Since the death of Paul, the oracle octopus who had a perfect record in predicting winners at the 2010 World Cup, there have been many other animals to copy his schtick and they have all been pretty terrible. But since Bayern Munich are playing the Champions League final at their home ground, Chelsea will need all the support they can get.

Fonte: Uol
O Chelsea apresentou nesta sexta-feira uma oferta para comprar a usina termelétrica desativada do bairro de Battersea, em Londres, que foi capa de um disco da banda Pink Floyd. O objetivo, segundo comunicado emitido pelo clube, é transformá-la "em um dos estádios mais emblemáticos do mundo".

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish will allow all of his players to 'put their CV in' for selection for the FA Cup final.
The Reds face Fulham at Anfield in the Premier League on Tuesday, but the most significant game in terms of their season is the Wembley encounter against Chelsea four days later.

Leeds United ditched training in favour of a trip to the Flamingo Land amusement park, which sponsors their academy. Manager Neil Warnock put his 'dad's day out rucksack' on (video above) and hit the rides. Keep your eyes peeled for him at the back of the motorbike-themed rollercoaster in the video below.

QPR 2-1 Arsenal

Like most Arsenal fans, I expect, I wasn't naïve enough to anticipate a serene run of victories that would enable us to sail through to the end of the season unhindered. I expected a blip, but I didn't really expect that blip yesterday. Maybe the players didn't, either, and therein lies the rub.

Remember Anfield Cat? Well ITS hates cats. Especially LOL cats. They have ruined the internet for everyone! So here are some other pitch invading animals... A dog has the time of his life! Here a police dog sniffs out something dodgy in the match ball and saves the day! Football should be played with ducks [.

The dream always starts the same. I'm riding in a car through the heartland, and somewhere west of Kansas City we arrive at a giant mountain which requires us to go through a tunnel. On the other end of the tunnel is a wasteland - a charred, blackened landscape with no clouds or animals, and plenty of shattered trees.

Why it's a dog life at United for Anderson and watch Burnley's brilliant housework video

A Manchester United player craze for Bernese Mountain Dogs has had unfortunate consequences for midfielder Anderson. The talented linguist, who last year told MUTV "I no speak England very very good, mate", was so impressed with the hounds team-mates were buying from a shop in Salford that he decided to get two of his own.

Keeper makes a 'owler If you have been watching Frozen Planet on the Beeb recently, you will be aware of some of the incredible footage of animals at extreme North and South of our planet. However, it appears that a Colombian owl has got a touch jealous of its polar cousins, and decided to gain [...]

Keeper makes a 'owler If you have been watching Frozen Planet on the Beeb recently, you will be aware of some of the incredible footage of animals at extreme North and South of our planet. However, it appears that a Colombian owl has got a touch jealous of its polar cousins, and decided to gain [...]

The Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Sounders teamed up have some animals play with soccer balls. Who doesn't like big cats, wolves, bears and a miniture donkey with the game we love?

Read their blog entry on the subject.

Oh, and go to the zoo as an adult some time. I went with my dad over the summer and it was a cool way to remember youth, but learn some stuff.

By Chris Wright

I assume you're all perfectly aware already, but today is 'World Animal Day' (of course you're aware, it was hardly worth mentioning) and, as such, we've taken the opportunity to cobble together a first-choice XI of pun-tastic footballing 'animals'.

Top 10 footballers that look like animals Suarez, Bale, Neville, Sagna and more

Click on the arrows to see which players resemble which members of the animal kingdom

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New research by psychologists at the University of Amsterdam suggests that goalkeepers are biased to dive to the right during penalty-kick shootouts.
The study found that during penalty shootouts, goalies will dive to the right side 71 percent of the time when their team is down, but not when they're tied or ahead.

Zlat is quackers File this one under 'strange things your hear at AC Milan training sessions'. Apparently, Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a keen keeper of ducks. Whether the big man has a dream of living The Good Life-style sustainability by working the land and keeping animals or has simply begun keeping poultry in honour [.

Sad news for today, Queca is no longer with us... Queca became a household name thanks to his regular appearances on the Crackòvia show. Earlier today Carles Puyol announced the sad passing of his beloved sheep via his Twitter account:

Hoy es un día triste para mi, Queca ha muerto, ya era mayor y no supo llevar la fama, ahora tengo otro animal de compañía, después paso foto

But Capita already has two other animals waiting in line to fill the gap that Queca left.

Five players on Mexico's national team were suspended from the Gold Cup, and from international football, because of positive results from a doping test conducted on 21 May. The implicated players are Francisco Rodríguez, Antonio "Sinha" Naelson, Edgar Dueñas, Cristián Bermúdez, and Guillermo Ochoa.

In Yann Martel's Life of Pi, four animals find themselves shipwrecked. An orangutan, a zebra, a hyena, and a tiger, along with the protagonist, are crammed into a tiny lifeboat together, eventually eating each other as the story progresses and hunger becomes a large concern. The zebra is the first to be eaten, torn apart bit by bit by the hyena.

Images: City-Press via berlinonline.de.

This past Monday, Fabian Lustenberger and Sascha Burchert were two of the Hertha BSC footballers who spent their free time with some of their furrier friends at the zoo. One fortunate, flipper-clad lady that also happens to be named Hertha went as far as securing herself a sponsorship deal with the club.

I love animals, so it's a wonder there hasn't been more clips of this kind at NSC. Here, a Brazilian police dog get's a little too excited and a bit of the spotlight. And I'd presume, his butterfingered handler got a slightly used soccer ball and a bill for one new soccer ball.Said the embarrassed cop afterward: "(W)oof.

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