The lead-up to Monday's top of the table showdown between Man City and Man United was inflated by a number of erroneous and ridiculous claims of the match being a "title decider," comparable to the Super Bowl and that the 650-million person global reach of the match's broadcast was actually the estimated viewership.

David Beckham looked extremely honoured when he met boxing legend Muhammad Ali during last weekend's 70th birthday celebrations at the Power of Love Gala in Las Vegas along with a whole host of celebrities.
Beckham posted a pic of the unforgettable moment on his Facebook page.

Image via Twitter.

Cheesiest joke we could come up with to accompany this picture?

"He can hold us hostage anytime."

Not terribly imaginative, but it gets straight to our point.

How about our Kickette Army soldier boys and girls take a stab at cheeky caption writing?

It has been almost a year since SBI's last installment of You Write the Caption, and that one came after a two-year hiatus for one of the site's original and most popular series. We plan on changing that after feedback from readers who told us we should bring the series back.

For those of you unfamiliar, You Write the Caption is when we post a funny photo and allow our readers to take their cracks at writing a caption to go with the photo.

The puffy jacket. The slightly askew Yankees cap. The denim nappy. We hope this guy was dressed at gunpoint. Image via Bafe's facebook page.

If you're going to post images of yourself on popular social networking sites, it's best you don't accompany each picture with the caption 'Look Of The Day'.

The excitement is building for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the Canadian Soccer Association has been busy promoting the eight-team competition. The CSA is featuring two U.S. players with strong northwest ties -- Seattle resident Hope Solo and former Portland Pilot star Megan Rapinoe -- as part of an advertising campaign titled "Made for This.

First, no, I did not watch NBC's new show "Are You There Chelsea," but someone I follow on FaceBook did watch it and she posted this screen capture, & in her defense, her caption was: "This stupid ass show got interesting."

By Chris Wright

Arsenal 'keeper Wojciech Szczesny tried to pick up a girl on Twitter recently a girl by the name of Letesha Collins, an 'aspiring glamour model' who currently makes her living as a presenter for adult nudey rudey channel Elite TV and whose work clothes consist of little more than a smile on occasion.

Justin Bieber is in Britain for something or other. Girls everywhere are crying. Meanwhile, the singer turned rapper took some time out from making said girls sob incessantly by hauling his 4-year-old girlfriend, Selena Gomez, to Stamford Bridge for a private tour.

And the world wept.

Ashley & Cheryl?

Somebody on the Czech physio team is a just little too enamored with Christopher Nolan. Or maybe he loves Tim Burton. I vote for Tim Burton.

Where does he get those wonderful toys?

For those too young to remember, my caption is an homage to the original Batman film, directed by Burton and starring the greatest Dark Knight, Michael Keaton.

The well-named Czech club had an apt party last week for....well, the caption of one explains it best:

A naked artist and junior players of Bohemians 1905 football team perform on the field on September 22, 2011 at the Czech famous Bohemians 1905 stadium in Prague during the "Bohemians at Bohemka What happens when an artist misses the ball" event, part of 16th Performing Arts Festival "4+4 days in motion".

Thanks to all that took part in the recent competition to win a Spurs COYS shirt courtesy of COYStheshirt. There were some good entries, and some strange ones, but the winning caption to the picture of Redknapp and Wenger was from Nevbrand with this:
HR - 'Don't get so cross, - I only wanted to talk about the problems we had with Young Boys'
Nevbrand wins a COYS shirt in a colour and size of their choice.

Just as Del Bosque refuses to make changes to his squad selection, Spain refuses to make changes to the script of all its competitive matches since the World Cup: tidy, if uninspired, wins against the Czech Republic and Scotland sealed a perfect qualifying round for the Euro 2012.

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Photo fraud QPR and Joey Barton have released a statement rejecting suggestions that he is a member of far-right group the English Defence League. A photo of Barton posing with EDL leader Tommy Robinson (aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon) appeared on the EDL Support Group Facebook page accompanied by the caption: "Joey Barton joins the EDL.

By Chris Wright

Pies pick of the 15 most 'caption-tastic' photos from pre-Champions League training sessions across the continent(ish)...

"Just give that a sniff Danny, does it smell of broccoli to you?"

Bayern Munich's David Alaba is house-trained, though sadly not training pitch-trained

'The Chosen One' walks among the Ajax squad

"Oh right!

By Chris Wright

What do we have here? Why, it's a gaggle of photos of the England chaps training at the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia ahead of their Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria tonight...

Close eyes > hope for the best

Who knew the Suga Puffs Honey Monster was Bulgaria's national emblem?

Old friend Eddie Johnson's had a spot of bother. Never mind that though I like the caption above: "local soccer pro Eddie Johnson kicks a soccer ball". Which is a) delightfully descriptive, b) not necessarily correct (he's heading it, isn't he?) and c) just nice anyway. It would be good if all football photos had such captions.

When the New York Red Bulls sent striker Dwayne De Rosario packing to Eastern Conference rivals D.C. United the early season United caption, Dax McCarty, had this to say: "They made the move; they...
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Devin is busy working on a piece centered upon these two super secret signings we are apparently going to make this week. Meanwhile, I'm pulling out more cutting edge, thought-provoking stuff like captioning the absurdly good image above. This is what I do, people.

By Chris Wright

Massachusetts Channel 5 News very nearly got their caption right (a damn sight closer than ESPN managed the other day) for Berba's post-game interview, bless their little hearts for trying...

We can't help but notice that they've also spelt 'swastika' wrong.

Don't worry.

We're turning up the knob on MLS coverage as well as transfer talk after the USWNT tiptoes ripping our/your heart out for the last time this summer.

Hansel Adams? That be TSG photog Matt Mathai who always captures the winners.

You write the caption below from the DeRosario Cup.

The Philadelphia Union, specifically midfielder Justin Mapp, are included, today, in one of Cracked.com's "Top" list articles.

Mapp, along with a fallen Danny Mwanga and two DC United players, is shown playing a ball forward in the picture within the article "The 6 Weirdest Free Speech Issues Around The World" on Cracked.

Upon hearing the news that a gaggle of French females from the Les Bleus Women's World Cup team posed in the buff for a magazine spread, one word should come to mind:

Bild.

And you would, of course, be correct. Three of the French ladies posed nude for the German beacon of couth though without anything really showing in order to "bring awareness to their sport".

Russian model, Irina Shayk "comically pouts" at her namorado, Cristiano Ronaldo. That's the official caption! / via Landmark Media

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ROME — Brazil forward Alexandre Pato will miss the Copa America after injuring his right shoulder in AC Milan's final match of the Serie A season. Pato was carried off on a stretcher in the 71st minute of Sunday's 0-0 draw with Udinese. Milan physician Maurizio Gevi told Italy's Sky TV that Pato will be [.

MANCHESTER, England Manchester City have swooped to snatch Celta Vigo starlet Denis Suarez from under the noses of Barcelona. Celta's chairman Carlos Mourino has confirmed that the Spanish Under-17 midfielder will move to Eastlands for an initial fee of €1 million which could rise to €3m depending on appearance- and performance-related clauses in the [.

SEATTLE, Wa.—Jeff Parke scored on a header off Tyson Wahl's corner kick in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night. Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller made three saves for his third shutout of the season. Wahl's corner kick from the right [.

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Hans Martinez (L) of Universidad Catolica vies for the ball with Maximiliano Moralez of Velez Sarsfield during their Copa Libertadores 2011 football match at the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium in Santiago, on April 07, 2011. (Photo by Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)

But what's really happening is they're holding hands, the big brother leading his (tiny) little brother in the same direction.

Photo by Nigel Brooks

I saw this photograph this afternoon and knew without a doubt it deserved a quality caption. So Dynamo fans, do your best (or worst)...and don't get too carried away please.

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Raul Tamudo's second-half goal lifted Real Sociedad to a 1-0 win over Mallorca on Monday in the Spanish league. Under gusting winds and rain, both teams had difficulties creating clear-cut scoring chances in the first half at Anoeta stadium. Sociedad was the better team after the restart, and Tamudo rose up [.

MADRID: Since February 23, 2002, José Mourinho has coached Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale and Real Madrid in 180 home domestic league and cup matches with 152 wins, 28 draws . . . and no defeats. That remarkable record was extended when Madrid moved within two points of Spanish league leaders Barcelona, for 24 hours at least, [.

ROME, Italy — Claudio Ranieri has resigned as Roma coach following Sunday's disastrous 4-3 defeat at Genoa, despite having led 3-0. It was the club's fourth defeat in a row and Ranieri then told Italian news agency Ansa he had decided to quit. "I've always thought about the good of Roma and after a game [.

Rumors continue to swirl around goalkeeper Thorne Holder and the Union.

Today Sheanon Williams tweeted, "Trying to get one of our goalies some followers." Guess what it isn't @MacMath.

Holder in training

Holder posted a photo of himself in training with the caption, "Game today against Stetson.

Rumors continue to swirl around goalkeeper Thorne Holder and the Union.

Today Sheanon Williams tweeted, "Trying to get one of our goalies some followers." Guess what it isn't @MacMath.

Will he be the Union's number three goalkeeper?

Holder posted a photo of himself in training with the caption, "Game today against Stetson.

MANCHESTER, England Patrice Evra has committed his future to Manchester United and agreed a new four-year contract, with an announcement expected from Old Trafford on Friday morning. Evra had considered leaving Old Trafford, tempted by the possibility of playing in Spain, and had been linked with a move to Real Madrid.

WASHINGTON, D.C. D.C. United waived defender Julius James, the Major League Soccer club announced on Thursday. In one and a half seasons in Washington, James played in 31 MLS contests, recording two goals in 2,388. "We would like to thank Julius for his contributions to D.C. United and we wish him well in the [.

WASHINGTON, DC D.C. United acquired United States international forward Charlie Davies on a loan deal from French Ligue 1 club Sochaux for the 2011 season, the Major League Soccer club announced on Wednesday. "We are really pleased to have concluded a deal that will bring Charlie to United," D.C. General Manager Dave Kasper said.

MANCHESTER, England Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung has been ruled out for four weeks because of a hamstring injury. The South Korea international, who recently returned from the Asian Cup in Qatar, injured his hamstring in training on Friday. United manager Alex Ferguson says "it was very unfortunate because it was his last kick [.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Newcastle scored their first win since the departure of striker Andy Carroll on Tuesday, winning 2-0 at Birmingham with a goal in each half from Peter Lovenkrands and Leon Best. Lovenkrands opened the scoring for the visitors after only two minutes, sliding in to meet a low cross from Jonas Gutierrez at [.

BERLIN, Germany — Bundesliga bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach sacked their coach Michael Frontzeck on Sunday, 24 hours after their 3-1 German league defeat at St Pauli. 'Gladbach are seven points from safety at the foot of the table and 46-year-old Frontzeck, who has been in charge for 18 months, was shown the door after his [.