This week’s roundup also features crazy commentators, quickfire goals, a canine goalkeeper in Chile, deceptive pitches and a rugby league backflip
1) This week’s best World Cup qualifier moment was doubtless the punditry meltdown in Norway when San Marino scored; it can join the ranks of these recent classics from the box: Chris Kamara misses a sending off; Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson don’t miss Mo Farah, and again; from the radio: Gareth Bale puts Wales close to qualifying for Euro 2016; Portugal then win the tournament to entertaining effect; and of course that man from Iceland calmly reporting from France; Italy again as Carlo Zampa’s voice finds a new pitch and is then reduced to tears by Francesco Totti, with whom he has previous form; Dennis Bergkamp provokes Dutch screaming. Of course, England shipped one to San Marino as well, a low point in their failure to qualify for the USA World Cup in 1994. A nadir that can only really be followed by the grandaddy of them all – from Norway again – your boys took a hell of a beating.
2) Fencing explained with glorious visuals, pleasing soundtrack and most importantly, in Japanese.