Not to be too much of a wet blanket, but rumors that the Seattle Sounders are pursuing Michael
Ballack appear to have no basis in reality. At least, that's the plainly obvious way to read
comments Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer made to Sounder at Heart.
"Although Michael Ballack is a player that we have admired for many years, he is not a player
that we are currently pursuing," Hanauer said in an email.
Vincent Kompany was rightly sent off for a two footed challenge on Nani at the weekend in a game
that saw Manchester City knocked out of the FA Cup.
Nani got out of the way of the challenge, saving himself from getting hurt, and Wayne Rooney
complained to referee Chris Foy.
After the game, Roberto Mancini claimed that the challenge was "300%" not a red card and accused
Rooney of influencing the ref.
Roma legend and skipper Francesco Totti broke the Serie A scoring record for a single club after
managing to score a quick double on Saturday during the 5-1 win over Cesena. The two goals scored
by Totti brought his tally to 211 goals with the Giallorossi in the Italian top flight.
Totti has now played 486 times in Serie A and scored 211 goals to beat the record of Swedish
legend Gunnar Nordahl who managed to score 210 goals for Milan in league play.
Plaxico Burress is looking for a job in the NFL. Where does he want to end up? With the
Philadelphia Eagles and playing with Michael Vick as his quarterback. Burress and Vick were friends
when they were children and the two talk to each other often.
"I really believe he can bring a championship to Philadelphia," said Burress on ESPN Radio, "and
I'd love to be part of that.
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- On This Day March 3.
At 35 years old, former Germany captain Michael Ballack is nearing the end of a long and very
impressive career as a footballer. Yet, instead of admitting that age is catching up to him, as it
does everyone, Ballack has decided that his diminishing place as a footballer is due to a series of
conspiracies that may or may not involve aliens (OK, he didn't say that.
If you're anything like Carlos Tevez (and who isn't?), you know how hard it can be to keep
friends. So with that in mind, Carlos has put together a fail-proof system to make friends and keep
them for as long as you find them useful (even if they don't want to like you!).
Though your individual situation might be different, following some variation of these steps
will bring you guaranteed friendships forever (sort of).
Click here to view the embedded video.
George Lucas didn't spend billions of dollars on laser beam technology for Star Wars on a whim,
y'know. The man knew that exciting zappy type things are appealing to most boys (and the occasional
Kickette staffer), and when Nike released their new NT kits last month, they proved that 35 years
has not dented the laser's appeal in the slightest.
There were too many brilliant moments from Athletic Bilbao's Europa League
semi-final celebrations yesterday to choose from that surely, the city set to hold the craziest
'fiestas' over the weekend will be Bilbao! And who can
blame Iker Muniain (above) for celebrating the way he did really diving headfirst
into the crowd and sharing the love especially after Bilbao turned the scoreline around and handed
Sporting Lisbon a 3-1 defeat to progress 4-3 on aggregate.
Newcastle United have recorded their highest home attendance for more than 35 years. Newcastle's
famous fans Sunday's last home game against league leaders Manchester City, saw 52,389 supporters
in the ground to watch Newcastle take on league leaders Manchester City, which we fianlly lost 2-0,
after a brave effort.
