21 year old Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli escaped un-hurt after a firework set his bathroom alight at midnight last night. Four firefighters contained the blaze which is not being treated as suspicious, leaving us thinking did Balotelli set the firework alight himself?

Today, ten years after the fateful 9/11 disaster, is full of emotions, sorrow, grief and remembering those that sadly died in the airplanes, in the buildings and the many firefighters and police officers that made the huge sacrifice to risk ...

Jared Burdick opened the scoring with an early 35-yard strike, and Abdel Baji had a pair of goals as Madison United cruised past Mad City FC 4-0 to win the Keva Over-30 men's championship on Friday night at Firefighters Park in Middleton.

Burdick's long-range shot put United (10-6-2) ahead just 8 minutes into the match, and Baji scored twice with great individual efforts on either side of halftime.

The Madison men's Over-30 championship will be determined Friday night, as Madison United faces Mad City FC in the Keva Sports Center league final at Firefighters Park Stadium in Middleton. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and admission is free.

Madison United (9-6-2) had the best record in the six-team league during the spring portion of the season (6-1-2), and avenged its lone loss with a 5-1 rout of second-seeded Europa in the semifinals Monday night.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of torching former Newcastle United star Andy Carroll's car.
The striker's brand new chrome-plated Range Rover was set on fire outside Toon captain Kevin Nolan's house last October.
Carroll, who signed for Liverpool for a British record £35m in January, was staying at his skipper's home in Darras Hall, Ponteland, at the time as a condition of his bail, after being charged with assaulting his former girlfriend Laurie Henderson, 18.

Fire Country, I'm heartbroken. I'm distressed. I'm crushed. I'm angry. What could bring on such emotions? A sub sandwich place located in Kansas City is offering free subs every time the Fire lose. Wait, I'm sorry I should have warned you to hold off on reading this until after your coffee, following your morning smoke, or told you to ignore this until later in the day if you left your humble abode in any kind of heightened sense of frustration.

LIMA, Peru Police in Peru say the metal bleachers at a soccer stadium have collapsed right before a youth championship, injuring 117 people. A dozen fans suffered serious injuries. Lima Fire Chief Alfonso Panizo tells RPP radio most of those hurt have minor injuries, but he says 12 seriously injured people have been hospitalized.

ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia on Tuesday charged nine hooligans for attacking a bus of PAOK fans ahead of the Greek club's Europa League match against Dinamo Zagreb in December. Four Greek nationals were injured in the December 14 incident. The nine, aged between 18 and 23, were charged with stoning the bus ferrying around 40 [.