This week’s Sport Social includes an amusing moment with Prince Harry and a British gymnast, a lovely gesture from a young football fan to a player, and a surfer who says losing his leg to a shark attack is the best thing that ever happened to him. Yes, really. Some people are just super cool.
When you’re just completely in sync with your friends ❤️
When organisers get it oh so wrong.
Someone's going to get their botty smacked for this. https://t.co/pQuOlABCEw #ukrunchat
— Kerry McCarthy (@RWKerry) October 23, 2017
One well brought up, sweet-as-you-like football fan.
Pure class from young Adam pic.twitter.com/KVSpfJlZrm
— Sean Jarvis (@SeanMJarvis) October 24, 2017
When fans Tweet the truth.
Ha! @sthalekar93 just said '@megan_schutt goes about her business quietly'. Only on the field Lisa, not off it. ??? #womensashes
— LadiesWhoLegspin (@LadiesWhoLeague) October 26, 2017
Venus Williams picks her dream doubles partner…
Venus stanning Nick Kyrgios is everything I didn't know I needed ? pic.twitter.com/zvQJESCRCe
— Matthew (@queendjokosmash) October 23, 2017
Said player is pretty happy about it.
Thankssssss legend ???? https://t.co/GwxCVVNjrQ
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) October 24, 2017
British Olympic-gold-collecting rower enlightens us nervy fans regarding reports about plans for the British team at the South Korean Winter Olympics in February.
North Korean tensions wont have prompted this-overdramatising. Every Olympic team has had a full evacuation plan agreed with powers that be. https://t.co/9GQIIv6dFt
— Matthew Pinsent (@matthewcpinsent) October 26, 2017
British athlete has pet problems like the rest of us ?
Come home from a tough session to find Coops has burgled the food cupboard..
4 bagels, 4 scones, 2 bags of oats and half a loaf of bread later…??? WHY. pic.twitter.com/UntCBJrzaS
— Eilish Mccolgan (@EilishMccolgan) October 24, 2017
No words.
As own goals go, this is sensational… ??pic.twitter.com/RKq9sM8gVY
— BigOdds (@BigOddsGB) October 26, 2017
This bird hitches a ride on one of the sailors competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, like literally on the sailor.
When you invite a guest over …and they just won't leave ?@teamakzonobel #Leg1 pic.twitter.com/rUlr8LBaYl
— Volvo Ocean Race (@volvooceanrace) October 26, 2017
When you go sailing, become stranded for five months and then you’re rescued.
??: #USSAshland rescues two mariners and their dogs stranded in Pacific Ocean for months – https://t.co/u4ntPRLtHL via @Amphib7FLT pic.twitter.com/t7e50EwTjt
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) October 26, 2017
When Prince Harry isn’t as big a draw as a British gymnast!
Student asks Prince Harry to take a photo OF him & @MaxWhitlock1 #royals #banter https://t.co/7rc6QB4hRk @WeAreCoachCore @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/S8gClaLQSW
— Sky News Sales (@skynews_sales) October 19, 2017
You’d hope they’d react like this; they are teenagers! Well done fellas.
When you’re trying to conduct an interview but England have just won a World Cup… #FIFAU17WC https://t.co/Qom3GvDedR pic.twitter.com/P0AtGfrX1z
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 28, 2017
Shouldn’t we all have this much fun doing the mundane things in life? ❤️
What? So this kid doesn’t even get a clap at the end of this? Nothing? Jeesh.
Roger Federer gets many dad points here.
A sight we don’t see – not awesome tennis player here but Aunty Jo Konta instead.
https://instagram.com/p/Baqy2MwHHCN/
Yes, yes, yes.
Judge in NY had strong words to corrupt football officials today: "money should have been used to build soccer fields in poor neighborhoods"
— Jamil Chade (@JamilChade) October 25, 2017
And…
In one night, Fifa spends almost as much as it invests in women's football…during an entire year around the world. https://t.co/T8WvhIHOiy
— Jamil Chade (@JamilChade) October 24, 2017
This looks so fun!
https://instagram.com/p/BasrgseDl2d/
I’d love it if this kid becomes a future England player and we can bring out this photo! Love it.
Daughter at Wembley tour and biggest smile was sitting in front of her #Lionesses heroes’ shirts @LucyBronze @stephhoughton2 #futurelioness pic.twitter.com/KVnTnmw5xK
— Mark Gordon (@markjgordon) October 26, 2017
Gymnasts just seem unable to just sit still on their holidays…
https://instagram.com/p/BawwpldnmnE/
… Or climbers for that matter.
https://instagram.com/p/Baw2A2iAU-Z/
When a shark attack is the ‘best thing that ever happened’ to this surfer. Really, that’s what he says. ?
https://instagram.com/p/BazV5UBnCgi/
More, more, more from the Sport Social:
A skier goes all Flashdance on us and a face-planting golfer
The sassy Fantasy Football kid and the hilarious gymnasticky dog
An emotional recovery and furious cyclists