Posted on Mon Jan 29, 2007 at 06:34:44 PM EST in Other Sports
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[Sportscolumn is running down the ten dumbest in-game injuries in sports.  Here's #5.]

In a Swiss soccer league game, a Servette FC player set-up a successful goal and in wild merriment he scaled a fence that was in place to separate the fans from the field. The just married Paulo Diogo's wedding band snagged on the fence as he leapt off and part of his finger along with his ring remainder atop the fence after he had hit the ground. Talk about a symbol of love.

And if having a finger ripped off isn't bad enough, a referee misinterpreted Diogo's writhing on the ground and shrieks of agony as an excessive celebration and threw a yellow card in his face. Unfortunately, doctors were unable to reattach the ring finger and instead opted to amputate what portion was left.

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