Stan Van Den Buys, Germinal Ekeren, 1995
The only player to ever score a hat-trick of own goals in one match. When Germinal Ekeren faced RSC Anderlecht in the Belgian League, Van Den Buys managed to score not one, not two but three goals in the opposition's net.
Has anyone scored a hat-trick of penalties? Veteran goalkeeper Grigoris Athanasiou has achieved the notable feat of scoring a hat-trick, with a trio of penalties in a Greek fourth division game for Pavlos Melas. Read More...
In ice hockey, a play is offside if a player on the attacking team does not control the puck and is in the offensive zone when a different attacking player causes the puck to enter the offensive zone, until either the puck or all attacking players leave the offensive zone.
What is considered offside in hockey? A team is offside when any member of the attacking team precedes the puck over the defending team's blueline. Read More...
Krav Maga was developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s by Imi Lichtenfeld, also known as Imi Sde-Or (Sde-Or–”Light Field”–a calque of his surname into Hebrew).
Why was Krav Maga invented? Krav Maga was invented in the 1930s as a way to help Jewish people protect themselves against violence during a time of rising antisemitism. Krav Maga, which means “contact combat” in Hebrew, is the official self-defence system of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Read More...