A great video of street football in Kolkata as the city waits with bated breath for the Argentina Venezuela friendly tomorrow.

...and more footage of Messi mania in one of the most soccer crazy cities in India.
About 120,000 people are expected at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium in Salt Lake tomorrow and they will all turn up to see Messi play

Bhaswar Goswami, chief executive of the celebrity management group staging the match, has highlighted the importance of Messi's arrival: "Pele came here at the end of his career - Diego Maradona came but did not play.

Sometimes, help can come from the most unexpected of sources. Last Friday, it was announced to a mixture of joy and relief probably more of the latter than the former, considering the shenanigans of the last few months that Plymouth Argyle Football Club had been saved. After repeated broken deadlines and wage deferrals for the longest-suffering staff in British football, we were told in an official statement that, "Bishop International Limited has secured the necessary funding and everything is agreed between the numerous parties" in order to complete the sale of the club and its ground to the Gibraltar-based company, who would take ownership of its Home Park ground and bring in Peter Ridsdale as the Chief Executive of the club.

Part of the problem with a twenty-four hour rolling news culture is that the need for instantaneous news, justice and retribution becomes like a drug. The story of Gary Cook's email account has already buzzed around the world and it seems that most people have already made up their minds before Manchester City Football Club has even had the chance to finalise its investigation into what has been going on with regard to some insulting emails that were sent whether accidentally or deliberately, whether by Cook himself or by someone that had hacked his email account to Dr Anthonia Onuoha, the mother and agent of Nedum Onuoha, a Manchester City squad player, mocking Dr Onuoha's battle with cancer.

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has been accused of sending an offensive email to the mother and agent of defender Nedum Onuoha.

'Onuoha What You Did Last Summer'! The web's funniest Garry Cook book titles

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook will be the subject of a club investigation into claims he sent an email to Nedum Onuoha's cancer-suffering mother that ridiculed her illness. While that incident is clearly no laughing matter, the continuing buffoonery of Cook certainly is.

Manchester City chief Garry Cook's blunders

Garry Cook's latest gaffe at Manchester City follows a succession of embarrassing blunders and his job as chief executive lingers in the balance at Eastlands.

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EXCLUSIVE FA boss sent racist joke from business email account

Peter Brown, the chief executive of Bedfordshire FA, has apologised for 'error of judgement'

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Has Wenger stayed too long? These five bosses did...

All eyes are on Arsenal's Arsene Wenger after Saturday's 4-3 defeat at Blackburn was followed by a vote of confidence from Gunners chief executive Ivan Gazidis. The Frenchman has transformed his side and, arguably, English football too.

Arsenal Chief executive (and man City fan) Ivan Gazidis has ruled out sacking manager Arsene Wenger, despite Arsenal's poor start to the new season, which has left them 50/1 with Bet 365 to win the Premier League.
61-year-old Wenger's job security has come under question as the Gunners have won just one of their opening five Premier League games, conceding 14 goals in the process, including four in the 4-3 defeat at Blackburn Rovers last weekend.

Underfire Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger fumed at suggestion that his future at the Emirates is in serious doubt after he was given an ominous vote of confidence from club chief executive Ivan Gazidis. Frustrated Arsenal fans also voted with their feet as just 46,539 turned up to watch the Gunners' 3-1 Carling Cup Third Round [.

Paul Doyle of the Guardian writes of the job security for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
Arsenal's chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, has delivered a rousing defence of the club's manager, Arsène Wenger, insisting suggestions that the Frenchman's methods no longer suit the modern game and that his position is under threat are "nonsense".

Kieran Gibbs believes it is time for Arsenal's players to stand up and be counted following their poor start to the season.

The Gunners moved into the last 16 of the Carling Cup on Tuesday night after coming from behind to beat npower League Two side Shrewsbury 3-1 at Emirates Stadium.

Mr Ivan Gazidis Chief Executive The Arsenal Football Club Highbury House 75 Drayton Park London N5 1BU 21 September 2011 Dear Mr Gazidis I am very surprised at your recent comments regarding Mr Wenger. Your statement about the board supporting Mr Wenger and not having any intention of replacing him was very noble of you.