Sunderland striker Darren Bent believes the current Arsenal team is as good as the free-wheeling, high-scoring teams that included Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and co.
The Black Cats man, who is preparing to face the Gunners at the Stadium of Light this weekend, has admitted that Arsenal are in devastating form this term and are performing like the Premiership days when Arsene Wenger had them demolishing sides on regular occasions. Click to continue reading...

Though Sunderland's Darren Bent finally got his call up to the England squad, it appears even he is a bit bored with the international break. So bored, in fact, that he sprung for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 deluxe edition and is wearing the included night vision goggles around a dark house.

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Meet Darrinho Darren Bent ensures his return to international football was a success by switching his allegiance from England to Brazil. He may well bite his nails: OTP reckons the good people of Umbro won't be overly impressed by his choice of clothing.

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We're guessing the buyer wasn't Pepe Reina The red beach ball which helped Sunderland to a shock victory against Liverpool has sold for £411.77 at auction. The inflatable, which deflected Darren Bent's shot past Pepe Reina, was auctioned to raise money for the Alder Hey Imagine Appeal. It is not known who won the auction, but the [. Click to continue reading...

Well all in all it wasn't a bad result. Though I watched the game alone I had a little liveblogging adventure with Daryl and various commenters. If you missed the game I'll give you a link to some highlights, and my pity (it was a good game). It was also, despite the fact it was a loss, was an encouraging result for England.

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(Davy expects African sides to edge traditional Latin and Continental powers, but fancies England for the Cup. Below he discusses the likely England squad, highlighting what he expects to be the historic contribution of England's black players.)
To be King in Africa, a useful prerequisite is to be a Black Prince.

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Before the Arsenal-Tottenham game:
Tabloid hack 1: Oi... you heard about this?
Tabloid hack 2: What's that?
1: Robbie Keane. The fool. He's only gone and said that Spurs are better than Arsenal and will definitely take their top four spot this season, hasn't he? Click to continue reading...

Three points but complaints about our performance. Fourth in the league, yet harsh words for our manager. A strike force that sets up and scores a goal, but that's not enough. Yep, all the hallmarks of a Spurs fan's blog. The minute's silence for Poppy Day was respected by all except about a third of the [. Click to continue reading...

'sorry? (...) yeah shut the **** up.'

That wasn't really what I was expecting to be honest. Despite notable absences from the Sunderland side, and to a certain extent a lack of bite in our midfield today's game was one that we won't be forgetting for a while. It's safe to say that it was somewhat of an aggressive affair with both sides putting boots where perhaps they shouldn't have been and this incision found its way into the general scheme of play.

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"I was fighting an uphill battle before I went there. I knew they had Defoe, Berbatov and Keane", said a cheerful Darren Bent yesterday. Hmm, that's interesting mate. Then why did you sign, knowing that you faced an 'uphill battle'?
"Every club needs four good strikers they always say. It wasn't just my decision to go there. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland striker, England international, English Premier League third leading scorer and Twitter Master Darren Bent has had his Twitter ID and a Twitter logo placed on the tongues of his football boots. The new boots were designed by Umbro and Bent in recognition of him being the "Barclays English Premier League's most high-profile social networker" with [. Click to continue reading...

Zico takes Japan in vintage early 90's style. Roman spends enough on lunch to feed someone for life. (Bild) Reason #8 billion social networking was a bad idea. (The Spoiler) The American foul roundup. (Climbing The Ladder) Don't set your sheep suit on fire. (The Beautiful Game) Bulgarian football is the new awesome. Click to continue reading...

It was a busy day with nine Premier League matches taking place throughout Saturday. Manchester United won their 8th match in the season against Blackburn Rovers and is now at the second spot in the league table with 25 points. It was a good first half with Manchester United waving most of the attacks, but Rovers [. Click to continue reading...

Hull club officials had plenty of patience with boss Phil Brown over the last year or so, even though the Tigers kept underachieving, but they have finally decided to sack him if the team remain in the relegation zone after the next two rounds. Those of you who were insightful enough to place a bet on Brown to win the Premiership sack race are probably in for a nice betting bonus, while those of you thinking about doing that now should know the betting is suspended.

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Darren Bent has given Steve Bruce and Sunderland a boost as he is in line to make a return from injury against West Ham United on Saturday. Bent injured his knee against Birmingham last weekend and was forced to miss out on Sunderland's Carling Cup clash with Premiership rivals Aston Villa midweek.

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Bent's quizzical reaction to his "beach ball" goal highlight vs. Liverpool
Sunderland striker Darren Bent will miss tomorrow's Carling Cup tie against Aston Villa through injury.
Bent is suffering from what is described only as a "slight knee injury" but Sunderland fans (or the thousands of fantasy football managers who own him) may be a bit more nervous about this slight knee injury when they check out Bent's past medical history. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get hauled off the pitch on a door................ The beach ball gifs are already out in full force. (Dirty Tackle) You can get your Sunderland 1 Liverpool Beach Ball tee here. (Soccerprint) The best names football has to offer. (Midfield Dynamo) The Bundesliga is ruined with that whole defense thing. Click to continue reading...

Darren Bent's matchwinning goal for Sunderland this weekend was somewhat overshadowed by the fact that it hit a beach ball on the way in. But the fact is that beach ball deflection or not Darren Bent scored again. Against good opposition. Bent isn't just the highest scoring English player in the Premier League right now with eight goals, he's also the joint highest scoring player in the Premier League alongside Fernando Torres.

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Considering we've now only scored one goal in three outings, two of those at home, there is a worry that we may begin to shoot more blanks. The Newcastle front line has been fairly toothless and a lack of creative spark from midfield means we're struggling to make many chances and when they do, the [. Click to continue reading...

Gary Neville and his balloon hit Liverpool's title ambitions At last, the Liverpool balloon thrower is unmasked, and it doesn't look like he has quite the Scouse connection we first thought!

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1. OTP thought the most controversial 'outside agents' in the Premier League this weekend would be Harry Redknapp's security team. Little did we know... 2. Pepe Reina should probably have tried to save the match ball rather than the beach ball. 3. Unbeatable Chelsea suddenly look a bit wobbly. 4. Tweeting can defeat the Big Four! Click to continue reading...

Turn your club's misfiring strikers into hotshot Darren Bents The humorous string in the already hilarious tail of the beach ball incident is that the ball is an official product sold by the club shop. The fan in question obviously decided the temperature was getting a bit too chilly for it to be of any practical [. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland striker, and beach ball enthusiast, has been signing the praises of that crafty sphere shaped object that felt duty bound to get involved in yesterday's proceedings.

Join his Twitter as he looks to crack 10k followers, it's all for charity so no excuse to not add him! CLICK HERE to do so.

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Controversies played a major part in the game, as Sunderland came off strong at the Stadium of Lights against a Liverpool side, which was without the services of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres. It took the Black Cats only 5 minutes to grab the lead, as Darren Bent got the back of the Reds net, as [. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland's 1-0 victory over Liverpool came courtesy of Darren Bent's freakish eighth goal of the season.Darren Bent's strike hit a balloon which diverted it past goalkeeper Reina.While it was a freakish winner, the outcome of the game is an accurate measure of Sunderland's progress made under Steve Bruce. Click to continue reading...

A young Liverpool fan standing in the front row behind Pepe Reina's goal during today's match in Sunderland was having a grand time knocking a Liverpool beach ball (you can see the club crest in the above image) around...until he knocked it onto the pitch and it deflected Darren Bent's shot to give Sunderland what would be the only goal of the match.

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Poor Liverpool. They just can't catch a break this year. Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are injured, and acouple of weeks ago they were already approaching the maximum number of losses any team in the Premier [...] Click to continue reading...

Sunderland striker benefits from inflatable toy Sunderland took the lead against Liverpool thanks to this bizarre incident involving a beach ball. The big inflatable was apparently thrown onto the pitch by Scouse supporters, so they cannot have any complaints on that front. Darren Bent's shot deflected off the beach ball, which was on the edge of [. Click to continue reading...

Patience is a virtue, and for two of the Premier League's best players, that patience has finally paid off. The crazy thing about it all? These two players are on the same team! And the lucky team is Sunderland.

It was just last season that Sunderland were in the heat of the relegation battle.

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But she shouldn't expect a slap up dinner Twitter fiend Darren Bent is going to give Russell Brand a run for his money. The Sunderland striker revealed he has a secret crush on singer Katy Perry. It becomes clear that his affection for first-love Ian Wright has waned a little over the years. We were left a [. Click to continue reading...

.Manchester United continued to get results in the final moments of the game, as they overcame an inspired Sunderland unit to end the game 2-2 at Old Trafford. After a flawless game for Anton Ferdinand, the Black Cat Man was involved in an own goal when he deflected Patrice Evra's off-target shot into his own net. Click to continue reading...

I watched Ferdinand's stoppage time own goal with a distinct sense of déjà vu. The lucky Devils once again scored a late goal to eke out a 2-2 draw against Sunderland.Berbatov's spectacular overhead kick goal was probably the only bright spot in United's game. His wonder goal had at least breathe some life into the anaemic attack. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United needed an injury time own goal from Anton Ferdinand to rescue a point against Sunderland. Two weeks after Michael Owen goal against Manchester City, Ferdinand could not get out of...
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Anton Ferdinand, Rio's younger brother, will be cursing himself as his own goal on the 92nd minute gifted Manchester United an undeserving equalizer and a share of the points in the process, as the Black Cats of Sunderland played more superior football than their counterparts in red, and in truth deserved to take all 3 [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham Hotspur approach the away match against Bolton this Saturday knowing that we have an appalling record at the Reebok. However, let history count for nothing, at least in this instance, and ensure that we return with a victory. Since they returned to the top division, Bolton have performed with a brusque physicality that in [. Click to continue reading...