Earlier on this afternoon, Coleen Rooney gave birth to Wayne Rooney's first child. The baby boy has been named Kai Wayne Rooney and both parents are said to be ‘overjoyed'.
The bookmakers have done up some special odds for baby Kai already, the poor kid is only hours old. Click to continue reading...

Maybe Prime Minister Zapatero was right. It's good to see proverbial underdogs winning sometimes, and in a tournament like the Copa del Ray, upsets always seem to happen. Except we're talking about Real Madrid here and they're supposed to be formidable this season enough to cancel out their 26 year drought in this competition.

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The Spanish Football Federation is celebrating its 100th anniversary and to mark that, they held a group photo session with more than 400 past and and present members of the national team.

Also on hand was Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who decided to test his skills with a penalty kick against Iker Casillas.

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Two Vietnamese football teams will vie for the Cambodia Royal Cup and a prize of US$20,000 from November 8-13. The runners-up will take $10,000 and $5,000 respectively.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Vissai Ninh Binh will take part at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hu Sen and Cambodian Football Federation chairman Sao Sokha. Click to continue reading...

Botox Berlusconi recently approached Jose Mourinho somewhere in the San Siro (we're guessing) and the Inter coach's facial expression is one of absolute relief. What did Botox tell Jose exactly? We hope it wasn't a lousy joke about grey dye in Mourinho's hair.

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You can blame Princess Diana. You can blame the general dismantling of the British stiff upper lip. Whatever you blame it's hard to argue that we are beginning to devalue death by continually leaping into orgies of grief.How can the great lives be properly marked when the Prime Minister mourns the death of racist reality TV stars? Click to continue reading...

You can blame Princess Diana. You can blame the general dismantling of the British stiff upper lip. Whatever you blame it's hard to argue that we are beginning to devalue death by continually leaping into orgies of grief.How can the great lives be properly marked when the Prime Minister mourns the death of racist reality TV stars? Click to continue reading...

As Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard is apparently taking new teammate Glen Johnson under his wing and helping him adjust to his new home. The following is a transcript of one of their recent conversations.

Gerrard: Feel free to ask me anything you may be pondering about, Glen.

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Prime Minister heads to FIFA HQ to lead the Aussie World Cup bid.
Gold Coast beat Englands seventh best side, 2-1!
Perth sign Socceroo Chris Coyne.
Enjoying the off-season. Click to continue reading...

I was surprised to see that Spain's prime minister had an opinion of Real Madrid's rampant spending.
Here's what the honorable Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said:

"I don't know if I am the most suitable person to be talking about signings by Real Madrid but these amounts seem excessive to me," Zapatero, a fan of Real's arch-rivals Barcelona, said in an interview with television broadcaster Cuatro.

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Martin Samuel has written an article for The Daily Mail which basically sees nothing but doom for the future of Manchester United if Cristiano Ronaldo is to leave.

The idea that United are better off without him, or that he can be easily replaced, is too far-fetched.

Are United better off without a player who wants to be in Madrid?

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Continuing on the Scotland theme: I've been meaning to write something about my favorite Scottish club, Raith Rovers, who sensationally won the Second Division championship with a 1-0 win against Queen's Park at Hampden last weekend, and who are miraculously on the right track after years of unfortunate and sometimes self-inflicted languishing.

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Mohammed Bin Hammam, AFC president is thumbing his nose at FIFA directives that reinstate the voting rights of five countries in the AFC.

He had stripped these countries of their privileges at the behest of the ad-hoc legal committee's recommendations. As per the committee four countries did not deserve representation because their participation in tournaments do not meet AFC standards.

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Influential, engaging, vastly intellectual, charismatic; and then there's Gordon Brown. On a trip to Brazil in March 2009, UK Prime Minister Brown takes a momentary breather from saving the world in order to meet up with football legend Socrates. The former Corinthians star is one of the most graceful playmakers ever to play for Brazil, and arguably the most intelligent. Click to continue reading...

Influential, engaging, vastly intellectual, charismatic; and then there's Gordon Brown. On a trip to Brazil in March 2009, UK Prime Minister Brown takes a momentary breather from saving the world... ... Click to continue reading...

Some news to read as you attempt to glue yourself to the Prime Minister: The best personalized Liverpool jersey we've seen (Being Sven) And while we're at it, here's the best excuse for game tickets being unavailable (Soccer y Futbol) And the New Bayern Munich Jerseys. Delivered to us in...um...female modern dance form? Click to continue reading...

That's right. After referee Howard Webb awarded Austria a game-tying penalty kick in extra time, Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) said, well, this:

'As the prime minister I have to be balanced and collected,' keen soccer fan Donald Tusk told reporters. 'But last night I was speaking very differently about the whole thing, I wanted to kill.

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Tomorrow Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Frank Lowy AC will meet with Pim Verbeek, Tom Sermanni, Harry Kewell, Jason Culina, James Holland, Collette McCallum, Jade North, Cheryl Salisbury and James Troisi plus Evan Pellerud (coach of Canadian women's team).
My, my aren't we important now. How football has changed. Click to continue reading...