In Houston, Texas, they postponed a game because they couldn't turn the lights on. In Chile, it was little insects that forced First Division club O'Higgins to postpone its game on Wednesday against Universidad Chile.
It happens that termites chewed so determinedly into the stands of Estadio El Teniente – a 1962 World Cup venue — it was deemed unsafe for spectators.
And then we come to the Third Division in Cyprus, where Polis-Chrysochous and Ayios Athanasios FC players charged onto the field only to find themselves all wearing blue-and-white uniforms. With neither team in possession of alternative jerseys, that game was canceled as well.