Outside of Spain, few places in the world can boast more fervent support of Barcelona and Real Madrid than Iraq.

In Iraqi Kurdistan, some 3,5000 miles from the action, locals are obsessed with La Liga's two biggest teams. When they face each other in El Clasico, bars and coffee houses are segregated between rivals fans and police presence is increased as people celebrate, commiserate and fight long into the night.

According to a report in Baghdad newspaper Al Zaman, carried by Spanish newspaper Sport, passion between rival fans spilled over into violence and murder this week.

On Monday, a Barcelona supporter in Madain — a city a few miles south of Baghdad — supposedly argued with a Real Madrid-supporting friend in a gaming arcade. The Barca fan then reportedly "slaughtered" his friend with a knife, in full view of several witnesses.

Arabs Today add the chilling detail that the Madrid fan was actually beheaded by his former friend. An Iraqi Interior Ministry source told them:

"A fight

Christoph regretted wearing no shorts once the stadium filled up (tageswoche.ch)

While certain Swiss Super League stadiums are overrun with bloodthirsty pine martens, Grasshopper Zurich are raising the bar for luxurious fan experiences.

During their 3-1 victory over St Gallen on Saturday, two lucky supporters watched the action from the comfort of a 97-degree hot tub, sipping beers as the cold masses around them wished they were half naked in a big wet box with Grasshoppers shirts crudely taped to the side of it.

In one of Barcelona's numerous community projects, a young blind boy named Mamadou was recently given the opportunity to meet several of his heroes at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (the club's training ground).

Incredibly, he is able to recognize Carles Puyol, Eric Abidal and Lionel Messi by touch alone. Only Jose Pinto's braids confused the Senegalese youngster, but seeing as the goalkeeper is not a first-team regular who doesn't always opt for that particular hairstyle, it is quite forgivable!

You probably won't find a football-related clip that pulls on your heartstrings harder than this today.

Nice visited St Etienne last Saturday, with both teams looking to secure European qualification in Ligue 1. The game turned very ugly after 23 minutes, however, as Nice midfielder Valentin Eysseric received a straight red card for a horror challenge on Jérémy Clément. As you can see, there was nothing 'nice' about it.

While his side cruised to a 4-0 victory, the St Etienne midfielder went for surgery on what turned out to be an open fracture of the tibia. It will keep him out of the game for at least six months.

A statement released on Nice's website on Thursday evening confirms that 20-year-old Eysseric has been banned for eleven games by the French Professional League's (LFP) disciplinary committee. That means he will not play for the rest of the season.

Eysseric has apologised and will not appeal the decision.

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With two high-profile players named 'Ronaldo' in the game in recent years, adjectival terms are often applied to distinguish them. To differentiate the World Cup-winning Ronaldo from Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, for example, some may refer to him as 'Brazilian Ronaldo', 'Retired Ronaldo' or 'Transvestite prostitute Ronaldo'.

In a recent interview, Sir Alex Ferguson provoked ire from the three-time FIFA Player of the Year by referring to him as "the fatter one."

In response, the upset Brazilian said:

"I haven't placed any jinx, Real Madrid shuts his mouth for me.

"But I think it was a lack of respect. A very experienced football professional honored with the title of 'Sir' in England spoke such words as a lack of respect to me. I thought this was not polite.

"I have no more words for this gentleman except that I hope his team lose every single game they play."

Ronaldo is quite right to say such an insult is not befitting of a Knight of the Realm — it's certainly not something you

Our good friends at 101GG said that this clip would spread across the soccer blogosphere like digital wild fire as soon as they posted it, so here we are.

In this Kazakhstani league match, an unknown player attempts to take a corner kick on a comically flooded part of the field. When he tries to throw it to an area where the ball isn't at risk of floating away, he's ordered to delicately replace it where the corner was before it disappeared under gallons of water.

Full credit to numbers 22 and 10, who pull off a surprisingly acrobatic set piece under the circumstances.

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Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev at their unveiling in January (Getty)

Beitar Jerusalem have strong links to the country's political right, and the club's hardcore supporters — known as “La Familia” — are staunch protectors of their values. As such, there was outrage in January when the Israeli Premier League side signed striker Zaur Sadayev and defender Dzhabrail Kadiyev, who are both Chechen Muslims.

The decision by Beitar president Arkady Gaydamak (father of not-very-popular-on-the-south-coast-of-England former Portsmouth owner Alexandre) provoked so much displeasure among La Familia that the clubs offices were burnt down when they signed.

Sadayev and Kadiyev, who are two of only five non-Israeli players ever to play for the club, are routinely booed and jeered by home fans during matches at Teddy Stadium. During Sunday night's match with Maccabi Netanya, 23-year-old Sadayev scored his first goal for the club. The Independent describe what happened next:

Beitar’s best player, the Argentinian Dario Fernandez, jumped on Sadayev’s shoulders and

A day of answering identical questions about a movie in a fancy London hotel room can prove tiresome for a tremendously well-paid actor, so Mila Kunis seemed delighted to take part in a slightly offbeat interview with BBC Radio 1's Chris Stark while promoting Oz The Great and Powerful.

The actress famously attended a Marine Corps Ball when asked by a fan via YouTube, so Stark capitalized on her willingness to socialise with the proles by inviting her to see a Watford game with his 'boys'. The game would be proceeded by a trip to Nandos (the greatest chicken restaurant known to man) and would conclude by "boshing a couple of pints."

Kunis said she was too ill to head to Vicarage Road when the interview took place last Friday (Watford were actually playing in Wolverhampton that evening) but as it's difficult to refuse the advances of a man who uses the verb "to bosh", she promised to come to a game in the future.

It's not known if the Ukraine-born Hollywood star will be cheering on