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Varese beat Livorno 3-1 during a snow storm last weekend and both goalkeepers probably cried the whole time. [YouTube]

Barnsley goalkeeper David Preece says it's the media keeping gay footballers in the closet.

While we were waiting for the van Win had to get something off his chest. "Listen," he said with gravity, "the money is getting huge now. What I want you to know is that, after every game' we can decide to quit and take the money. Or we can continue to the next game, thereby risking losing it all.

You know what time it is. Cheekiest goal of the week goes to Super Mario. He's a horses backside, but sometimes he does fun things. Like this. Remember Carlos Vela? Chicharito Lite? He's still playing, if you were curious. Becks may or may not be done in LA.

The messages I have received about Jack Wilshere tweeting stuff on S*urs has gone off the richter scale.
Sure, from their point of view, at times, it probably may seem a little annoying.
However, surely they can see it is only a bit of banter?
If one of the S*urs players was tweeting about Arsenal I would have banter back and tweet a reply.

Their fifth straight victory and a 5 point lead. Goals from Edin Dzeko, Aleksandar Kolarov and Adam Johnson made it 36 goals for Man City in their first 10 games.Levante's miracle run in the La Liga have put a spanner in the works of the two horse theory there.The EPL now looks that it might become a 2 horse race instead.

Dominic Matteo admits blowing £1m on horses

Former Leeds and Liverpool player Dominic Matteo has admitted to blowing £1million when he was gripped by the gambling 'epidemic' still rife in British football.

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Irish jockey Richard Hughes has decided to quit racing because of a new rule about the number of times you are allowed to whip your horse while trying to win a race.
He said "Until the rules are resolved I won't be riding. I'd rather retire. I can't ride horses like this. It's like telling Lionel Messi he can't use his left foot.

The talk that the la liga had turned into a two horse race with Barcelona and Real Madrid being the horses in question has not worked out that way so far.Barcelona only managed a draw against Valencia.They came close to losing the match.Roberto Soldado did a Torres in front of an empty goal. Fabregas scored his equaliser in the last 15 minutes of the game.

As we saw on Saturday, Harry's transfer dealings have made first team selection just that little bit easier and after several departures from the Lane at the end of August, the temptation to slot in Jenas or Crouch has now been removed.

Injuries also played their part in the final line up against Wolves with Sandro, VDV, Dawson and Pienaar ruled out while the likes of Bassong, Corluka and Pavlyuchenko were left out for other reasons.

June 16th 2011
"I have never cried scoring a goal. But racing is my passion. I am so keen. It is one thing to buy a horse at the sales and see it win. It is a different thing entirely to win with a horse bred from an 11-year-old mare who is pretty much a family pet. The kids pat her every morning and love her so much.

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Sigi Schmid Born in Germany 58 years ago, Schmid moved to California with his family when he was 4 years old. After leading U.C.L.A. to several N.C.A.A. titles, Schmid took the job as an assistant to Bora Milutinovic for the 1994 World Cup. He had success as coach of the Galaxy and later Columbus, taking the Crew to the 2008 title before jumping to expansion Seattle.

Even the horses hanging outside of the team hotel look majestic in Austria. Michelle Akers would like this place.

The most loveable man in racing circle's Henry Cecil is to be Knighted as part of the Queen's celebratory birthday honours.

Cecil who has trained 25 Classic winners to-date including this years 2,000 Guineas winner Frankel, is just as comfortable talking to the Queen herself as he is talking to racegoers and was humbled when told of his imminent honour.

Following Arsenal these last few weeks has felt a little like being a nightclub DJ at 3am when everyone left an hour ago. It has been an effort to muster up the interest, largely because it has been so plainly obvious that the players felt precisely the same way. That some of them were playing for their futures didn't seem to hit home, neither did the fact that at no point was our season officially over.

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'.

And that came straight from the horses mouth. Red Nev was never the most pretentious footballer during his 20 year career with Manchester United and England. He always knew his limitations but sheer...
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While much of the world will focus their beady, little eyes on the European Champions League (and we can't blame them), MLS fans and fans in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Honduras all have horses in CONCACAF's version of the Champions League.
American soccer has a chance to make a big mark on the regional stage.

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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.

The Newbury races were abandoned today after two horses collapsed and died in the Paddock.

Fenix Two and Marching Song are believed to have been electrocuted while walking in the Paddock ahead of the first race at the meeting.

For the first time since the Clinton administration the MLS All-Star Game is coming to New York. Or New Jersey to be more specific since Red Bull Arena is hosting the event which is great for me because that means I won't have to go away anywhere and sweat for a week. I get to sweat at home!

According to Greg O'Keefe at the Liverpool Echo, Everton boss David Moyes was insulted by the offers made by Tottenham for defender Phil Neville. Moyes said,

"We have had an offer from Tottenham of £250,000 which we received on Saturday afternoon.

By Chris Wright

Everton manager David Moyes has lambasted Tottenham's £500,000 deadline day offer for club captain Phil Neville as 'surprising, insulting and disrespectful'.

Speaking at a press conference this morning, a particularly peeved Moysie babbled:

"We have had an offer from Tottenham of £250,000 which we received on Saturday afternoon.