Premier League: New season, New haircut

Its the beginning of a new football season and a new season means a new team, a new kit and a new haircut. So I was watching this weekend's matches closely for any new season haircuts. There was only one that stood on it particular to me. That was QPR Goalkeeper Rob Green.

Olympics: Day 5&6 selection

The Olympics have been going on for a while now and I have become addicted as usual. Obviously the best moment for me was seeing Bradley Wiggins win gold as he is just the coolest person. The other highlight of the games for British viewers has to be the Ian Thorpe commentary in the studios and his hilarious pairing with Gary Lineker and Clare Balding. I love it - nice to have some comedy in between events.  Anyway, I haven't had chance to post about any hairstyles I have spotted until now but yeah, so here a selection of hairstyles spotted by me from days 5&6. As you will see they are all from Women's gymnastics and Athletics.

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So this gymnastic has what looks like small braids going back into a bun. The interesting part though is the fact she has some how coloured each section. It was really hard to see how she coloured them but i thought it was really fun and interesting.

Olympic Opening Ceremony

I loved the Olympic Opening Ceremony that was a few days ago. It did go on for aaaages but I watched all 4 hours of it. Aside from the hairstyles, my favorite part was the digital age scene because of the amazing music and hilarious 'lost phone' subplot. It was also amazing that they got the arctic monkey to play. There were many many great haircuts but I have chosen just one that really stood out:

This is the flag bearer for Israel. As you can see he has shaved the side of his head into the design of the Israeli flag. How amazing..!
I'll be watching most of the Olympics so hopefully will do some more Olympic posts soon. :)

Tour de France 2012: Wiggo's Winning Sideburns

Over the past 3 weeks I have been watching the Tour de France without fail every day. I've been following the progress of Bradley Wiggins and team Sky from the beginning. Its been absolutely amazing and I have loved watching every minute. Today was the last stage in Paris and the most exciting finish with Mark Cavendish sprinting to the win and Wiggins taking the GC. Wow! Amazing achievement from Wiggins and team Sky (all of whom I have also fallen in love with).

 I was going to make this post right at the start of the tour in order to mock his awful sideburns, but I decided to wait until later and in the end I thought it would be best to talk about his sideburns once he won.   Over the last 3 weeks Wiggins sideburns have been making many headlines. He has been given many different nicknames. I've heard him being called 'the banana with sideburns', Mr sideburns and also Coronal Sideburns. Sideburns has become his thing.These Wiggins masks  have also been spotted on the tour. How amazing..! While sideburns isn't really a good look, I am now completely in love with them.

Worst hair at European Athletics Championships 2012?

I have been watching the 2012 European athletics championships that has just taken place in Helsinki. There has been some great events, my favourite being the men's pole vault final. I have never really payed attention to the pole vault before this year but after that final I fell a little bit in love with the eventual winner Renaud Lavillenie, and also the silver medalist Björn Otto. <3. They had nice hair as well. I mean i did think Otto's hair made him look a bit like a werewolf, but still, it was interesting.

So yeah, there hasn't been many bad hairstyles while I have been watching. However, there was one which stood out quite a lot, the bronze medalist in the womens hammer Anna Bulgakova.

 What is going on with her hair? She's got a mohican AND a mullet. I mean i can accept the mohican, thats not really too bad, but a mullet... no no no no no. What an awful haircut, I really just want to grab it and cut it off! Obviously congratulations on her bronze medal though. The gold medalist Anita Włodarczyk had a pretty crazy hairdo as well.

Euro 2012 Hairstyles

So I have been loosely following the Euro 2012 football tournament currently taking place. While I do like football, 90 minutes is a long time to watch a game without getting bored. Hence why I have started rating football players based on hair. Here are some of the most memorable hair cuts i have so far observed:

1.Fernando Torres

So, I've always had a soft spot for Torres. Mostly due to the fact he dyes his hair blonde and wears girly headbands while he plays. I was disappointed when he moved to Chelsea and let his hair grow back brown. Since redyeing it blonde, it seems he has re-found some of his previous form. Proof that blonde is always better. Rating 8/10

2. Andy Carroll / Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Surprisingly I have been seeing a large amount of footballers in euro 2012 with ponytails e.g. Andy Carol and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I've never been a fan of men with ponytails. There is something weird to me about a football player running about the pitch with his hair in a ballet bun. It should never be done, just no. . Rating 3/10

3.  Petr Jiráček

 If this hair cut was designed to scare away the opposition I think its working, he terrifies me at least. But honestly, I don't think he needs the long ragged locks to be scary, please cut them off..!   
Rating 1/10 

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

Blergh. Ronaldo has the hair or someone who is arrogant, over-confident and in love with himself. So I guess his haircut reflects him well. While I can't stand him, his hair isn't too bad, if a little over gelled. Rating 6/10


5.  Mario Balotelli

Haha, well what can I say. While this hair cut is clearly ridiculous (for obvious reasons)  it really wouldn't be right if someone wasn't sporting a platinum blonde mohawk at a major tournament.  Rating 5/10