We're only a few days into the London Olympics and the Games have already served as an all-consuming distraction for a large portion of the planet. One group that has not been distracted from their primary focus, even while attending Olympic football matches, is that of Blackburn fans (and their chickens) who really, really want the club's manager, Steve Kean, and ownership group, Venky's, as far away from their club as humanly possible.

So even though it's the offseason and Sunday's Spain v Honduras match at St James' Park in Newcastle had nothing to do with Blackburn, there was still a "Kean Out, Venky's out" banner hanging right next to the pitch.

As if being sued by Sam Allarydce wasn't bad enough, now Kean is being protested at international sporting events that he has no part of. In fact, the apparent randomness of this banner's presence might have been what kept confused Spain into losing to Honduras.

What's left of Ever Banega's new Ferrari. (AS)

Valencia's Ever Banega has had terrible luck when it comes to cars this year. Back in February, he suffered a broken ankle that kept him out for six months after it rolled backwards while he was filling up at a gas station because he forgot to set the handbrake. Now, his super expensive new Ferrari has been charred to a crisp because of a "short circuit."

From Reuters:

The vehicle that caught fire on Monday was a brand new Ferrari worth around 250,000 euros [$306,506], the [Valencia] spokesman added, and pictures carried in local media showed only the front part of the car remained unscathed with the rest, including the passenger cabin, burnt to a black crisp.

The blaze seemed to have been caused by some sort of short circuit, the spokesman said.

According to Spanish paper AS, Banega was driving the car outside of Valencia when he saw smoke coming from the back of the car and that the fire occurred spontaneously. In 2010, Ferrari recalled the 458 Italia because "an adhesive used to attach a heat shield under the rear fender can ignite under high temperatures, leading to a larger fire in the engine bay."

Though he was fortunate to make it out unharmed, after this, Ever Banega might just start taking the bus.

UPDATE: Here's video of Banega trying to get a bucket of water at Valencia's training ground to put out the fire engulfing his car before the fire department arrived to do the job with actual hoses...

The punch and the result. (gifulmination.com/@AbbyWambach)

Lady Andrade, the Colombia striker who "sucker-punched" Abby Wambach during the U.S.'s 3-0 win on Saturday (gif of the incident here), has been suspended two matches by FIFA, which could bring an end to her participation in the London Olympics.

From the AP:

FIFA says its disciplinary committee suspended Andrade for a group match against France on Tuesday, and for the quarterfinals if Colombia advances.

Colombia currently sits in last place of Group G with two loses, no goals scored and a slim chance of advancing to the knockout rounds. After the match against the U.S., Andrade asserted that the hit was "an accident" and "a normal part of the game" while Wambach called it a "sucker-punch." The U.S. brought the matter to FIFA's attention, prompting the investigation.

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Michel Morganella (right) during Switzerland's match against South Korea. (Getty)

Following Switzerland's 2-1 loss to South Korea in the Olympic men's soccer tournament on Sunday, 23-year-old Swiss defender Michel Morganella expressed his frustration with a discriminatory tweet that has gotten him expelled from the squad and sent home by Swiss team officials. The message, which said that Koreans should "burn themselves" and described them as "retards" was followed by an apology in English before Morganella's @morgastoss account was deleted from the social networking site, but after a quick investigation, the Swiss team chief decided that this required further action.

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Gareth Bale gets treatment during Spurs' friendly against Liverpool. (Getty)

Gareth Bale, who recently drew the misguided ire of Sepp Blatter for playing on Spurs' preseason U.S. tour and not for Team GB in the Olympics after making a quicker than expected return from a back injury, was the victim of a cynical challenge from Liverpool's Charlie Adam during a friendly in Baltimore. This isn't the first time Bale has been hurt by a Charlie Adam tackle, either. So now Bale has labeled him "a bit of a coward" and said he wouldn't accept an apology, even though one hasn't been offered.

From The Mirror:

"From what I've seen of him on pitch, I think he's a bit of a coward," said the Wales star insisted afterwards. [...]

"There are pictures on the internet of what he did before when he snapped all my ankle ­ligaments," said Bale.

"I was out for three months that time and one player told me he went out to do the same thing to me again.

"Seriously, I haven't ever done anything to him. He's obviously come for me twice now — and he's got me twice. [...]

"He's done it before, so I'm not going to accept his apology."

The picture of when Adam stomped on Bale's ankle while he was still with Blackpool can be seen here. And video of the latest offending challenge can be seen right this way...

Spain's Juan Mata reacts to a missed goal opportunity. (Getty)

Three days after Japan's 1-0 win over Spain in the first round of Olympic men's soccer Group D was hailed as the "Miracle of Glasgow," Honduras repeated that result for itself, beating Spain 1-0 to eliminate one of the clear favorites from the tournament. With one group match left to play against Morocco, Spain's shocking inability to score a single goal in its first two matches -- making it the only team in the competition to do so -- will prevent any chance of advancing to the quarterfinals.

[Related: Brazil defeats Belarus to advance]

Along with Brazil, Spain was an overwhelming favorite to contend for gold in the men's soccer competition. Mere weeks ago, Spain's senior team won a record third consecutive major tournament at Euro 2012 (the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2008 being the other two) and the country's U-21 and U-19 teams are both reigning European champions. This has been an unprecedented golden age of dominance for Spain's possession heavy style of play at all levels, yet even with three members of the Euro 2012 winning squad -- Juan Mata, Jordi Alba and Javi Martinez -- among the Olympic team comprised of U-23 players and three overage players, it still came up astoundingly short.

Leo Messi wine. Tastes like goals! (via Donas do Campinho)

As first announced back in February, Argentine winery Bodega Valentin Bianchi has launched a range of Leo Messi wines in collaboration with the Leo Messi Foundation, with profits going to a variety of children's charities. The wines carry labels with either a shirt or football design and will reportedly be available in Europe and Asia, as well as Argentina. The slogan is "Leo: creative essence." But I think "Leo: Lego juice" would've been much better.

Cristiano Ronaldo's brother (no, not Barry), meanwhile, recently opened a nightclub in Portugal called Seven Vilamoura. The name of the club is an obvious nod to Cristiano's shirt number (and maybe the club's silent partner), so the Real Madrid goalbot paid a visit the other day.

Here he is posing outside the club...

The punch and the result. (gifulmination.com/@AbbyWambach)

U.S. striker Abby Wambach showed impressive self-control, focus and foresight after getting hit with what she described as a "sucker-punch" from Colombia's Lady Andrade during the first half of the U.S.'s 3-0 win on Saturday (gif of the incident here). Though Andrade maintains that she accidentally swung her arm and popped the taller Wambach square in the eye and the hit went unpunished, the U.S.'s second all-time leading goal scorer didn't risk getting herself and her team in trouble by retaliating with violence and instead scored her side's second goal in the 74th minute with that sore eye still causing her problems.

[ Photos: U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach ]