Winger offends his own boot suppliers as he clutches at straws Damien Duff has claimed that the Republic of Ireland's controversial World Cup qualification play-off defeat to France was the result of a conspiracy between FIFA and Adidas. The Fulham man, who picks up £100,000 a year for wearing Adidas boots (for now at least), reckons [. Click to continue reading...

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The official Ligue 1 website is proclaiming Sunday's 10 goal thriller between Lyon and Marseille to be "The Game of the Century!" and while that statement is weighed by a tremendous amount of hyperbole, they may not be completely off base. Though the game ended without a true winner at 5-5, insanity prevailed in a number of ways that can hardly be conveyed in a short clip of just the goals, so revel in the extended highlights included above (for now, at least).

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While Jensen Button was busy winning the F1 World Title on Sunday, a teenager from Southend was also flying the flag for Britain in motor sport. Robert Foster-Jones snatched the British Super 1 karting championship in a sensational showdown in Lincolnshire on Sunday.
Knowing beforehand that nothing less than victory would suffice if he was to stand a chance of winning the title, Foster-Jones then produced a scintillating performance in the first final to blow things wide open. Click to continue reading...

Getting relegated sucks. Nobody ever goes down without a fight, but really, there's only so much you can do in that situation. I mean, it's like you can formally ask a higher power for a legitimate miracle to save your club from the clutches of demotion, right? After all, it's only football.

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I have football-curious friends who want to come to the pub and watch Liverpool with me. So they say. See, they think watching Liverpool with me will be like watching regular season MLB, NBA or NFL games with me. That I'll be conversational. That I'll crack a lot of jokes. That I'll make plenty of eye contact.

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Yes, we've been linked with yet another centre back!

BREDE HANGELAND has been offered £50,000 a week to keep him out of the clutches of the Premier League big boys.

Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City and Aston Villa who are all desperate to sign central defenders have expressed interest in the Fulham star.

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Kaka reflects on his narrow escape from our claustrophobic clutches. He looks much more relieved to be free than we would like. Image via AP Photo

Have you ever had a vivid dream about a footy player?

Pshht - of course you have.

We can strike Beckham (x5), Iker (x3) Sergio Ramos (x2) and Fernando Torres (x6) off the list for taking part in the evening adventures of our minds.

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Kaka reflects on his narrow escape from our claustrophobic clutches. He looks much more relieved to be free than we would like. Image via AP Photo

Have you ever had a vivid dream about a footy player?

Pshht - of course you have.

We can strike Beckham (x5), Iker (x3) Sergio Ramos (x2) and Fernando Torres (x6) off the list for taking part in the evening adventures of our minds.

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I mentioned yesterday I'd be attending the final of the SuperLiga, which is best explained as a contrived North American Europa League. A capacity crowd at Toyota Park (it would be generous to say it was actually "sold-out"), the $1m prize and two of the best teams in North America right now, the Chicago Fire and Tigres UANL, gave us all the ingredients for a pulsating final, tied 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes

Unfortunately, the contrived nature of the tournament was revealed when to the surprise of most, the final went straight to penalties after the ninety minutes were up.

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Barca training in Los Angeles, a.ka. once the squad is complete the romance is unleashed...
Pique leaping onto Puyol and smothering him - our Spanish centerbacks have missed each other! Geri's face is just begging for some love. Has anyone seen Bojan? He must have been watching from his ingenious hiding place behind Yaya, ready to leap out and snatch his boyfriend back from Puyol's clutches. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez put a stop to Real Madrid's incredible spending spree - by rejecting a massive £65million bid for Anfield idol Fernando Torres.
Madrid swooped for Torres AFTER sealing deals for £80m Cristiano Ronaldo and £56m Kaka. It was an astonishing move from the Spaniards, given that Torres made his name at their bitter rivals Atletico Madrid and is as important to Liverpool as skipper Steven Gerrard. Click to continue reading...

Looks like manbags and clutches are set to be thrown when David Beckham returns to training with LA Galaxy this Monday, after Landon Donovan criticised his captain for being uncommited to the team. Beckham has hit back at Donovan when he arrived at Los Angeles recently - "It is unprofessional in my eyes. Click to continue reading...

They are all back to work! Michael Owen's first training session with the Man Utd team after joining them on a free transfer. Also featuring thuggish looking Wayne Rooney who is wearing a red woolen hat.The training looked sharp and competitive with Owen hoping to catch the eye of both club manager Ferguson and international boss Capello. Click to continue reading...