By Chris Wright

It was David Luiz's 25th birthday on Sunday and Chelsea or more specifically, Juan Mata duly marked the occasion by buying the be-crimped centre-half a pretty awesome birthday cake...

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By Chris Wright

It was David Luiz's 25th birthday on Sunday and Chelsea or more specifically, Juan Mata duly marked the occasion by buying the be-crimped centre-half a pretty awesome birthday cake...

Image: INY

Sunday marked Chelsea defender David Luiz's 25th birthday and to mark the occasion, his teammates gave him a special cake featuring a large Sideshow Bob wearing his kit and sitting on a football pitch. Because of his special hairstyle, Luiz has been endlessly compared to The Simpsons' character and it seems that even his teammates get in on the jokes.

Messi makes history becoming FC Barcelona's all-time highest scorer in win against Granada (Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images)

Lionel Messi secured his place in Barcelona history with a sensational hat-trick performance in the Catalans' 5-3 victory over Granada to become the club's official all-time leading goal-scorer.

LFC: Birthday boy Lucas in 6 videos

Lucas Leiva celebrates his 25th birthday today and in honour of our Brazilian international here are six great videos of him in action in LFC TV Online.

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October 20, 2011–Brandon Massie will return home to play soccer and goes down Norfolk SharX history as the team's first-ever signing. He'll also get to celebrate his 25th birthday a few days early.

Massie, who played high school soccer at Hickory and collegiately at Virginia Wesleyan–where he is also an assistant coach–will be on the field Nov.

October 20, 2011–Brandon Massie will return home to play soccer and goes down Norfolk SharX history as the team's first-ever signing. He'll also get to celebrate his 25th birthday a few days early.

Massie, who played high school soccer at Hickory and collegiately at Virginia Wesleyan–where he is also an assistant coach–will be on the field Nov.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zuzi was voted MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters for Week 23.

Zusi scored two goals in a 3-1 win over the Portland Timbers midweek, and turned in another strong performance in his team's 1-0 defeat of D.C. United on Sunday, as Sporting Kansas City moved into second place in the Eastern Conference Standings.

Last weekend, the discussion in MLS centered around dives, specifically Charlie Davies' dive against Real Salt Lake to grab a point for DC. This weekend, "dives" were again the discussion but for a different reason: take a look at the Roger Levesque celebration from Thursday if you have not already seen it and enjoy its genius (although come on John Harkes, a little more excitement or creativity in describing it?

Celebrating his 25th birthday tomorrow, D.C. United forward Charlie Davies has much to be thankful for. Less than two years removed from a life-threatening car accident that almost derailed his professional career, the U.S. National Team striker is back to doing what he does best in Major League Soccer.

PARIS, France — French international striker Andre-Pierre Gignac finally justified his 18-million-euro transfer fee on Sunday when he scored his first home league goal for champions Marseille in a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux. It was only Gignac's second league strike of the season his first was at St Etienne in October although he [.

PARIS, France — Lille kept up their unlikely charge for a first French title in over half a century on Saturday when African strike pair Moussa Sow and Gervinho scored in a 2-0 win at Nice. Lille, whose last league triumph came in 1954, stay a point clear of Paris Saint Germain who defeated Sochaux [.