Michael Ballack’s agent blames ‘gays’ for German World Cup defeat

Don’t mention the war. Or ‘the gays’, for that matter. Before this year’s World Cup even kicked off, Michael Becker (German footballer Michael Ballack’s agent) apparently complained to a writer from Der Spiegel that the German team was rife with gay players, plus one who was ‘half gay’, whatever that means. Understandably, the comments have kicked off something of a controversy in Germany, but perhaps they’re on to something — if having only some gay players on the team got them third place in 2010, a completely gay team will surely have them hoisting the trophy in 2014! Read more.