Although he is apparently still seeing Italian model Raffaella Fico, the Spanish press and Portuguese press are reporting that each other say (so it must be true!) that he's also taken up with Spanish model and reality TV participant Marisa Gomez-Sandoval (pictured above), who has somehow earned the nickname "chica cañón" (girl canon?

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Sepp Blatter was in Budapest today to unveil the all new FIFA Puskás Award, named after legendary Hungarian Ferenc Puskás. The award will be bestowed upon whichever player is deemed to have scored "the most beautiful goal" of the year, and presented to that player at the FIFA World Player Gala on December 21st, [. Click to continue reading...

Michael Schumacher
Originally uploaded by The Edge Malaysia Todo mundo del deporte habla del regreso del piloto alemán Michael Schumacher a las pistas de automovilismo, pero curiosamente hace un año exactamente jugaba futbol soccer en un juego de beneficencia, de hecho a sus 40 años no lo hace tan mal. Click to continue reading...

Zoltan
Zoltan Hercegfalvi has officially been added to the Kansas City Wizards roster with the receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate. Zoltan, which will appear on the back of his #20 jersey, will be available for selection immediately as soon as he is deemed fit enough to contribute. Click to continue reading...

The excellent Kansas City blog, Down the Byline has figured out the mystery player who may be coming to the team. It is Zoltán Hercegfalvi a 29 year old Hungarian striker who has and last played for Budapest Honvéd FC scoring 13 goals in 51 appearances.
Here is an excerpt from Down the Byline:

So I have been doing a little research since I posted about Thad's post on a potential new player for KC.

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So I have been doing a little research since I posted about Thad's post on a potential new player for KC. I ended up checking the Wizards wikipedia, and on the current roster, there is a new player listed, Zoltán Hercegfalvi out of Hungary, someone updated Hercegflavi's wikipeida page yesterday with the information that he was joining the Wizards. Click to continue reading...

April 22, 2009 AC Milan thrashed a Hungarian League All Star Team 5-2 on Wednesday in a friendly at the Budapest's Puskas stadium. The Hungarians took the lead in the 7th minute through Peter Rajczi. Milan equalized in the 37th minute with a goal by birthday boy Kaká on an assist by Beckham. In [. Click to continue reading...

Following a successful trial spell, Liverpool have taken MTK Hungaria's Zsolt Poloskei on a year-long loan.
Liverpool's link with Budapest outfit MTK Hungaria continues to bear fruit, with 17-year-old midfielder Zsolt Poloskei being handed a one-year loan spell.
Indeed, Peter Gulacsi, Krisztian Nemeth and Andras Simon have proved hits in the second string since joining from MTK last year, with the Merseyside club keen to pick up more Hungarian starlets. Click to continue reading...

Something to read after making either the best or worst career decision ever... Barcelona disrupt softball game (Glenn Davis Soccer) Ferencvaros fan invents green beer (Budapest Times) 10 best acrobatic goals in history (We Show) Does Olympic football matter? (Shanghaist) Chelsea make proper bid for Robinho (Soccernet) Who's more fickle, fans or players? Click to continue reading...

Drogheda United 1-2 Dynamo Kiev Brann Bergen 1-0 Ventspils Inter Baku 1-1 Partizan Belgrade Domale 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb Panathinaikos 3-0 Dinamo Tbilisi Rangers 0-0 FBK Kaunas Anorthosis Famagusta 3-0 Rapid Wien Anderlecht 1-2 BATE Borisov IFK Göteborg 1-1 Basel Fenerbahçe 2-0 MTK Budapest Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Wisła Kraków AaB Aalborg 5-0 Modriča Sheriff Tiraspol 0-1 Sparta Prague Tampere United 1-3 Artmedia PetralkaSecond Leg August 5 and 6. Click to continue reading...

The Ivory Coast Olympic football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Gérard Gili (55) Goalkeepers: Vincent de Paul Angban (23) (ASEC Mimosas) Christian Fabrice Okoua (16) (Africa Sports) Defenders: Serges Wawa (22) (ASEC Mimosas) Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (21) (CFR Cluj, Romania) Souleymane Bamba (23) (Dunfermline, Scotland) Angoua Brou Benjamin (21) (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary) Mamadou Bagayoko (18) (Africa Sports) Mekeme Tamla Ladji (22) (Beveren, Belgium) Midfielders: Hervé Kambou (23) (Charleloi, Belgium) Kafoumba [. Click to continue reading...

Népstadion/Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
Originally uploaded by Istvan Népstadion/Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
In the 'golden age', when it was built and called Népstadion ("People's Stadium"), Hungary really started here - nowadays, as it is renamed after the legendary forward, rather a tomb of Hungarian football. Click to continue reading...

From today's matches:
Saturn Mosk Oblast 7 - 0 FC Etzella Ettelbrück
FK Teplice 1 - 3 Budapest Honvéd FC
SK Sturm Graz 2 - 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 - 1 Besa Kavaje
Grbalj Radanovici 2 - 2 Sivasspor
Chernomorets 919 Burgas 1 - 1 ND Gorica
FC Tiraspol 0 - 0 SC Tavriya Simferopol
KFC Germinal Beerschot 1 - 1 Neftchi Baku
You read that right; Russian Premier League side Saturn Mosk Oblast dropped seven on FC Etzella Ettelbruck. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's ties with MTK Hungaria continue to blossom, with three of the Budapest side's youngsters beginning trials at Melwood this week.
Zsolt Poloskei, David Keleman and Norbert Ode have joined up with the Reds reserves for pre-season training, where they will hope to sufficiently impress Rafa Benitez and thus earn an Anfield contract. Click to continue reading...

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Champions League quarter-finalists Fenerbahce will begin next season's campaign in the second qualifying round against Hungarian champions MTK Budapest following Tuesday's draw. Greece's Panathinaikos will meet the winners of the first qualifying round match between Georgia's Dinamo Tblisi and Runavik of the Faroe Islands. Click to continue reading...

For some reason, this match screams barn burner, probably because neither squad can really afford to lose a player to injury if they want to qualify for Euro '08. Turkey is usually always a fun team to watch and it will be played in Bucharest, which should give the slightly injury depleted Romanians some added incentive.
For Romania, they'll have their two most famous players in the line-up, Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu and Inter's Christian Chivu. Click to continue reading...

For some reason, this match screams barn burner, probably because neither squad can really afford to lose a player to injury if they want to qualify for Euro '08. Turkey is usually always a fun team to watch and it will be played in Bucharest, which should give the slightly injury depleted Romanians some added incentive.
For Romania, they'll have their two most famous players in the line-up, Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu and Inter's Christian Chivu. Click to continue reading...