The Independent has run a story today which claims that Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have fallen out which has lead to the striker looking for a move away from the club, again.

Acting quickly, in a statement issued last night by the club and Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, it was confirmed that Rooney has no intention of leaving United.

The Independent has run a story today which claims that Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have fallen out which has lead to the striker looking for a move away from the club, again.

Acting quickly, in a statement issued last night by the club and Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, it was confirmed that Rooney has no intention of leaving United.

What are the odds on Rooney scoring the winner against Newcastle? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

It wasn't a good weekend to be a Manchester United supporter, what with floods still hitting Thailand and Surrey reeling from the rising cost of train travel. There were two things United fans did not want to see on Saturday – Wayne Rooney behind frosted glass and David De Gea behind the defence.

The end of the year is here, and it's time for you to draw up your own Player XI list! Who has made your starting line-up? Here's Futbolita's Team of 2011, including our six substitutes (because you never know who could get injured from all that paella or partying!) We've also included the super Robin van Persie, Kun Aguero, and Nemanja Vidic in our team.

Drinks are on Mario Yet another great Mario Balotelli story has broken with news of the latest of the Italian's regular random acts of kindness. The Manchester City striker popped into a Manchester pub to put £1,000 behind the bar for festive drinkers before heading to Midnight Mass. Balotelli called into The Tudor pub in [.

Why England's 2011 form is no cause for optimism

Saw Fabio Capello at a drinks reception the other night. He was in bullish mood. After an unbeaten 2011, some England supporters might share his infectious positivity. And maybe it was the vino — but I also began to optimistically wonder what 2012 might bring for the English team.

Well, would you believe it? It seems as if progress is on the Arsenal horizon with chief bod Ivan Gazidis seemingly open to ideas from Gooners on improving the atmosphere at the Emirates. Revealtions this morning on Twitter suggest that the club are pondering the option of booting away fans upstairs in the Clock End, thus allowing home supporters cheaper seats and improving the unity at that end.

Philly fans are the best in the world. The Philadelphia Union knows, the Philadelphia Independence knows it, the whole country knows it. Here's a look back at Philly fans supporting the Union, the Independence and the USMNT in 2011, courtesy of Philly Soccer page photographers Daniel Gajdamowicz, Earl Gardner, Michael Long, Paul Rudderow and Nicolae Stoian, as well as contributing photographers Garrett Field and Nate Monahan.

As you know, Sounder at Heart does not have any official supporters' group affiliation. We do, however, consider ourselves friends of most of them. If you'd like to know any of them better, we highly recommend that you attend one of their two end-of-year parties. As it turns out, Kasey Keller is scheduled to be at both of them.

Philly fans are the best in the world. The Philadelphia Union knows, the Philadelphia Independence knows it, the whole country knows it. Here's a look back at Philly fans supporting the Union, the Independence and the USMNT in 2011, courtesy of Philly Soccer page photographers Daniel Gajdamowicz, Earl Gardner, Michael Long, Paul Rudderow and Nicolae Stoian, as well as contributing photographers Garrett Field and Nate Monahan.

10.11.2011 - Fiesta en Guarujá, drinks, mujeres, firma de contrato y a navegar Neymar.
Atrás quedaron cuatro meses de versiones periodísticas (entre las que se cuentan 21 portadas de Marca) e infinitos rumores de puja entre Barcelona y Real Madrid.
Se dice que Real Madrid había cerrado un acuerdo verbal con el Santos por € 58 millones de euros para Neymar partiera (a España) el próximo invierno con un compromiso de no firmarlo ni anunciarlo hasta después de las elecciones en Santos (3 de diciembre) y del Mundial de Clubes (del 8 al 18/12).

`There was no hope left. No one even shouted at the players.' Conversation over post-match drinks with a Coventry-supporting friend on Tuesday night was dominated by such sentiments. Toning down my personal delight at City's 3-0 capitulation at Millwall, I murmured in sympathy. The draining away of hope among the Sky Blues in the Den's North Stand was not dissimilar to the feeling elicited by

Why wait until March to experience the thrill of guessing wrong about sports? With the Major League Soccer playoffs "kicking off" on Wednesday night (play-in game, anyone?), tomorrow is the perfect time to pass this handy bracket around the ol' water cooler and get your co-workers into the semi-shady world of sports betting a few months early.

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Wooh! It's the day of Thurs, which according to our scientific calculations means we have about twenty-four hours before we can justify sneaking weekend drinks into work. And if that wasn't too much merriment to handle right there, the Euro 2012 play-off draw has been made.

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His mind might be saying 'no', but Javier Hernandez's body is only a few drinks away from succumbing to our advances.

Perseverance, guys and gals of the peanut gallery. When all else fails, slip 'em a cocktail or ten.

As the 2011 NASL season sprints toward the end it is time to vote for the best NSC Minnesota Stars players, and then join up with fellow fans to hand out those awards and bid on great items in a silent auction.
Here is where you can vote:
Supporters Summit Details:
Wed Oct 5
8pm
The Local
10th & Nicollet
Downtown Minneapolis
Map
Great drinks and food available
Players and team staff will attend as well
Come hang with your friends in football
And support a good cause in the auction

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Exclusive update: Chivas made an advert today spoofing the Axe commercials.

Sometimes we think the MLS has pulled a NOTW and wire tapped our HQ's phones because their events align themselves perfectly with our foul-minded office convos.

Capello is right: alcohol DOES cast a shadow over our game

In football, just as in our ­society as a whole, there is a booze culture that is ­careering out of control. So, I was interested to hear Fabio Capello say Andy Carroll drinks too much. I have no idea whether the Liverpool star has been hitting the bottle too hard, but I know ­today's players are the product of a system that makes it tough for clubs to educate them how to refuel.

While you all pause to witness history in the making, we've taken the liberty of scrapping together the odd observation or two about the Beckhams out at Maxfield earlier today just so you don't have to. See, we're real people with real drinks to get back to, too!

And so we say: David, still hot.

While you all pause to witness history in the making, we've taken the liberty of scrapping together the odd observation or two about the Beckhams out at Maxfield (trendy, upscale food market) earlier today just so you don't have to. See, we're real people with real drinks to get back to, too!

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Footballnutra.

Footballnutra brings quality, cutting edge nutrition products to football players of all levels.

Footballnutra offers better nutrition which can help players improve performance, recover quicker and play more football.

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Footballnutra.

Footballnutra brings quality, cutting edge nutrition products to football players of all levels.

Footballnutra offers better nutrition which can help players improve performance, recover quicker and play more football.

I've been watching football in South East Asia for a number of years now and crowd misbehaviour, while not as widespread as is made out, does happen on occasion. Not the all out brawls that plagued the game in England for so long but still enough to poison the atmosphere.
Kingdom of Football is reporting that fans of Prek Pra Keila recently turned a bit nasty after some refereeing decisions didn't go their way during their CLeague game with Build Bright University at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh.

More great China pictures

Liverpool ended their second full day in China by attending a gala drinks ceremony in Guangzhou and delighted the invited guests by showing off their skills in a variety of organised games.

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WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY
The Brew Top Pub & Patio and Missouri Comets of the MISL will host a party to watch US Women in Semi-Finals
So if you are looking for somewhere to watch the Women's World Cup game in Missouri, join the Comets and Brew Top Pub & Patio of Lee's Summit. The US Women's team has captured the hearts of the nation after their gutsy performance in their come-from-behind victory over Brazil.

We've all seen it before. A man or lady approaches a burly fellow holding a clipboard. He is the gatekeeper and behind him is a passageway into an exclusive club where the music is loud, the drinks flow freely and the people seem to be having the...
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Well here's something that was bound to happen: the Church of Barça as led by Preacher Pique!

Not really, but it is fun to think fondly about all the saintly things he's got under that robe.

Moving on. Gerard Pique is one of several footballers starring in a new religious-themed Sky Sports Italia commercial.

Hearts drinks sponsor MacB withdraws backing in wake of Craig Thomson child sex scandal

With the first matches of the Women's World Cup occurring today, the U.S. team took the chance to switch from players to spectators, watching a bit of France-Nigeria in their rooms and then piling into the team lounge to watch Germany-Canada via Slingbox, so they could hear the English commentary and see the ESPN broadcast.

Look who were having drinks together in Jakarta last night! It's Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Cesc Fabregas!! (btw, Cesc what's with the hair?) According to the photo they both posted on their Twitter account they had a good time.

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Cheryl and Ashley Cole in happier times. Image via rex features

Those of you lucky enough to have a subscription to the News Of The World's online edition will surely still be rubbing your eyes in disbelief after seeing the world exclusive the paper carried last Sunday. According to the headline, Cheryl Cole, former wife of Chelsea's Ashley had brought new meaning to the word 'forgiving' by moving back in with the gun totin' left back.

I'm not going to do a preview. There's no point. Everyone know's what the situation is, who's fit, who's in form etc. According to Accrington's manager, the tie's already over, so what's the point in previewing it.

Here's Coleman's quote to the local Lancashire paper which says it all really.

Do you ever skim through the hot-off-the-press football strips and flush green with envy because your club have churned out yet another eye-sore? If your answer to this question is yes, then read on. If not, consider yourself lucky...

First of all I must say those who support a classic coloured team gain an advantage come post season.

Michael Ballack has taken the time out to speak of Chelsea and their quest for Champions League glory. Ballack knows only too well what defeat in the final stages of the Champions League feels like and reveals just how much Moscow hurt us but, believes Chelsea and the players still have a hunger and desire to win the worlds best club competition.

Wes Brown, who has been in Sir Alex Ferguson's bad books since jokingly calling him a "cunt" last summer after a few drinks on our tour of the US, has today claimed he hopes Manchester United win the record 19th title this summer for the boss.

"It would be amazing for the players and a great feeling for fans," said Brown.

So that's it. The final Interlull of the season is done and dusted and now we just wait to make sure that the players who went away are in good enough shape to take part this weekend.

As per usual there was a scare over Robin van Persie. He was the victim of a heavy challenge from a Hungarian and taken off at half-time, but according to Dutch coach Berk van Narwahl:

He got kneed in his thigh.

Last night, the Philadelphia Union held a rescheduled version of the Meet the Players event. The gathering at PPL Park offered fans to get autographs from and take pictures with their favorite Union players.

The event has been referred to by many as a rousing success. But not all of the fans that made the trek to PPL were able to experience this event in its entirety.

Image: Getty Images.

This just in: our very own Kickette Men's Underpants Research Institute has concluded that lighter-coloured shorts are 73%* more likely to offer the best view of a short-tent and/or bulge. What's more, we read an equally reputable article the other day that reinforced our findings about the importance of kit colour.

While the players are away, the stadiums play. This is pretty dope...almost makes me wish I was physically fit enough to get strapped in and shoot off to Stratton or someplace for the weekend. Sadly, with my love of BBQ & Chinese food being what it is the only thing I would be good for is keeping the fireplace going and mixing the drinks because weebles don't ride well.