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| |  Monday, 19 August, 2002, 16:13 GMT 17:13 UK Baggio's ball confiscated  BBC Sport Online picks out some of the quirky, offbeat or plain daft stories doing the rounds. Baggio hasn't a ball Italian footballer Roberto Baggio has had his ball taken away from him. The incident happened as the legendary striker showed off his skills to holidaymakers on a luxury beach in Italy's Liguria region. Baggio was spotted by an over-zealous attendant who snatched the ball off him, telling him beach football was not allowed. It's a shame the jobsworth was not around when the pony-tailed maestro put his ball on the spot in the 1994 World Cup final. Beem there, done that A family sharing the same surname as newly-crowned US PGA champion Rich Beem predicted his win in a letter they sent to him. Beem, who held off the challenge of Tiger Woods to win by one stoke, said: "I think I sent them some golf balls or something.
"I sent them my e-mail address this year and they e-mailed me back and the subject says, 'Beem wins 2002 by one over Woods'. "I was on my e-mail going, 'Yeah, right. Whatever'." But Beem did indeed win the title by a stroke from Woods and now he plans to write back to the Kansas family. He added: "I'm really afraid to look at my e-mail now!" "Beem me up," as Captain Kirk would say. Stake and kidney Gamblers were treated to a host of horsey dishes on Monday when a betting shop was transformed into a fast food joint for the day. Punters at Ladbrokes in Trafalgar Square tucked into fayre like stake and kidney pie, plaice your bets and jockey club sandwiches. And those that still had room chose from desserts like bread and flutter pudding and price pudding. Ladbrokes managing director Alan Ross said: "The thought of tucking into a hot dish without leaving the shop and missing the racing action is appealing. "Today's trial shows what punters could expect in the future." Customers who took up the offer had their food served by racing pundit John McCririck, who was dressed up in chef's gear. Oh well, you can't have everything. | | See also:  16 Aug 02 | Funny Old Game 15 Aug 02 | Funny Old Game 14 Aug 02 | Funny Old Game 13 Aug 02 | Funny Old Game 08 Aug 02 | Funny Old Game Top Funny Old Game stories now: Links to more Funny Old Game stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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