Red Nev leads rugby revolution Former Manchester United and England right-back Gary Neville is to give a speech to England's rugby players on the pride of playing for your country. Neville widely reported to have led a proposed strike by England players over Rio Ferdinand's drugs ban has been asked to talk about [.

We all have our ghosts. For Steve Zakuani, that ghost is memories of his former self.

As the Seattle Sounders midfielder continues his recovery from a horrific leg injury that cost him the final six months of the 2011 season, the progress he has made is obvious. On Friday, Zakuani was able to participate in full training for the first time since that April 22 tackle broke his right leg.

Just what is 'verbal abuse'? It must be relative, as the line drawn in some areas is much different than, say, the one in the United Arab Emirates.

Diego. He's less than the ideal role model off the pitch. And now he's been fined for calling an opposing coach 'quite rude', which would probably qualify as the nicest thing said in a Premiership press conference this week.

Gazza: I drank four bottles of whisky and did 16 lines of coke A DAY

Former England star lifts the lid on his drink and drugs hell

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Kolo Touré's move to Manchester City in 2009 led to him being labelled as a money-grabber and as a player who failed to repay Wenger's trust in him since his arrival at the club in 2002, and it now seems that the risk he took didn't pay off. As well as finding himself second choice [...]

Having a good week, are you? Well KPB which are the initials born for a pop idol is having a better week than you. The one man show against Lecce, and now he's busy singing birthday wishes to Al Jazeera, and doing it far better than anyone probably expected. Which is a statement that could be applied more broadly to KPB as a whole.

Former Arsenal and England attacking midfielder Paul Merson (43) was arrested on suspicion of drink driving yesterday after crashing his Mercedes into the back of a 40 ton truck at 3.30am.

Merson who admitted cocaine abuse in 1994 while playing for England and Arsenal, has had a serious of addiction problems from Drugs, Alcohol and gambling and it seems the likable SkySports pundit has fallen off the wagon again, let's hope he can back back to the Paul Merson so many of us love with his great sense of humour and constant piss taken.

Who says English football doesn't take the issue of drugs seriously?

Channel 4 documentary claims FA's drug policy is too soft

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Dispatches to reveal identity of top footballer who tested positive for cocaine

Tonight's episode of Channel 4 programme focuses on drugs in the game

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Well this story is certainly interesting...or something.

According to The Ring, Dynamo minority owner Oscar de la Hoya admitted posing for pictures wearing women's lingerie while under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. In transcripts aquired by The Ring from an interview on Univision, De La Hoya admits to the pictures, to drug and alcohol abuse and being out of control.

UPDATED: 8/22/2011 at 5:36 am central time
Although they may not dwell on it, most citizens of the United States and Europe are familiar with the violence in Mexico connected to the drug trade. This violence has permeated much of everyday life in Mexico, especially in the big cities and along the borders.

Although they may not dwell on it, most citizens of the United States and Europe are familiar with the violence in Mexico connected to the drug trade. This violence has permeated much of everyday life in Mexico, especially in the big cities and along the borders. The one refuge, the one safe place to get away from the senseless bloodshed in Mexico has been the football stadiums, but today even that safety was shattered as a firefight erupted outside of the Territorio Santos Modelo in Torreon, Mexico, bringing a scary and abrupt end to the Santos - Morelia match.

Drake, Weezy and nationally-ranked Connor Chinn in the same advert? One of these things is in no way like the other. And by that I mean one of these guys would probably get in trouble for talking publicly about guns & drugs use and calling people by the "N" word. The other two? They just get rich for doing it.

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The Copa America officially kicks off today, and like Neymar's hair, everyone will be staying up to watch the best in South American football as they fight for the trophy. Of course, it's normal for the Seleção to be feeling the pressure ahead of their tournament opener against Venezuela on Sunday, but they're doing it in true Brasileiro style, with the laid-back swag and Bromance in tow!

Colombian? Drugs? How cliche Colombia reserve goalkeeper Yineth Varon has been provisionally banned from the Women's World Cup after testing positive for a banned substance. The 29-year-old gave the failed three days ago in Leverkusen. Her A sample tested positive for the banned substance which hasn't been named at the time of writing [.

Belly's not gonna get you Kolo Toure suffers from a "psychological obsession with his belly", according to an FA report on his failed drugs test. The Manchester City defender is currently serving a six-month ban after testing positive for a prohibited substance found in weight-loss water tablets. The FA report reads: "The context is that [.

The Daily Mirror's chief sports writer Oliver Holt claims Rio Ferdinand sent him a direct message on Twitter calling him a "fat prick" in a row over the ex-England skipper's drugs ban. Holt reckons the message was in response to a Twitter argument he was having with Manchester United fans who felt Kolo Toure's six-month [.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona has told an Argentine newspaper he will take legal action against Argentine football federation president Julio Grondona over perceived criticism of the World Cup-winner's drug problems. Maradona reacted angrily to comments the 80-year-old Grondona made to local media this week that have been interpreted as a veiled reference to [.

Doesn't there seem to have been a lot of sports-related deaths as of late? Well, unfortunately, there's another death to report. Austin Box, a linebacker for the Oklahoma Sooners, died today. An official cause of death has yet to be reported. Austin Box was expected to be a full-time starter this year for the Sooners.

What is it with former Gunner's these days?
Most of them can't wait to have a pop at Arsenal or Arsene Wenger.
The latest is from 'comedian' pundit Paul Merson.
By all accounts during his time with Wenger at Arsenal players were given a 'yellowy product' and a 'dark tablet'.

This is not a test of your blood pressure, dear readers, this is an emergency.

Did you hear the one about Britain's best-known doting daddy, David Beckham, getting his Goldenballs in gear to create a forthcoming kids clothing line with American rapper Snoop Dogg?

If this gossip holds true, this would be probably the closest case of mental combustion we'll ever experience outside of watching our brains on drugs.

Kolo Toure made a terrible decision by taking a banned substance, and regardless as to whether it was intentional or not, he needs to be more responsible about what he puts into his own body.
Robbie Savage writes about how he feels that players need to be more paranoid about what they put into their own bodies.

Alliteration XI: F

The goalkeeping position in the "F side" is a battle between Newcastle owned Celtic loanee Fraser Forster and Blackburn keeper and loanee to half the Football League Frank Fielding. I've opted for Forster.

Schalke 04 centre-half Frank Fahrenhorst plays alongside former Villareal & Argentina defender Fabricio Fuentes in the centre half positions with Sturm Graz's Ferdinand Feldhofer and former West German international Franco Foda (and now Feldhofer's manager at Sturm Graz) on both flanks.

Byron Moreno can add up to 63 months of time in federal prison to his already long-ish list of controversies in his career. Moreno, who was arrested at JFK in New York City in September, has admitted to smuggling heroin into the country from his flight home from Ecuador.