[Soccer Guru] FIFA fine, ban Australian trainer for offensive gesture at Olympics

ArticleBot · 08-20-2004, 12:52 PM

ATHENS (AP) - Australia's fitness trainer was banned and fined by FIFA on Friday for making an offensive gesture during the Olympic soccer tournament.

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**Regs** · 08-20-2004, 12:59 PM

Maybe this is why soccer is getting slim to none coverage

~Regs.

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ArticleBot Member Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 991 TTP Friends: (0)	[Soccer Guru] FIFA fine, ban Australian trainer for offensive gesture at Olympics ATHENS (AP) - Australia's fitness trainer was banned and fined by FIFA on Friday for making an offensive gesture during the Olympic soccer tournament. http://www.newsisfree.com/click/i,48300571,8407,rss/ __________________ Love the Irish

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Regs Respect & Honour A Total Bastard Joined: Jun 2001 Location: TTP Headquarters Posts: 12,035 Blog Entries: 1 Images: 233 TTP Friends: (12)	Re: [Soccer Guru] FIFA fine, ban Australian trainer for offensive gesture at Olympics Maybe this is why soccer is getting slim to none coverage ~Regs. __________________ Take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.'

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