Continuing our build up to the World Cup 2010, each month we are bringing you a top ten list provided by the team over at World Cup Odds. This month the topic is World Cup villains, and we have selected five choices from the World Cup Odds voting to highlight.

Marco Materazzi

Not only was Materazzi one of Italy's heroes through his excellent defensive displays in the tournament, but he helped the Azzurri take home the world's most coveted prize as he was the attention of Zinedine Zidane's head.

Rumours reached the internet early this evening of a bust-up between Newcastle team-mates Andy Carroll and Steven Taylor. The altercation is thought to have happened at United's training ground. It's alleged that Andy Carroll has been treated for a hand injury at the RVI hospital. The injury is apparently due to a punch thrown at [.

Now this just caught me off guard. Why would Zlatan Ibrahimovic want to take a risk of being broken in two? That is exactly what happened on Friday when the Swedish forward took on the American defender (incredible hulk pictured to the left) during a practice scrimmage. I am not sure what the altercation was about but I could certainly see Ibra provoking Onyewu.

The Newcastle Journal is reporting this morning that Steven Taylor wants to move on from the stupid altercation with Andy Carroll which landed Steven in the Newcastle General Hospital on Sunday, with a broken jaw. Steven Taylor - willing to move on But it also appears that Steven will now be unable to return this season, after [.

It's a Sunday and no shortage of stories on Newcastle today, although most of them will not be true but what's new? Steven Taylor West Ham interested There is news in the People today that West Ham want to get Newcastle's Steven Taylor in the summer. With the altercation between Carroll and Steven Taylor still in [.

Advantage Inter

What a compelling game just finished in the San Siro. Inter were worthy 3-1 winners on the night and once again not only did Jose Mourinho get his tactics spot on, but his players gave their all in the pursuit of victory. The tie is a long way from being over, it's not hard to envisage Barca scoring twice in El Camp Nou after all, but tonight's win for the Nerazurri will leave their outstanding captain Javier Zanetti and his team mates dreaming of a date with destiny in Madrid on May 22nd.

Ever since there was the altercation between Andy Carroll and Steven Taylor in March there has been various news in the papers that one or other of them will be leaving the Tyneside club this summer. Steven Taylor - new contract at Newcastle But that's the very last thing that Newcastle want and it turns out that [.

A student from Southend's South Essex College has been taken to hospital following an incident outside the Luker Road campus at lunchtime (Monday).
It's thought the man received head injuries after becoming involved in an altercation.
According to the Echo, one passer-by reported seeing what he thought was blood pouring from the man's ear.

Note : This post was written after the defeat to Fiorentina in the Champions league. With me still lost for words over the loss at Emirates, I'd like to make a re-visit to continue my support for the man who cares for the club the most. So some of the readers who are new to this blog kindly have a look.

By Darshan Joshi

We have already exposed the whirlpools of infighting that have, especially in the past week, engulfed the French national side in South Africa. If you haven't yet familiarised yourselves with what did happen, this piece of news is going to astonish you. In a nutshell, though, here is what has already happened:

- Raymond Domenech is utterly mad

- Legends like Zinedine Zidane, Just Fontaine and Bixente Lizarazu have castigated the national team, and coach

- William Gallas is jealous that Patrice Evra got chosen as captain ahead of him

- Florent Malouda was inexplicably left out of the opening match against Uruguay, and that didn't sit well with the players, or Malouda himself

- Sidney Govou was picked for both matches, despite not being at full form.

Alain Finkielkraut, an arch conservative refers to Les Bleus as a bunch of thugs who have the morals of the mafia. Finkielkraut says that this generation of caillera (the street slang incomprehensible to white French - a metonym for non-whites) makes him want to throw up. They are destroying the fabric of France.

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Robin Van Persie, Thomas Vermaelen, Cesc Fabregas & Carlos Vela get their moody on. (Getty Images/Daylife)

Remember High School? The competitive jockeying for social position, battles won and lost on appearance and wealth rather than anything remotely intellectual?

Happy days.

Well, the LA Lakers basketball game against Minnesota Timberwolves in London on Sunday night brought out the usual contingent of footie boys, all hoping that some of the cool exuded from this most American of sports would rub off and increase their ‘hipness' quotient.

Andy Carroll's new car was set on fire while parked on the drive of team-mate Kevin Nolan's house, last night, just after 7:00 pm. Andy and Kevin in better times Andy has been told to live with Kevin Nolan for three months, after his most recent altercation in Hexham last Sunday, and he only [...

It's been two months and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is already causing havoc at AC Milan. Today at training the hot-tempered Swede got into an altercation with USMNT player Oguchi Onyewu. According to the Italian media, Onyewu reacted to an aggressive tackle from Ibrahimovic which resulted in the US player choking the on loan from Barcelona player.

Apparently Florent Malouda is facing a three-match ban for his role whatever that was in an incident with the appalling Phil Neville early in Saturday's draw at Stamford Bridge.

Are you kidding me?

Let's go to the video review, shall we?

Wow. So Phil crashes into Malouda from the back for the second time in quick succession.

Boro striker in trouble with the Old Bill... again Former England under-21 international Leroy Lita was handed an £80 fixed penalty notice after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly. The Middlesbrough striker, aged 25, was taken to a police station after getting into an altercation with uniformed officers on a night out in Newcastle.

Liverpool exec. Tom Hicks Jr. was forced to resign after sending some nasty, expletive-laden emails to a fan.
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho is still facing the fallout for his altercation with a journalist.
Is it worth it?
In Hicks' case, no. For Mourinho? Probably.

We certainly hope Guti's bitey mood isn't because of his Stunted Style-Icon nomination.

During a press conference today, the Real Madrid midfielder was showing little mercy to inane questions posed to him by journalists. One from Radio Marca in particular really got it.*

Perhaps he didn't have enough coffee, perhaps the Gucci shop shut early, perhaps his horoscope this morning sucked eggs.

We certainly hope Guti's bitey mood isn't because of his Stunted Style-Icon nomination.

During the regular Real Madrid post-training press conference, the midfielder showed no mercy to the inane questions posed by journalists. One from Radio Marca in particular really got it.*

Perhaps he didn't have enough coffee, perhaps the Gucci shop shut early, perhaps his horoscope this morning sucked eggs.

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Stuart Holden is now a member of Bolton Wanderers. He talks to the team's official website here.
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Ronald Blum of the Associated Press talks to Ruud Gullit about his time as a coach in MLS at the LA Galaxy, and he is pretty good at pointing the finger at everyone else.

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Former Premier League striker's daughter killed in suspicious circumstances.

The party-loving daughter of a former Premiership footballer has been found hanged hours after being arrested by police over a fight.
Sibylle Sibierski, 18, had recently moved out of the £1.

Newcastle's midfielder Kevin Nolan put in another solid performance on Saturday, and the Liverpool-born player talked after the game. Kevin Nolan it was only handbags Kevin was naturally asked about the mini altercation between Mike Williamson and captain Alan Smith that occurred following Watford's injury time goal.

With all the news about the altercation between Smith and Williamson after Watford's goal in injury time on Saturday, we're sure the two of them are having a quiet laugh at all the commotion it's caused. Captain and manager discuss stuff Of course this is the club that made world-wide news in April of 2005, when [.

In D.C. United's second preseason encounter with Toronto FC, the Black-and-Red claimed a 1-0 victory in the second match of their 2010 Carolina Challenge Cup run. The first contest between the two clubs in Bradenton, FL was an innocuous 0-0 draw, but Wednesday's match was the polar opposite.

The game was full of hard challenges, back and forth play, and multiple bookings.

Albert Riera has been suspended and put up for sale by Liverpool after his criticism of Rafael Benítez.
The winger was dropped from the Liverpool squad for Thursday night's Europa League game at home to Lille and told not to return to training until Monday, meaning that he will also miss the Barclays Premier League match away to Manchester United on Sunday.

Once again Newcastle United are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Newcastle owner Ashley will be furious at these recent events There are now a myriad of reports out which suggest Steven Taylor is recovering in hospital from an altercation with Andy Carroll on Sunday. And Andy Carroll has at best a murky past in terms [.

With the news this morning there may have been an altercation between Andy Carrol and Steven Taylor on Sunday at the training ground, the Newcastle players will need to show some significant mental strength in the game tonight at Doncaster Rovers. Although the team is excellently positioned for automatic promotion, nothing has been achieved yet, and [.

When you consider all the news yesterday related to the reported altercation between Andy Carroll and Steven Taylor, the fact that Newcastle could go out and get an excellent 1-0 away win, is testament to the spirit in the Magpies side this season. Andy Carroll - great goal last night And this was Doncaster's first defeat in 7 [.

Chris Hughton refused to talk about Andy Carroll's altercation today, but he has talked about the game last night and praised Carroll for a terrific winning goal. Andy Carroll - terrific goal last night Chris talked this morning about the game last night: "It was another hard-fought win and we knew it would be.

Chris Hughton was interviewed by the press after the game last night, but never mentioned the altercation regarding Andy Carroll and Steven Taylor. Andy Carroll - with players after scoring last night Chris was too delighted with the terrific win on the road for Newcastle United against a good Doncaster Rovers side.

In the closing stages of surging Everton's 2-0 away win at Manchester City last night, managers Roberto Mancini and David Moyes got into a brief touchline altercation.
The pair needed to be separated by fourth official Howard Webb, but who do you think would come out on top if the pushing and shoving had continued?

It's quite possibly last week's news, but you've got to admit, the spat and potential bust up between Everton's David Moyes and Manchester City's Roberto Mancini was a little taste of some quality entertainment. EPL Talk has never condoned football related violence by any means, but the occasional scuffle between two passionate managers, in this case, one of them Scottish and the other Italian, definitely made an intense moment into a lasting and enjoyable memory.

One of the strange things that happened back on Sunday, March 21st, was an altercation between two of our younger players, and we got to know about it on the following Tuesday morning. Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood will keep problems in house Newcastle had just returned from a tough game at Bristol City, where they were woeful [.

Newcastle United's 21 year-old star striker Andy Carroll appeared in Newcastle court today over an alleged nightclub altercation. Andy Carroll - shown this morning in Newcastle Notice he's wearing his Newcastle United tie The bad news for Andy is that he was told this morning that his assault charge is so serious, that the case is [.

Detectives have charged a 16-year-old boy in relation to an assault outside Southend's South Essex College in Luker Road.
The incident happened on 8th February in the space between the entrance to the college and the University of Essex. A 17 year old boy from Southend was allegedly punched in the face following an altercation.

Police are appealing for information after two men were stabbed on Southend seafront in the early hours of Sunday (May 2).
The incident happened when the victims were involved in an altercation with three other men, while they were walking along Marine Parade. It's thought to have happened around 12.

It's fairly obvious that the South Africa presented to us by FIFA is not the "real South Africa", whatever that means. Even sports journalists there, notoriously oblivious (for fair enough reasons, much of the time) to their surroundings outside the bubble they are ferried in and out of, were forced to notice this reality last night when a riot broke out by the media centre in Durban.

By TRAVIS CLARK

Fabio Capello is set to give Robert Green a vote of confidence ahead of England's second match at the World Cup.

The Italian will take one more close look at Green's performances in training, but according to reports, is preparing to retain Green as his starting goalkeeper as the Three Lions get set to take on Algeria on Friday.