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Two strange but true stories, Top 5, who to follow and what’s on in March STRANGE BUT TRUE WHAT’S ON IN MARCH VALENTINES DAY HITS THE WINTER OLYMPICS The luge is a fairly dangerous sport as it is, but for some, it’s just lacking something… Oh yeh, another person! The Double Luge came to the spotlight recently, on Valentine’s Day of all days, as photos surfaced of 2 people hurtling down the luge track on the same sled. No extra special equipment, simply another person with as big as big cojones as you, who lies on top and comes along for the ride. Why? Well if you’re going to throw yourself down a slide of ice at over 70mph, you might as well do it with someone else. This sport is the only proof you need that 2 really is better than 1 / everything is better with a mate. brawl broke out on the field. A late penalty for Bahia to equalize the game at 1-1, saw the Vitoria keeper lose his cool and confront the goalscorer. Queue a loss of composure by members of both teams with hands flying around and some swings making Anderson Silva proud (Brazilian MMA). Interestingly there wasn’t anyone diving to the ground rolling in agony though… Food for thought… 25 th March Australian Grand Prix Rolex, Mercedes, Heineken 17 th March Six Nations Finale Natwest, Guinness 31 st March Anthony Joshua vs. Joshua Parker JD, William Hill, StubHub TOP 5 WHO TO FOLLOW 2018 Winter Olympic Moments On Instagram, not in real life 1 Red Gerard Gold Medal – 17 year old wins slopestyle for USA 1 @anthony_joshua for his intensive pre-fight training regime 2 Men’s thrilling aerials – if you’ve never heard of this, just watch! 2 @philadelphiaeagles to follow their 2018 /19 journey 3 Speed Skating Record Smashed – 500m speed skating final 3 @ee for future innovative red carpet coverage 4 Shaun White scores 97.75 – becomes 1 st snowboarder to win 3 Olympic titles 4 @nikelondon – Nothing Beats a Londoner 5 VAR for curling?? – a controversial decision against Team GB 5 @theacademy for all things Oscars GAME ABANDONED AFTER 9 RED CARDS Forget Football Clubs, 2 teams in Brazil have shown their allegiance to Fight Clubs. The match between Bahia and Vitoria saw the referee go to his back pocket, and pull out the red card 9 times after a mass 13 th -16 th March Cheltenham Festival Betway, Unibet, Timico