Curt it out Swansea City captured former Manchester City youngster Curtis Obeng from non-league Wrexham yesterday. Brendan Rodgers' first task is to put all the local branches of McDonalds on red alert to make sure his new signing doesn't ruin his nutritional programme with a two-at-a-time burger fix.

Louder Than Bombs
Legia Warsaw 0-0 Cracovia (10:12:11)
During June of next year the streets of the Polish capital will be pounding with football fans ready to embrace Euro 2012. The Polish FA will ensure that there are ladies dressed in traditional Polish folk costumes stood on every corner, and Uefa will insist that those fans drink only Coca-Cola, Castrol or Carlsberg and that no food should exist in Warsaw outside of McDonalds.

By Chris Wright

Pies are offering two lucky readers the chance for their children (between the ages of 7 and 11 years old) to become a McDonald's Player Escort and walk out with the England players ahead of their international friendly against Sweden at Wembley Stadium on 15th November.

Carlos Tevez has today announced his attention to spend his recent club suspension refusing to engage in any way with his children, Florencia, 6, and Katie, 2. Manchester City handed down the suspension to the errant striker after he disobeyed manager Roberto Mancini's orders for him to come on as a substitute, so Tevez has decided to bring his work home with him.

So our friends at Barca sent this cool video as part of the club's new campaign to foster "healthy eating habits". In it, Lionel Messi appears as a cross between the a 14-year-old version of himself and Tin Tin the detective. "I know that if I train and eat well, I will win the Ballon d'Or," he drawls lazily, clearly unaware they would be using this footage again 10 years later.

We've teamed up with McDonald's, the official Community Partner of the FA, to offer two children between the ages of 7 and 11 years old, the chance to become a McDonald's Player Escort and walk out with Manchester's football stars at Wembley Stadium on 7th August at The FA Community Shield, sponsored by McDonald's.

We've teamed up with McDonald's, the official Community Partner of the FA, to offer two children between the ages of 7 and 11 years old, the chance to become a McDonald's Player Escort and walk out with Manchester's football stars at Wembley Stadium on 7th August at The FA Community Shield, sponsored by McDonald's.

Soccer fans around the world are well aware of the current ethics crisis haunting FIFA. The soccer governing body is beset by allegations of bribery, graft and vote selling. Fans hoping for change from within are severely disappointed with Sepp Blatter posied to continue leading the organization.

Given the uproar around the recent happenings at FIFA, you'd think that something new and horrific had happened, but corruption has been at the core of our governing body for years. It's just that now we're reaping the fruit of our ignorance and, as a footballing family, we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

Brands are rushing to cash in on Europe's 'Super Bowl moment' when the Champions League final kicks off at Wembley.

As we do every few weeks, we take a look at the promotions and marketing efforts MLS teams are using to sell seats for the upcoming matches. We'll start in Houston, where the Dynamo are offering a creatively marketed Hawaii 2-5 Package. The $99 deal includes 2 tickets to the May 21 match against the Red Bulls at Robertson Stadium and entrance to a pre-game tailgate.

Residing in Milton Keynes won't seem so bad this Saturday when I make the 15 minute drive up to Northampton to hopefully watch Boro go one step closer to securing their League 2 play-off place.

On a visit to Northampton last summer some time, I had a wonder around the ground and took a couple of pictures of their Sixfields Stadium.

So to take our minds off our RBNY offseason doldrums, I met up with the great You Suck Corrales, as well as our friends Ania & Steve, at the Blarney Rock Pub in NYC. Needless to say, lots of beer was consumed. Besides that, I got some great post MLS Superdraft commentary, a preview of RBNY's upcoming season, as well as a preview of our coming trip to Europe, from YSC.