In the normal football world, athletes being caught on the wrong side of the law, or on the wrong side of photographers, with alcohol driving the bus isn't all that rare. Hell, it might even get you a starting spot at a London club. Most of the time it's a penal slap on the wrist [...] Click to continue reading...

Desde que regreso a Brasil para jugar en el Flamengo, Adriano esta en el camino a la recuperacion de su problema con el alcohol. Pero su imagen sigue siendo una gran fuente para ayudar vender varios productos y uno de ellos es el crack cocaina! Segun Jornal do Brasil policias antidroga arrestaron al traficante Cordovil a las fueras de Rio y con el encontraron varias bolsas de crack cocaina con la imagen de Adriano. Click to continue reading...

Dos Ríos, ni ciudad ni pueblo ni barrio: paraje. Ahí sobre la ruta E66, a la altura de Acochinga, Córdoba, Argentina.
El sol recién escondido. Ocho de la noche. El peladero de pollos, ya fantasmagórico, separaba las dos familias sentadas afuera, mate y fuego en un silencio salvaje. Click to continue reading...

Another headline that's surely never been written in the history of the English language.
This story takes us to Scotland, where it turns out a bunch of Aberdeen fans were dressed as sheep as they rode the train to an upcoming soccer match against Hibs in Edinburgh.
One unfortunate 24-year-old dude was apparently set alight and ran through the cars with his sheep-suit engulfed in flames. Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce was quick to get his excuses in for his side's 5-0 capitulation at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, revealing that two of his players contracted swine flu. Now, ahead of tomorrow's Carling Cup fixture against the league leaders, Bolton manager Gary Megson has revealed that four of his players are now suffering from pig flu.

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Sam Allardyce was quick to get his excuses in for his side's 5-0 capitulation at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, revealing that two of his players contracted swine flu. Now, ahead of tomorrow's Carling Cup fixture against the league leaders, Bolton manager Gary Megson has revealed that four of his players are now suffering from pig flu.

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Here's a story that slipped by us over the weekend Serbian President Boris Tadic (pictured above, center) was charged by police last Friday for allegedly breaking an anti-hooligan law barring the sale or consumption of alcohol in stadiums.

Tadic and other officials reportedly popped bottles of champagne in their VIP lounge at Red Star Belgrade stadium following Serbia's World Cup qualification clinching victory of Romania.

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Lo que acaba de suceder en el estadio Corona de Torreón me llamó mucho la atención, primero porque nunca antes se ha jugado profesionalmente un juego de futbol sin malla que divida la cancha del público, y segundo porque es un gran riesgo jugarse en esas condiciones.

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We love a man that makes a statement. And Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola's statement seems to be that he participates in glute-focussed squat training.

We've never been as environmentally friendly as we should be, but suddenly we feel compelled to dust off our Brita filter, grow our own alcohol and start an eco-friendly cosmetics line.

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We love a man that makes a statement. And Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola's statement seems to be that he participates in glute-focussed squat training.

We've never been as environmentally friendly as we should be, but suddenly we feel compelled to dust off our Brita filter, grow our own alcohol and start an eco-friendly cosmetics line.

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If you're Scottish, you are watching your football nation die. Once, a thriving field of imaginative players lived in this football worshiping country; now a dead zone, populated by footballing zombies. Scotland's 4-0 defeat against Norway in the World Cup qualifier ranks as the worst effort by a Scottish team, probably, ever.

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Al tiempo que la magia de Kaká cogía un vuelo hacia Madrid para explotar su plenitud, y quizás coincidiendo con la escolta de los tiffosi a Ronaldinho con el objeto de arropar a un genio que tira cada día su carrera de supuesto ex-mejor jugador del mundo por la borda, las luces de alarma se han encendido en Millanello. Click to continue reading...

The Daily Fail Mail is reporting that Portsmouth's David Nugent and Marc Wilson were fined two weeks' wages for holding their own personal drunken hotel room death match while the club was in Portugal last week:

Striker Nugent, a £6million buy from Preston, and midfielder Wilson are understood to have squared up to each other with metal clothes rails torn from their hotel wardrobes at 5am on Sunday after a night of heavy drinking.

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I need to start taking notes. Notepads can't be too expensive, can they? But then I'll have to deal with the fact that I write slower than I run and I have a general distaste for shorthand in all its forms. I refuse to use Internet shorthand in any kind of electronic communication, for example.

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Maradona ve üzerine giydiği sosyal sorumluluk ile ilgili bir tişört. Fotoğrafın yılını tam bilmiyorum ama oldukça manidar olduğu kesin. "Kadına Şiddete Son" yazılı tişört giymişti bir ara Yattara! Aynı hesap burada da geçerli. George Best'in "No to Alcohol" yazılı tişörtü var mıydı merak etmekteyim. Click to continue reading...

I saw this clip on Sportscenter and nearly spit out my drink*. It's one thing for The Beckham Experiment to get all this attention in the soccersphere but it's some whole other sh*t for it to make it on to ESPN. Maybe John Anderson is right; Oprah's couch --with an assist from Dr. Phil-- just might be the place to get this beef squashed. Click to continue reading...

Courtesy of Laurie at The Seattle Offside:

It's no secret that there is no love lost between Portland and Seattle when it comes to our soccer teams.

Okay, that's a bit of an understatement. "Teams and supporters groups would cheerfully rip each other's hearts out and consume them while they're still beating" might be slightly more accurate.

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Frank Lampard is still on holiday in Las Vegas.

It's been longer than 48 hours. In fact, it's been a week.

We didn't think it was possible to "do" Vegas for that long without dying of alcohol poisoning or catching something that requires a prescription. But it would seem Lampsy is in his element: sun, poolside drinks and skanky chicas as far as the eye can see.

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Frank Lampard is still on holiday in Las Vegas.

It's been longer than 48 hours. In fact, it's been a week.

We didn't think it was possible to "do" Vegas for that long without dying of alcohol poisoning or catching something that requires a prescription. But it would seem Lampsy is in his element: sun, poolside drinks and skanky chicas as far as the eye can see.

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Still nothing tangible to talk about transfer-wise, so here are the 2007-08 arrest figures for Premier League clubs:

Weren't we well behaved? There is some overlap. While no Spurs fans were arrested for violent disorder, four did throw missiles. Most racists: Spurs and Chelsea.

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On the cusp of Father's Day, it's only appropriate to gaze upon the greatest dad on earth, Chelsea defender John Terry.

Terry, father of the father of 3-year-old twins, Georgie John and Summer Rose, beat out reigning champion Peter Andre in a UK poll of adults sponsored by Daddies Sauce to become Dad of the Year.

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It's Friday, and although we always start (and finish) the day with an alcoholic beverage and/or chocolate infused with alcohol, we're quite certain we're sober enough to I.D. Arsenal's Samir Nasri on holiday with Sunderland/Marseille striker Djibril Cissé.

Their partners, tennis player Tatiana Golovin and Jude Cissé, were also in attendance and have been taking shoulder taxis throughout Miami beach.

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It's Friday, and although we always start (and finish) the day with an alcoholic beverage and/or chocolate infused with alcohol, we're quite certain we're sober enough to I.D. Arsenal's Samir Nasri on holiday with Sunderland/Marseille striker Djibril Cissé.

Their partners, tennis player Tatiana Golovin and Jude Cissé, were also in attendance and have been taking shoulder taxis throughout Miami beach.

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Watch the video.Is Cristiano Ronaldo dating Hotel heiress Paris Hilton? The Real Madrid bound Reds midfielder was seen with Paris at L.A.'s club MyHouse.According to x17online-"Cristiano and Paris were all over each other swapping spit the entire night! His table needed every waitress in the building to service the large quantities of alcohol, and he spent an excess of 20 thousand dollars on Click to continue reading...

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand and Chelsea's Frank Lampard were out on the town last night.

They were seen out having drinks and doing the social thing at Movida in London.

Oh, to have been a skank perched on a bar stool in a micro mini nearby. The things we would love to have overheard/witnessed/created due to alcohol.

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Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand and Chelsea's Frank Lampard were out on the town last night. They were seen out having drinks and doing the social thing at Movida in London.

*Sigh* Oh, to have been a skank perched on a bar stool in a micro mini nearby. The things we would love to have overheard/witnessed/created due to alcohol.

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One of the time-honored, post-match traditions of adult league soccer leagues is to head to the pub and have a pint or two (or three). Many believe that beer and other alcohol-containing drinks actually aid recovery. The argument is that alcohol is a carbohydrate and carbohydrates help replenish energy stores. Click to continue reading...

El Salvador National Soccer Team
Originally uploaded by Music4mix Solo los jugadores mas calificados pueden pertenecer a "La Selecta", la selección nacional del Salvador , solo que sus aficionados están siendo un poco rudos en sus ataques contra el Tricolor y no son muy selectos que digamos. Click to continue reading...

Pizza/pita/round bread of some kind isn't the only thing Luca Toni gets out of bed for. He also is perfectly happy to flog sausages too. That sounds a helluva lot dirtier than it actually is.
New Real Madrid signing (?)Kaka has given his son a rather fetching comb over, dontcha think?

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Pizza/pita/round bread of some kind isn't the only thing Luca Toni gets out of bed for. He also is perfectly happy to flog sausages too. That sounds a helluva lot dirtier than it actually is.
New Real Madrid signing (?)Kaka has given his son a rather fetching comb over, dontcha think?

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The top two teams in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying square off tonight at Estadio Saprissa as the U.S. national team visits Costa Rica.

You know all the background by now. The Americans have never won at Saprissa. Costa Rica is very strong at Saprissa and a win for either team tonight would go a long way toward helping that team qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

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The top two teams in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying square off tonight at Estadio Saprissa as the U.S. national team visits Costa Rica.

You know all the background by now. The Americans have never won at Saprissa. Costa Rica is very strong at Saprissa and a win for either team tonight would go a long way toward helping that team qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

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The ban on alcohol is not being followed as fans flock and drink ahead of the big event... Click to continue reading...

Satisfied for Sunderland, numb about Newcastle United, maudlin for Middlesbrough. The inquests will rage, clubs will expand or contract and the world will turn. Forgive us if we do not add to that - there is enough of it in the print version of The Times. This is a moment to seek solace in black humour, sarcasm and possibly alcohol (hey, it's never too early). Click to continue reading...

The Champions League final is nearly here. Barcelona v Manchester United in Rome. Are you ready?

If you can answer yes to the following question, we deem you fit and worthy of viewing this massive event in the football calendar:

You have alcohol on your person or you are in some sort of establishment that will happily supply you with some.

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