Daily Shorts: Speech punishment for fantasy player

From a terrible speech impression to the one of the world's biggest stars falling off a chair, Daily Shorts takes a look at the lighter side of sport.

Man loses fantasy football bet, does mediocre Al Pacino impression

Al Pacino's famous Any Given Sunday speech is given a new life in this lacklustre yet amusing re-enactment which was made as punishment for this bloke who is struggling to play Tony D'Amato.

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The 'actor' apparently lost a fantasy football bet and this four and a half minute long monologue serves as his penance.

Highlights include what sounds like drunken slurring, and the filmmaker's inability or outright refusal to edit the actual Pacino out of the footage.

Sir Elton takes terrible tumble

A video of Sir Elton John falling backwards off a chair during the Mylan World Tennis Smash Hits charity event at London's Royal Albert Hall has been getting plenty of mileage around the world this week.

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The 67-year-old singer was co-hosting the event with tennis legend Billie Jean King to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, when he took an awkward courtside tumble as he went to sit down before landing flat on his back.

The man behind such hits as "I'm Still Standing" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" quickly bounced back to his feet and waved to the concerned crowd, only to watch his team suffer a 22-16 defeat as former British No 1 Tim Henman secured victory against former US Open champion Andy Roddick.

Gary Neville has the last laugh on Twitter

Gary Neville geared up to Liverpool's crucial Champions League clash against Basel on Tuesday by taking a humorous dig at his Sky Sports colleague Jamie Carragher on Twitter.

With Carragher's former team needing to beat the Swiss side at Anfield to progress to the knockout stages of the competition, the ex-defender asked his followers whether Reds fans would prefer the team to win tonight or against rivals Manchester United at the weekend?

'Question for Lfc fans- win tonight or Sunday? Tonight for me, rather qualify for the CL than beat the 7th best team in the Prem last season!' Carragher wrote on Twitter.

Needless to say, the tweet presented United legend Neville with the perfect opportunity to troll his fellow pundit after he replied with a witty response on the social network site.
'What if you lose both? Just a thought,' Neville wrote.

@Carra23 what if you lose both? Just a thought.

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) December 9, 2014

When Base jumps go bad

Base jumper Thayer Healy took a leap off a Utah cliff spot known as "Wall Street" but had a rough trip down to the ground below.

Caught on his GoPro camera, things went bad early into his descent when he slammed into a protruding rock on the side of the cliff, which sent him into a wild spin.

Healy was ok at the end despite his rugged landing and only spent one night in hospital.
At least he has this great vision to remember the day by.