Alistair Overeem, a UFC heavyweight who is considered one of the top contenders in the world, has been charged with battery in Las Vegas. According to police, Overeem pushed a woman and caused her to fall backwards.

Considering that Overeem is 6-foot-5 and weights more than 260 pounds, I hope the judge throws the book at this fool.

The US Women did it again last night, defeating a Mexican squad that actually gave them a run for their money. Don't let the 4-0 score fool you; the USWNT got lucky with two quick goals in the 7th and 8th minutes. That was it for the first half. Despite the strong will of Mexico, it wasn't enough to stop the US who scored two more goals in the second half, winning Group B with all nine points.

It seems in recent days that speculation surrounding the future of Didier Drogba has intensified as the same club who have signed Nicolas Anelka this month, have Didier Drogba in their sights too!.
Shanghai Shenhua signed Anelka on a reported £200,000 per week and if reports are to be believed, Didier Drogba could follow the Frenchman on even more money!

Mirror: Video: The horror! See Sepp Blatter shaking his hips at Shakira

FIFA president makes a fool of himself once again, this time at Zurich gala

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So with the crux of the holiday season around the corner here are the top 5 noise makers for the blues this merry season:

#5 - Romeu

Highly understated. His performances have been amazing, most notably the assurance with he passes the ball around in his position. Very glad to hear that Barca only have a first option to buy him ONLY IF Chelsea decide to release him and not a buy back clause as initially reported!

After Tottenham's controversial defeat against Stoke City last Sunday, it has been reported that hundreds if not thousands of Tottenham supporters have been and continue to send obscene tweets to Sir Chris Hoy. It appears there seems to be a literacy problem among some of the Tottenham supporters.

Mock the Weekend: England unites to laugh at John Terry making a fool of himself

The Chelsea skipper had the whole country chuckling when he slipped up against Arsenal in an incredible game, while Dave Whelan made an idiot of himself & Wolves' kitman cocked up

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"I pity the fool that messes with T." -- Conan O'BrienChances are, if you're reading this blog, you know who Conan O'Brien is. What you probably don't know that in college I was dubbed with the nickname "Conan" by dorm-mates for my likeness to the pale-faced, ginger-haired(*) late-night host.Yeah, Conan might not have the looks of a ladykiller, but at the time circa 2000 he was pretty damn funny.

There's been a lot of talk about booing lately. It's an emotive subject. However, the rapid temperature drop and the darkness of the mornings deserves a good healthy booooooooo if you ask me. Stoopid winter, coming around every year.

The team will be making their way to France today, ahead of their game against Arsene Wenger's favourite French team, and confidence will have been boosted by Sunday's win against Sunderland.

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Every week during the season, the languagecaster team will explain a football headline that has appeared in the English-speaking press and this week we feature the European Championship qualifier between Montenegro and England.

Juan Mata just keeps endearing himself to me and the other Chelsea fans, not only for his skills on the pitch but for things like this he's uploaded a video where he discusses his time with the Blues so far. He mentions the decision to come to Chelsea, training sessions, living in London, and his debut.

VIVA VALENCIA! The city must be celebrating their 2-2 draw against Barcelona last night ("I told you so" messages from Valencian friends are on the way). Of course, the popular hero of the hour was deemed to be Cesc Fabregas for saving Barca but it's time to give credit where it's due to Los Che, who were 10 men down and stuck till the end.

Arsenal will go poof if Wenger were to leave

Guess who said this in 2009?

"It is not often that a boy of five or six is always living with adults in a little village. I learned about tactics and selection from the people talking about football in the pub - who plays on the left wing and who should be in the team.

Finally, the Arsenal board responds. And in a positive way. This should be a huge shot in the arm for Arsene Wenger. However, there are some words that Ivan Gazidis uses that seem such obvious deflections of the blame game.

" It's nonsense based on the need to always create a mini-crisis .

This must be amongst the funniest Penalty fails of all time, as Amir Sayoud of Egypt giants Al Ahly makes a fool of himself before receiving a yellow card in doing so.

Bit delayed in getting round to doing this because we feeling pretty low on Wednesday & Thursday then busy over the weekend. What a rotten way to lose a player, so many flashbacks to Rooney and Lescott's departures. It makes you appreciate the fact that Everton don't get cherry picked all that often now.

Like most fans, and quite probably Arsene Wenger himself, I wanted to see decisive action from the Gunners in the transfer market. Sort out the situation with those who want to leave, sign replacements in time, have a good pre-season, and start the season with confidence and stability. I will be surprised if anyone, irrespective of their feelings towards the manager or the board, disagrees with that.

David Beckham's launched free kick finds Robbie Keane and the former Spurs man waits for Jon Busch to make a fool of himself to find an open goal. Nicely timed run by Keane and no, he was not offside. Busch made a royal mess of it. Galaxy win 2-0 and Keane shows why he will be a big part of this LA attack.

Who's Josh Gatt? Some U.S. U-20 kid from Michigan who plays in Norway and just balled out on this goal for Molde. Watch the defender fall when he gets into the box; fool looks like he was pushed down by a ghost. Needs to be a .gif.

Only a fool would tell Ferguson how to do his job, but sometimes you have to voice your concerns and the news that United are being strongly linked to Joey Barton will surely have angered many United fans. Free signing or not, this blog doesn't want to see Barton pulling on a Manchester United shirt under any circumstances.

Mario Balotelli has done it again. He has manage to make a bigger fool of himself by disrespecting Los Angeles Galaxy fans in a friendly with his current club, Manchester City. It's a miracle he is still playing for this side or that Robert Mancini hasn't encouraged mafia Italian fans to deal with him, if you know what we're saying.

Serie A Weekly's Michael Moruzzi looks at co-ownership and asks if other countries could benefit from adopting a similar system. Some things in life are so universally derided that only a complete fool would dare to endorse them, like FIFA's code of ethics, Sarah Palin's grasp of geopolitical issues, and the Italian administrative system.

Jozy Altidore scores a fantastic goal against Guadeloupe to give the United States a 1-0 win in the CONCACAF Gold Cup today. Unlike Clint Dempsey who made a fool of himself with his epic miss.

Now back in Brazil playing for Flamengo, Ronaldinho makes his teammate look like a fool.

In no particular order:
1. Blatter out.
2. Capital Football to produce a vision, a plan for our boys post-15. (It is possible to make professional ranks despite missing out on the AIS or ACTAS - just not in Canberra football.)
An A-League Youth team, inspired but not run by Capital Football.

Hey y'all. How was your Memorial Day weekend? Did you get drunk and act the fool at a cookout? Did you give a rambling, arrogant press conference? Did you get fired from your coaching gig or maybe get homesick for Europe?
I ate too much and watched too much soccer yet I still can't think of anything worth running my mouth about today that 100 other people aren't already talking about.

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OK, are you looking at a) Pontius' torso, b) Charlie Davies' cute, 'I want to get in on this, but I'm hesitant in case the animal bites me and makes me look a fool' expression or c) the plastic tubs placed in descending size order in the background?

If you chose a), then you're shallow, but in like-minded company.

The first reaction upon seeing the Manchester United starting line up was that Sir Alex Ferguson has the biggest kahunas of all European managers or that he was a fool - and we all know that he's not...
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Just over a year ago, Nani scored his second goal of the game to put United 3-0 up against Bayern Munich. After Nani's improved form, I remember thinking how nice it was that he would get the credit for putting us in yet another European Cup semi-final. We had given ourselves a lot to do in the first leg, after leading 1-0 until the 75th minute before conceding two late goals, so I was made up we had shown the strength to come back and blow our opposition away.

Manchester City troubled striker, Mario Balotelli, has hit the news once again after his dismissal in the Europa League tie against Dynamo Kiev which saw his team failing to overcome the 2-0 deficit in the first leg. The red card incident followed with his antiques, arguing with a Kiev fans on the way home, cost the striker dearly as not only the press slandered him a lot, the Italian international was also "punished" by the national team coach, Cesare Prandelli.

Before kick off it was hard not to look at United's line-up and think we had a real chance. Injuries meant they started with seven defenders, and with all proper respect, it was hardly as fearsome a United line up as we've faced down the years.

Come the end of the game though you realise that what I alluded to yesterday about their character and team ethic is absolutely true.

There is a growing trend of neuvo goons who just don't get what supporting a football team is all about... there seems to be some kind of fashion in showing the social media world how much more of a fan you are than the next one.

Shove it... you don't fool me... you are fake as hell and desperate for acceptance.

Is it just me or are the only people still rocking Busta Rhymes people who put together footie mixtapes? Seems like the only time I ever hear that fool anymore is on Youtube. Oh well, at least he's doing better than Ja Rule these days.

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I'm writing a piece for www.football365.com today about Barcelona which, in essence expresses how frustrating I find their football; how, though it is technically brilliant, it just doesn't stir my football passions. I find it quite clinical and cold while admittedly highly skilful.

Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto had a nightmare in his sides 1-0 defeat to Juventus at the week-end, first he hit the crossbar from 3 yards out with an open goal, then he swung his leg to shoot missing the ball and looking like a fool, it's nice to see that even the Pro's can have games like this.

SANTIAGO, Chile -Marcelo Bielsa resigned as Chile's national team coach on Friday, ending a three-month saga over his future. Bielsa stepped down at a news conference despite his overwhelming popularity in Chile and attempts by new Chilean football association president Sergio Jadue to persuade him to stay.

Doesn't the sight of this stoic saint inspire you to take up Shakespearean literature in front of a slow roasting fire, with a meager glass of Vintage Krug and dark chocolate nibs? Yowsers. You know our hormones are actin' a fool if our fantasies involve one teensy glass of high end champagne and food restraint.

After yesterday's Premier League results it would take a lucky man or a fool to bet on the next Premier League manager to lose his job. Avram Grant, Carlo Ancelotti and Roy Hodgson's days are surely numbered after Blackburn Rovers thrashed Liverpool 3-1, West Ham was humiliated by Newcastle United 5-0 and Chelsea were embarrassed [.

David Moyes reads Tottenham On My Mind. Obvious. How else would he know that the best way to counter our attacking tactics is to give us a taste of our own medicine. I've been saying so for ages, and more fool the rest of the Premier League for not paying attention. Big Sam for one. [...]

It was a frustrating game to watch, no doubt. Don't let the scoreline fool you though, we did play well today. It reminded me a bit of last season's game at the Emirates, though we were much more aggressive going forward today. Echoes of Inter and Chelsea parking the bus in front of Barcelona crossed my mind.