10. MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE Fans of any sport have to put up with a lot of banal action before seeing a glimpse of true genius, but YouTube is great for the quick fix. Check out Tiger Woods's chip on the 16th during the 2005 Masters when even the ball got into the swing of things, taking a ridiculously theatrical pause on the lip (search words: tiger chip shot). Trevor Sinclair's strike for QPR 10 years ago makes every other bicyclekicked goal look rubbish (search: sinclair wonder goal), while John Fenton's 1987 goal against Limerick still beggars belief (search: john fenton goal).

9. HOOP DREAMS Basketball is a lot like rugby league, frightfully dull but can be edited into a great highlights package. So check out the NBA's best showboaters grabbing radical airtime, or some such (search: and1 nba decide). If you're still not impressed check out Slamball (search: slamball everybody), which is basically basketball but as a brutal contact sport.

With added trampolines. Get in.

8. RUBBISH WORLD RECORDS If it wasn't for YouTube you'd never have known there was a world record for N31 throwing a washing machine (search: guinness washing machine) nor known how lame that is. Equally you wouldn't have known there was a world record for skimming stones (search: world record stone skims) nor how amazing that is.

7. LET'S ALL POINT AND LAUGH You'd almost feel sorry for him.

Almost. Blackburn's Robbie Savage decides to have a relaxing night out at the darts, but when his smug mug is shown on the big screen, the crowd take the opportunity to scream abuse at him. Surprisingly he seems to enjoy it (search: robbie savage darts). New Chelsea surrogate Avram Grant though probably won't enjoy the fact that fans can now watch clips of his wife on her Israeli TV show dressing as a cow, drinking urine and bathing in chocolate (search: scandalosa grant).

6. GOALKEEPERS ARE MAD. AND STUPID Bayer Leverkusen's keeper is suitably delighted at having tucked away a penalty for his side, but spends so long milking the adulation of his teammates and the crowd that he fails to notice the opposition have restarted the game.

Great shame ensues (search: football funnies). And just in case it's been too long since you've last seen it, watch Rene Higuita treat a shot from Jamie Redknapp with the contempt it deserves (search: higuita scorpion).

5. SING-ALONG Put 'Em Under Pressure . . . an ethereal intro from Maire Ni Bhraonain, a sample of Horslips' Dearg Doom and Jack Charlton rapping . . . What's not to love?

(search: ireland under pressure). And while you're at it check out Beaker, Animal and the Swedish Chef singing Danny Boy (search: muppets danny boy). That may not be strictly sports related but then strictly speaking listing cool things to watch on YouTube isn't really a column either.

4. GOOSE PIMPLES Cheltenham Gold Cup day in 1986 and from beneath the mist Forgive 'N' Forget, Run and Skip, Wayward Lad and Dawn Run serve up one of the greats.

Even if you know every word of the commentary already, the hair will still be standing on the back of your neck three from home (search: dawn run cheltenham). And for another great day to be Irish at Cheltenham, check out Arkle and Mill House, the two 'invincibles' facing off in 1964 (search: arkle mill house).

3. BRAZILIAN GENIUS He wasn't always fat you know. There was a time when Ronaldo was in his pomp at Barcelona that he was so good he never bothered shooting, he'd just stroll around the keeper and walk it in.

This is a compendium of every goal he scored for Barca, and the quality is staggeringly high (search: ronaldo every barcelona). Indeed, Brazilian football is so far ahead of the rest of the world they've invented a new way of dribbling (search: kerlon seal) and even goals scored by ball boys count (search: ball boy scores).

2. RAGING BULL A man getting thrown 20 feet in the air by a bull. Say no more (search: zeb lanham flying).

1. STROKE OF GENIUS Roger Federer hits quite possibly the best tennis shot ever. So good that all Andy Roddick could think of as a riposte was to throw a racket at his opponent (search: federer roddick).

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