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SALT LAKE CITY — Three fascinating stories from the world of sports in today's From Left Field!
1. Oh hey! Just a stoppage-time game-saving bicycle kick goal from a goalkeeper
This is incredible, from South Africa's Premier League. Oscarine Masuluke stepped into his opponents penalty area, adding pressure on the corner kick. The ball fell to above his head, and he showed incredible technique in scoring the best goal I've ever seen a goalie score.
THAT goalkeeper bicycle kicks from ALL angles... ➡️⚽️➡️ https://t.co/BZuSX8vQkH — Joe Crann (@YesWeCrann) December 1, 2016
2\. Other goalie heroics =======================
And in Australia, goalie Danny Vukovic did his own version of heroics, but for the animal kingdom. A soccer ball hit a seagull in the Australian FFA Cup Final, and Vukovic noticed it. He stopped play to carry the seagull to safety off the pitch.
The Sydney Goalkeeper helps an injured seagull off the field during the FFA Cup Final. Lovely scenes. pic.twitter.com/n8VW8Ntde5 — Paddy Power (@paddypower) November 30, 2016
3\. Magnus Carlsen wins World Chess Championship ===============================================
I don't know if chess technically qualifies as a sport, but here at KSL, we're fans of nearly all forms of competition. (Chess boxing certainly is a sport, though.)
Yesterday was the conclusion of the World Chess Championship, which went into tiebreakers after the players finished 6-6 after the first 12 rounds of chess. The tiebreakers were four games of "rapid" chess, and Norwegian 26-year-old Magnus Carlsen won on his birthday.
That finish was pretty cool, actually. Carlsen sacrificed his queen so that he could maneuver his rooks into position to force checkmate on the next move. His opponent, Sergey Karjakin, saw the trick and resigned to keep the queen on the board in a sign of respect for his opponent.
Cool stuff, all around.
