quote: | | GoldenPalace.com is registered in the native Canadian Kahnawake Mohawk territory near Montreal, and is a part sponsor of the Minardi Formula One team. |
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| malek |
| starsearcher: you mean it landed in Kahnawake :p |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
starsearcher: you mean it landed in Kahnawake :p |
Ah yes...I guess I should edit my post...but then nobody would know where the hell Kahnawake is... :p |
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| malek |
| ... lands in Canada eh :p |
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| timmyboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
Ah yes...I guess I should edit my post...but then nobody would know where the hell Kahnawake is... :p |
yeah but ppl are usually curious by nature... they'll look anyways :) |
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| St_Andrew |
| w00t? it actually landed?! :wtf: |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
w00t? it actually landed?! :wtf: |
Yeah...it's been circling the globe for about a month because of that crazy power and spin he put on it and now it finally fell down here in Canada eh ;) |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
Yeah...it's been circling the globe for about a month because of that crazy power and spin he put on it and now it finally fell down here in Canada eh ;) |
ah, makes sense. i think we should be happy none got hurt when it landed... |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
ah, makes sense. i think we should be happy none got hurt when it landed... |
Yeah I agree it was a big firy entrance and landing :p |
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