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Joe Cole masters smiling with his eyes, Lucas Neill looks hot whilst bored, Marco Materazzi and Didier Drogba get love from Bono, Andrei Arshavin calculates his escape, Clint Dempsey wants photo-time to be over, and Seol Ki-Hyeon and Denilson are just chillin'.

It's a whole 'lotta fine footy support for the NIKE and (RED) Charity come-together to help fight HIV/AIDS and get youth involved in sport.

You know Potter Perez had plans to marry his daughters off to these three jugadores but they all politely declined! Ok, maybe not. Raul already blacked out when he saw Mamen serving cocktail back in 1999 so there was no way he was going to marry El Presidente's daughter (kkk, except Salgado).

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Joe Cole masters smiling with his eyes, Lucas Neill looks hot whilst bored, Marco Materazzi and Didier Drogba get love from Bono, Andrei Arshavin calculates his escape, Clint Dempsey wants photo-time to be over, and Seol Ki-Hyeon and Denilson are just chillin'.

It's a whole 'lotta fine footy support for the NIKE and (RED) Charity come-together to help fight HIV/AIDS and get youth involved in sport.

Again, apologies for the headline but fear not I'll be brief again on this post.

In case you didn't know, the Gooner Review is offering LIMITED EDITION Christmas bundles, such as signed Bob Wilson caps, signed Peter Marinello books and 'The Gooner Review 08-09′ DVDs from only £4.

Two things you can always count on Fabio Cannavaro for:

1. His freaking eyebrows will freak you out until you're totally freaked, man;

2. He's ready, willing and more than able to strip off for any reason at all. It's Tuesday? Strip off! Mercury is in retrograde? Time to get nakie!

Seattle Sounders CEO Tod Leiweke has been honored by the Puget Sound Business Journal as the Business Executive of the Year. Leiweke was recognized largely for his work in bringing MLS to Seattle and for the explosion of interest in the Sounders and MLS. As the Puget Sound Business Journal is not a sports publication, this represents important mainstream recognition of the Sounders' success.

Arsenal's furry friends, who featured in the short film ‘Fundraising Day' starring Cesc Fabregas, Andrey Arshavin, Theo Walcott and Bacary Sagna, delivered an early Christmas present to Arsenal's Charity of the Season, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and announced a fundraising total of £210,401 from the Gunners' match against Chelsea on Sunday 29th November.

Here is the latest "charity" incentive from another Football Clubcoinciding with the Christmas period.REAL MADRID with some of its local stars & basketball team playershave put together a 12 song CD /DVD titled "Realvolution", togain funds for charity. Raúl, Sergio Ramos, Guti, Iker Casillas &Albiol lend their image, along with veteran sportsmen & (may Iadd) celebrities who's days of glory are

As we told you last week, Wizards defender Michael Harrington took part in KC Magazine's Sexiest Singles Auction on Friday night.
Harrington, along with 20 other Kansas City area singles, had a date package auctioned off at the Voo Doo Lounge, with ticket and auction proceeds benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City.

Chonburi vs Thai Port
Sat 19th Dec @ Sirindhorn Stadium - 15:00
Thai Port open their pre-season campaign on Saturday 19th December, against Chonburi @ Sirindhorn Stadium, Sri Racha. Before the main event, there is a charity match between two teams of Thai celebrities, which starts at 3:00pm.

As part of our ongoing series looking at marketing soccer products in the United States, we recently had a chat with Trevor Bolliger of SoccerPro.com. Among other titles, Mr. Bolliger is the Online Marketing Ambassador for SoccerPro.com and has been with the company for more than 1.5 years.

I'm a little late on this, but I wanted to make sure I gave a shout to the efforts being made to help Michelle Akers repair her horse rescue farm and save the animals in its charge after devestating storms. Via the USWNT Blog:

Still, the storms left considerable damage -- more than $50,000 in fact -- as major repairs to the barn and pastures are necessary to get the farm in working condition again.

Robbie Fowler has been busy in the Australian A-League. Apart from having scored nine goals and one assist, he has been doing what marquee signings are meant to do.

Fowler kicks in for Mayor's Christmas Appeal
Wednesday, 9 December 2009North Queensland Fury FC skipper Robbie Fowler has blasted past feeble goal keeping to kick home a win for the Townsville Mayor's Christmas Appeal.

Happy Birthday Mark Robins! That's right. The main man, the man who saved Ferguson's job, 40 today. And, frankly, given the change he has made to us down at Oakwell, it might be better if his birth had been delayed 3 days, thereby sharing it with a famous comrade and/or past reincarnate. Instead, he only shares it [.

Here's my take on it:

Wishing peace on Earth and good will toward all men (and women) Happy holidays to all

I read someone pointing to soccer and exclaiming "Dios existe!" but I leave such epiphanies to each of my friends as they may find them.

Santa meets Billy the Badger - photo courtesy Nick Sarebi

Germany Charity Soccer Match - photo courtesy Ryan Cohick

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Hope your little angels didn't let Santa get away from them and everyone has a ball. BTW, this is a shot from a charity match for the Uwe Seeler Foundation between an aptly-clad fifth division men's team and a girl's youth team last year in Germany. The score was 10-10. (AP Photo)