This weekend's headlines were stolen by Emmauel Adebayor even before a ball was kicked. Saturday morning, Adebayor finally lashed out at his former club Arsenal, moments before the Gunners kicked-off a challenging visit to the Eastlands.

With AIG's latest announcement, the footballing world finally got a glimpse of the current world economic crisis. Up until this point there have been few reminders about the reality of our non-footballing lives, but David Gill and the rest of the Manchester United executives have been handed the tough task of finding a company that will part with millions of pounds each year.

Former England captain David Beckham was once again the talk of the town in the Italian Serie A as he scored the first goal of his Milan career against Bologna just moments ago. Beckham, on loan to the Rossoneri in a bid to impress England's Italian manager Fabio Capello, arrived at the end of a Clarence Seedorf pass and struck beautifully into the top corner from the right side of the box.

A capacity crowd of more than 78,000 was in attendance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Sunday. At the full time whistle, Giants Stadium appeared to be a sight of gross injustice more than anything else. After resiliently fighting with their third-string side for the entire tournament, the Americans finally fell to their bitter regional rivals, Mexico, albeit very harshly.