Who said there is no fun in sports injuries?

Do anyone like to see an injury to a player where sometimes player's career and life could be in question? But sometimes as a fan, you are left with no choice but to sit back and laugh when an athlete gets hurt. There are instances where an athlete does something so stupid, or is so careless, that you have absolutely no sympathy for his injury and wonder how these guys actually get paid to do something with their bodies. Here are some of the stupid, strange and funny athlete injuries.

Football:

Lomana Tresor LuaLua had a scan on the foot injury that kept him out of Portsmouth's last three matches in the English Premiership. The DR Congo striker damaged the joint of his left foot after celebrating an equalizer in the 1-1 draw against Arsenal last year with a somersault. LuaLua, 25, had promised to refrain from back flips until Pompey were safe from relegation in the Premiership but paid the price for a change of mind.

Dave Beasant, the former England goalkeeper, ruptured his ankle ligaments avoiding a falling bottle of salad cream he had just taken out of his fridge. He was injured for two months.

David James, an England goalkeeper, pulled a muscle in his back when reaching for a TV remote control. No wonder they call him ' Calamity James'.

Santiago Canizares, Spain's 2002 World Cup goalkeeper, missed the matches after he had dropped a bottle of cologne on his foot and injured it.

Rio Ferdinand, the England defender, injured a tendon behind his knee while watching TV with his foot up on a coffee table.

Cricket:

Derek Pringle, the former England cricketer, sat down to write a letter before a Test match and stretched his back only to put his back out.

Baseball:

Adam Eaton, the baseball pitcher, apparently stabbed himself while attempting to open a DVD in 2001.

Wade Boggs missed several games for the Winston-Salem Red Sox after hurting himself putting on his cowboy boots.

Vince Coleman missed the 1985 World Series after getting caught in the tarp machine.
[Tarp is machine for removing the tarpaulin covering on a pitch]

Golf:

Sam Torrance, the former Ryder Cup golfer, fractured his sternum in 1993 when he fell over a plant pot whilst sleepwalking. He almost missed the matches at the Belfry.