The main points from the FA: Stuart Peace WILL manage England for the forthcoming Holland friendly. Euro 2012 is important but there is a longer term strategy. It cannot be the sole responsibility of the manager to achieve success The process to appoint a new manager will not be rushed. The FA will be interested [.

Peace out, Ferg With racism in football very much in the spotlight at the moment, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is preaching for peace on the streets... and he's doing gangsta poses with Falkirk striker Farid El Alagui to emphasise his point. The result is possibly the greatest photograph of all time.

If there is one thing I've noticed about the Liverpool fan forums, it's that our level of performance and league position in relation to them is directly correlated to how much they bitch and moan about Spurs and how many posts riddled with bile spewing hatred of us there are.
As you can imagine, this is currently a high proportion.

Mail: FA call for Liverpool and Manchester United peace talks

The Football Association will write to Liverpool and Manchester United ahead of their FA Cup tie and ask them not to inflame a potentially explosive situation.

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Mail: FA want call for Liverpool and Manchester United peace talks

The Football Association will write to Liverpool and Manchester United ahead of their FA Cup tie and ask them not to inflame a potentially explosive situation.

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Reports from the Daily Mail are out that Demba Ba could have a £10 million release clause in his current Newcastle contract.

This isn't really all that surprising if it is true as surely Newcastle never expected him to be one of the standout players of the season when he was signed.

Reports from the Daily Mail are out that Demba Ba could have a £10 million release clause in his current Newcastle contract.

This isn't really all that surprising if it is true as surely Newcastle never expected him to be one of the standout players of the season when he was signed.

Telegraph: Howard Wilkinson can help make the peace between Liverpool and Manchester United over Suarez affair

A wise head is needed to calm growing tension between Sir Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish over players' racism row.

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Mirror: Liverpool want Suarez 'peace' talks with United

Kop ready for discussions with rivals over star's likely return from ban at Old Trafford on February 11

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The Empty Newspaper that Promoted Peace in Peruvian Futbol

Violence was rampant. The government wanted to have matches played in empty stadiums after a fan was killed. Instead, the Peruvian Primera Division chose to suspend league fixtures. You know how it is in a country that loves its sport.

Gazzetta dello Sport Inter take a bow Nagatomo scores and helps Inter to 1-0 win over Genoa Juventus, Queen of Europe PSG push for Tevez, another no: "Only Milan" Table of peace, Moratti and Agnelli face to face Mazzarri wants reinforcements, assault for Vargas begins Coppa Italia, Siena in last eight Europa League: Come on Lazio!

The United Nations x Shipwrecked Footballers?

Let Didier Drogba, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Zizou and even Michael Ballack teach you about the Millennium Development Goals in a manner that I really hope, for everyone's sake, was intended to be overflowing with sarcasm. It's a 32-page comic teaching about the United Nations' MDGs set for 2015 through the form of top footballers being shipwrecked and having to deal with real life issues, like living a day without Sara Carbonero.

Their Words As a soccer player, you're expected to push it until you're 33, 34 years old. That's not me. This is it. My gut and heart were telling me, and I'm at peace with it. Santino Quaranta, speaking to The Washington Post's Steven Goff about his retirement announcement. Other Sources Tijuana want to be SoCal's team - from MLSsoccer.

Fulham defender John Arne Riise claims to have made peace with Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy

Norwegian defender says he is looking forward to playing against the Reds' forward, with whom he was involved in the infamous golf club incident that caused a stir at the time

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Some good news from Joey Barton which he hope he will carry through on. About an hour ago on his Twitter account, which has got him into significant trouble since he started it up last May, Joey tweeted this about an hour ago: "Pardews a good man and manager, I agree with what he has said.

By Alan Duffy

The whole Carlos Tevez saga is quickly turning into a farcical situation, with the AWOL player and his club, Manchester City, seemingly growing further and further apart by the day.

However, neither side really seems too bothered by the whole affair.

Liverpool hero Steven Gerrard is one worried man. The 31 year old midfielder who is nearing the end of his career has revealed that he will never be at peace if the Reds fail to win he Premier League title in his career.

It is easy to understand Gerrard's pain. For a club that was once considered the most successful in England, Liverpool are now a pale shadow of their former selves.

Dan thinks Colorado made a phenomenally bad decision based mostly on past performance while admitting this:

Steve Sampson and Thomas Rongen have won doubles in MLS.

I rest my case. Jeff Carlisle goes on to paint a picture of the dysfunctional working relationship between Smith and his superiors:

Smith went public with his displeasure in an October interview with The Denver Post but later tried to make peace with Bravo, realizing that he didn't want to leave the team he had spent three years putting together.

Following reports in this morning's Daily Mail linking Nemanja Vidic with a move to Real Madrid, our captain's agent, Paolo Fabbri, has come out quickly to deny any possible move.

There were strong rumours that Vidic was going to leave in the summer of 2010, which his agent repeatedly denied, before the player went on to sign a new four year deal.

After negotiations failed in August over a potential transfer, Genk gaffer Mario Been has re-ignited the flame, suggesting a move to London is still possible, provided the fee is right. More, after the jump:

On the Move?

Earlier this morning, reports and quotes attributed to AVB surfaced which included his outright praise for De Bruyne, who he labeled as an 'interesting' player with the versatility to play wide on the left, or more centrally.

Lucas : "Uggh MEU DEUS, can't they just let me eat this Ring Biscuit in peace. It's 2 in the morning!" /Ronaldinho : "Chill bruvz, smile for the camera!"

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Football For Diplomacy Between Cambodia and Thailand

On Saturday, amongst the Premier League and La Liga, the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hosted a ‘friendship football match' between Thailand and Cambodia to help smooth over some of the recent tensions the nations have experienced.

We're not sure if this shot was taken before or after his 'Strictly' makeover, but it's all the same really. Image via bbc.co.uk.

If his prediliction towards frightening personal grooming is anything to go by, Robbie Savage has been preparing for his latest adventure throughout his career.

Welcome back to the BBC! Five great Fergie flare ups the Beeb have missed out on (video special)

Sir Alex Ferguson finally made peace with the BBC on Thursday, signalling an end to his staunch refusal to give interviews to the corporation since 2004. The breakthrough is certainly a significant one for the Beeb, who had angered the Scot by airing a programme about his son Jason.

Image via Twitter. Cheers for the head's up, J!

A few months ago we blinked, took a deep breath and broke the news that 19-year-old Santos striker Neymar was expecting his first child. As tends to happen in these cases, a baby has indeed turned up.

Born yesterday morning in a local area hospital, Neymar shared the news of Davi Lucca's arrival with the world even before the infant was ready for his close-up.

Whilst on tour in America, Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has spoken about the importance of playing these games in preparation for starting the defence of the title next month.

"It is important," Vidic said. "It's nice when we come here, we have great facilities and the peace to train properly.

For years there's been peace - everyone to his own patch. We've
all had it sweet. I've done every single one of you favours in the past - I've
put money in all your pockets. I've treated you well, even when you was out of
order, right? Well now there's been an eruption.

The summer transfer window has for Spurs so far been equivalent to a disconcertingly long and awkwardly silent pause; occasionally, this peace has been punctuated with occasional panics regarding potential sales of key players, with the most recent being the feted Chelsea move for Luka Modric.

Well, we're halfway through the summer, and everything is just as uncertain as it was when the season ended just over a month ago. I keep checking the transfer news and rumors every day, but nothing is official just endless speculation.

We've repeatedly been told from various sources that July 1 is the official start to the transfer season, or at least it's the start in some countries.

The Real Madrid legend who spent his youth at River Plate and was part of the championship teams between 1945 to 1947 never lost connection with his former team coming back in 1981 to manage them. His column in Marca shows his deep anguish at River's downfall.

" I'm sorry these are such mournful times.

Everybody!!! be at peace now. Guti will not be returning to Real Madrid ever. At least as a player he would not and I wish he does not come in the form of a coach or an adviser either. Guti has indicated that he has no desire to return to Real Madrid and wants to [...]

Gazzetta dello Sport Inter Moratti casting Bielsa has arrived in Paris, but Inter's enquiries continue No from Ancelotti. Mihajlovic in race. Dunga and Zico also appear Milan double up. Derby for Kucka Vucinic-Juve is OK Roma chase Clichy Tuttosport Diarra to Juve: "I want €4.5m" Toro: Ebagua the first signing.

By Chris Wright

Unsurprisingly, Inter striker Samuel Eto'o's open admission that, after two years at the Giuseppe Meazza, he now fancies a stab at life in the Premier League has set many-a gossip hound's tongue a-wagging.

Have a gander at what Eto'o has been telling Il Corriere dello Sport:

"I am currently considering my options.

Seems the Nearpost has upset Mr John Birmingham - who would have thought! He must be having a bad day. Wonder if he'll get a job in India.
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I just unfollowed @JohnBirmingham. I keep track of all my followers and quitters with #NutshellMail. http://nutshellmail.

What's another year? Some of you may recognise this as a Johnny Logan song, others may think I've gone sentimental. It's just that exactly a year ago on this very Monday the Dutch NT started their World Cup adventure. An adventure that ended abruptly on July 11th... A year later it still hurts a little bit, but it's also a good moment to look forward.

By CALEB SONNELAND

TUKWILA, WA -- A month and a half after being on the receiving end of a leg-breaking tackle at the hands of Colorado's Brian Mullan, Seattle Sounders midfielder Steve Zakuani finally opened up about the experience of his horrific injury for the first time since the April 22nd game against the Rapids.

I've sort of kept my peace about FIFA and their madness as of late. Same goes for the drama with CONCACAF yesterday. Honestly I've been busy with work and other soccer ventures that I just didn't have the time or energy to comment.

Well this photo just about sums up all the energy I have to talk about it.

Today marks the 26th anniversary of the Heysel disaster, a dark day in Liverpool's history and a tragic one for 39 football fans. My thoughts go out to the victims families and to Juventus. You will never walk alone. May they rest in peace. Rocco Acerra (29)Bruno Balli (50)Alfons BosGiancarlo Bruschera (21)Andrea Casula (11)Giovanni Casula (44)Nino Cerullo (24)Willy ChielensGiuseppina Conto (

Earlier today, we reported the news that Oscar De La Hoya entered rehab. We then got a tip that Oscar De La Hoya's Twitter account points to the boxing legend having marriage problems. After looking at the tweets by Oscar De La Hoya, it appears as if the tipster could be right. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

Long before HGH and other steroids were all the rage, Harmon Killebrew was hitting bombs with natural brute strength. Blasting a 500 foot home run was nothing for the gentleman ironically nicknamed "Killer". On Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins legend died after a battle with esophageal cancer.

In the 1960s, Killebrew was the man.