Why do Joey Barton's team-mates need two eyes? In case he uses a cigar to burn a hole in one, of course. The Marseille midfielder has been telling the world about his golfing exploits after bagging a hole in one during a round yesterday. Barton tweeted: "1st ever hole in one today. 186yd par 3 [...]
AC Milan new boy Mario Balotelli has already found himself the victim of a nasty racial slur from the brother of the club president. Paolo Berlusconi, brother of former Italian prime minister Silvio, called the former Manchester City striker "the family's little n****r" during a political rally for Silvio's People of Freedom party.
Mario Balotelli is used to striking fear into the hearts of defenders around Europe but he got a
taste of his own medicine during his summer holidays. The Manchester City striker and his brother
decided to try out a bungee catapult during a holiday in Ibiza earlier this summer. A petrified
Balotelli was left [.
There's a possibility you've seen this before, but we've just stumbled across it for the first
time and reckoned it be worth a-sharin' for those who haven't clamped eyes on it yet Zizou and his
three young sons, Enzo, Luca and little Theo (who sustains a career-threatening bruised toe
following a horror tackle from his older brother), having a bit of a kickabout in the garden back
in 2007.
22 year-old Romain Amalfitano from Reims should shortly be announced as Newcastle's first summer
signing. Romain Amalfitano - attacking midfielder Romain is the younger brother of 27 year-old
French International Morgan Amalfitano, who plays at Marseilles. The youngster will turn 23 in
August, once he's arrived on Tyneside, and he will be signing a three [.
Manchester United chief executive David Gill is set to head the club's efforts to sign his near-namesake. The Red Devils are reportedly interested in signing 18-year-old Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David Gil. United scout Martin Ferguson, Sir Alex Ferguson's brother, has been keeping a close eye on the Spain under 20 international and the club don't [.
Angelo Henriquez, who passed his Manchester United medical yesterday, has revealed he will talk
to Sir Alex Ferguson today about his future at the club.
It is likely that the 18-year-old striker will remain with Universidad de Chile on loan from
United.
"I am fulfilling a dream that I have had for a long time and I will be able to realise it
soon," he told La Tercera.
Rafael da Silva has signed a new four-year deal with Manchester United today.
"I am so happy to sign a new contract," Rafael told the official site. "I love
playing for Manchester United, there is a great team spirit here and a real desire to win. My time
here has been unbelievable; winning two league titles, a league cup and a Club World Cup has made
me hungry for more trophies.
Sprockets joke or something. If you've followed along with me on twitter for this summer, which
you most certainly should do by now since it's the most fun and hijinks (and random GIF links) you
can humanely have with 140 characters or less, then you've no doubt noticed my regression into
using professional wrestling euphemisms, brother.
Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Alou Diarra Age: 31 Position:
Midfielder Signed from: Marseille Fee: Undisclosed (rumoured £2 million). Did you know? His
brother Idrissa runs a French social networking site that aims to help amateur footballers to find
clubs. What's the deal?
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard believes that Thorgan Hazard brings his own unique quality to the
club as both brothers prepare for their debut season with the club.
The Blues first signed Eden in a blockbuster deal in June before also unveiling Thorgan earlier
this month. While the former has already become a big name at only 21 years of age, the latter, 19,
is also tipped to become a major talent.
Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Thorgan Hazard Age: 19
Position: Midfielder Signed from: RC Lens Fee: Undisclosed. Did you know? Thorgan's older brother
Eden joined Chelsea earlier this summer, but it's hardly surprising given their pedigree. Both
their mum and dad were footballers.
On an eventful day for both himself and brother Rafael, Manchester United left-back Fabio Da
Silva explained that he decided to secure a loan move to Queens Park Rangers to ultimately improve
his chances of becoming a regular at Old Trafford.
The 21-year old Fabio has made a total of 53 career appearances for United across all
competitions since joining the club in 2008 and despite being happy at his development at a
youngster, he is determined to take the next step as a starter in the Premier League.
U.S. forward Katie Stengel was nice enough to get her brother a gift while the team was in
Hiroshima, purchasing for him a small fishing pole. The only issue is that when Stengel tried to
bring it on the plane to Sendai here in the Miyagi prefecture for the USA's third group match, she
found out that apparently one can't bring a fishing pole on a plane (even though it was a small
one).
Image: Bild. The night before Germany left for the European Football Championship in Poland and
Ukraine, Kevin-Prince's younger brother was spotted hanging around (and later checking into) a
Berlin hotel with occasional nudie model, Gina-Lisa Lohfink, while his teammates rested up in a
nearby luxury hotel.
Belgium younker external Thorgan Hazard joins his older Freemason Eden at Chelsea after signing
from Lens. HTTP://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image/61789000/jpg/_61789464_thorgan_jeopardy_getty.jpg
The Portland Timbers made a lot of line-up changes but the result stayed the same. Portland
almost struck first but in the end they gave up the first goal, then a second in the first half.
The second half proved just as disastrous as the team gave up after giving up the third 3 minutes
into the second half.
Chelsea fans all over the world it's time to come together and support two of our supporters in
their challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to mark it as "Chelsea Territory" and most importantly
of all, to raise money for FOUR tremendous charities: Help a Capital Child, Right to Play
International, Association for Suicide prevention and Save the Children.
I love it when I tell myself "ha, look at that... you were wrong!".
England today (against Sweden) was nothing like this.
The Queen's squad managed to score first, take 2 goals in from the Swedes, tie, and score a
third one for a final match result of 3-2. Cheeky boys! I love it.
This article titled "Rio Ferdinand admits his England career is 'almost certainly finished'" was
written by Daniel Taylor in Krakow, for The Guardian on Saturday 9th June 2012 08.01 UTC
Rio Ferdinand has admitted his England career is almost certainly finished after the
disappointment and controversy of being excluded from Roy Hodgson's England squad for Euro
2012.
Ahead of their opening Euro 2012 match against Roy Hodgson's England side, French manager
Laurent Blanc has reignited the debate over the exclusion of Manchester United defender Rio
Ferdinand.
Ferdinand was controversially left out after a widely acknowledged personal clash between
himself and John Terry after the latter allegedly racially abused the Manchester United captain's
brother.
Once again, English football is in the midst of a row caused by John Terry. His latest scandal, the
alleged racial abuse of Anton Ferdinand, has meant that he and Ferdinand's brother, Rio could not
both be selected for England's ...
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Home: A stylish older brother to England's away kit. Same colour scheme, but done much better, and
with a Nehru collar that would have done The Beatles nicely. Away: We loved the old Breton-style
stripy away kit, so we sort of resent this shirt from the outset. Overwhelmingly white with a hint
of darker colours [.
MANCHESTER CITY representatives have been said to have met up with the brother of ATHLETIC CLUB
BILBAO & Spanish International forward FERNANDO LLORENTE , "Chus" who is also the players rep. The
meeting was to express the clear interest of the English Premier League Champions to get the player
over to England.
Alan Pardew is hoping to have both Cheick Tiote and Shola Ameobi back for the trip to Everton
in two weeks time, and if Shola is fit he could even start the game at Goodison Park, because we
need more bite and energy up front. Shola Ameobi could play at Everton Shola and his brother
Sammy have been sidelined with hamstring injuries, but it looks like [.
The FA have today announced that Rio Ferdinand has been charged for comments he made on Twitter
in reference to Ashley Cole, who gave evidence in defence of John Terry in his trial following
allegations of racism towards Rio's brother, Anton.
"The allegation is that the player acted in a way which was improper and/or brought the game
into disrepute by making comments which included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or
race.
As first announced back in February, Argentine winery Bodega Valentin Bianchi has launched a
range of Leo Messi wines in collaboration with the Leo Messi Foundation, with profits going to a
variety of children's charities. The wines carry labels with either a shirt or football design and
will reportedly be available in Europe and Asia, as well as Argentina.
Antonio Valencia was in Honduras last week helping former Wigan team mate, Wilson Palacios, with
the opening of a sports complex, along with Maynor Figueroa.
"He had two years at Wigan when we arrived," said Palacios. "We have a very good
relationship with Figueroa. He is a good friend and supported us when we were new, so I invited him
to thank him.
Remember this? Me either. It's not so much that my predicted champion - Holland - didn't make it
past the group stage, I mean, that messed up plenty of people. No, what's really crunching my
crackers is the fact that two of my best friends, my girlfriend and my 11-year-old brother are all
beating me.
Xavier Cabau van Kasbergen, brother of Mrs Wesley Sneijder, got himself into a spot of bother
last Friday in Hilversum, Netherlands and ended up getting arrested. Anyone not familiar with
Hilversum, know this: it is a lovely town 30 km (19 mi) south east of Amsterdam that's
surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows and lakes.
Bayern Munich have jumped into the Pep Guardiola sweepstakes after Bayern general manager
Christian Nerlinger is reported to have held talks with Guardiola's agent.
Guardiola is arguably the best manager in the world after guiding Barcelonia to 13 tiles in four
years including three La Liga titles and two Champions League triumphs.
Ronaldinho has gotten his contract with Flamengo terminated by a Brazilian labor court over
almost $20 million in unpaid wages. He is now free to sign with another club after scoring 29 goals
in 72 matches for Flamengo since singing in January 2011.
From Sambafoot:
The reasons for the termination were four months of unpaid wages, a justification accepted by
the judge.
Please enjoy a slightly late and abbreviated Monday Morning Sweeper......... Chivas rules
SuperClasico The "SuperClasico" has never been a real rivalry, but more of a grudge match where the
"younger brother" constantly falls to the older, more successful brother on ...
Patrice Evra, whose form has been questionable this season, has claimed that this has been the
hardest time he's had since joining the club.
"What's happened to me this year, personal things, have been really tough," said Evra.
"I know people will think I'm only saying this because we've lost the title but this is the
most difficult season I've ever had for Manchester United.
Soccertown USA honors hometown soccer heroes Fritz Schmid and son, Sigi Schmid: From left, Torrance
Mayor Frank Scotto; long-time AYSO referee Fritz Schmid; Valerie Schmid, wife of Seattle Sounders
coach Sigi Schmid, an original AYSO player in the inaugural season in 1964; and Roland Schmid, of
Seattle, Sigi's brother, are
The Football Association of Malaysia, where public relations gaffes are a job requirement, have
basically stuck two fingers up to supporters ahead of next weekend's FA Cup Final between Kelantan
and Sime Darby.
The FAM don't think 40 RM is expensive. My brother doesn't think paying 100 quid to see the Arsenal
is expensive either but then he is a consultant for a bank and flies everywhere Business Class.
