Best friends and roommates Omar Cummings and Kosuke Kimura put a beat down on the Under-A-Chivas Saturday night. After a first half where nothing happened but the Rapids controlled play mainly through Chivas' inability to do anything in the offensive third Omar decided it was time for a change...to his shoes.

Colorado's starters will have to wait until Thursday to find out what the team will look like after Tuesday's trade of midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy for forward Macoumba Kandji.

The starters are scheduled to take the day off from practice on Wednesday, which gives the team a couple of days to figure out where Kandji fits and who will be called on to create from the midfield in front of Saturday's 7 p.

WNT players wait out the lightning in the players' lounge at KSU Stadium. Eventually, practiced was called

Today, we believe, was a first for the WNT. For the first time in WNT history a training was cancelled due to lightning. The sun was out when the squad left the team hotel, but by the time they hit the field there were some ominous dark clouds forming and after 30 minutes, lightning strikes hit, strikes that seemed not that close, but also not that far away.

Watching Michael Ballack limp off the pitch after 30 minutes in Bayer 04's match against against Hannover on Saturday, it was hoped the damage done by a harsh challenge from Sergio Pinto wasn't anything to be too concerned about. Today, further examination revealed that Ballack suffered a fractured tibia and [read more]

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Hmm, Wayne Rooney looks surprisingly happy for a man who is so far in the doghouse he can't even see the entrance. Or, he's just a heartless twat?

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Predictions for the Battle of Britain (sorry)?

If you've spent more than 30 minutes in a room with me, I've probably asked you if you own your own domain (SallySmith.com or JohnSmith.com for example). When I hear the word "no", this is usually my laundry list of reasons why you should make it happen.

1. Manage your reputation.

Your good name is your good reputation, and make no mistake about it, there's somebody else out there who shares your name.

In the next 30 minutes Messi's going to be arriving in London! So now it's time for us to tell you exactly where he's going to be.

Hackney Marshes, 4pm
So his first game as the world's fastest sub is going to be taking place on Hackney Marshes around 4pm. The game's already started, and he'll be joining it as soon as his helicopter has raced him across the city!

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Who are the Olyroos who will play for the Socceroos and who are the Olyroos who'll never make it?
We call the Young Socceroos who will make it; and those who'll never play for the Big Boys.

Chelsea beat Marseille last night 2-0 with goals from Captain John Terry and a Nicolas Anelka penalty in the first half. If you hadn't seen the game you would have the feeling of job done and that's two wins out of two, but watching the game and for the opening 30 minutes of the second half there is no question that you would be slightly disappointed that we sat back and let Marseille into the game.

Newly signed Barcelona forward David Villa will be suspended one match for the red card he received last weekend against Athletic Bilbao. The World Cup winning forward was sent off late in the 3-1 away victory when he jabbed at Athletic defender Carlos Gurpegi striking the footballer briefly in the face with his fist.