Please take a moment to doff your metaphorical cap to Celia Hodkin, Kickettes. Celia has been a Manchester City fan since 1933, and achieved a life's ambition last weekend when she was invited to be the mascot at her club's game vs. Fulham.

As is only right for a woman of such commitment and stature, Celia was afforded VIP treatment on game day, taking in the sights and sounds of the tunnel, the changing room (!

I highly doubt they will see Lon Cheney Jr. walking with the queen, but our USWNT have secured a ticket to the 2012 Summer Olympics following last night's 3-0 win over Costa Rica.Ah-oooooooo!USA Beats Costa Rica and Advance to Olympics - from Universal Sp - Celebrity bloopers here- Greg Seltzer

Have to say I do like this idea, a great way to commemorate a national event
Digging deep for commemorative woods
Organisers of a project to create a series of new woods to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee hope to plant one million trees during February.
The Woodland Trust said next month marked the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.

Venue: St James' Park, Toon. Date: Sun 15th Jan 2011. Kick-Off: 1:30 pm. Referee: Chris Foy. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our regular "match banter" feature. This time the Magpies will be facing the transitional Queen's Park Rangers under new manager, Mark Hughes, he of the slightly annoying mid-sentence sharp intakes of breath.

"Wilma...!" -- Fred Flintstone in a paroxysm of ecstasy after he convinces Betty Rubble to "role play a bit."

We'll keep you posted. More on this at 5.

Wait, start from the beginning.

Out of seemingly nowhere, the U.S. Soccer Federation has cleared house. Today, the U.S. power that be announced U.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been given the FIFA presidential award for services to football. The United manager was presented with the award by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala in Zurich.

Talking about SAF, Blatter said:

"Elite football is all about results and winning and there is no one better at it than him.

A lovely little brouhaha is building in England about the half-a-million new commemorative fifty-pence pieces in circulation, with an explanation of offside on the backside of the queen's image. According to a story in this morning's Guardian, a well-known referee...

Arsene Wenger and his merry band of Gunners were once the cream of the Premiership-coach-starring-in-a-gif-referencing-an-iconic-comedy crop. Aside from losing the whole front seat, he's also lost his mantle to Woy.

Zoolander just can't compete with Queen.

Something happened to Mr.

Malaysian football may be riding high regionally with the national team joint holders of the SEA Games and the ASEAN Cup but things ain't so hot domestically. Teams with little in the way of a support base or culture like KL PLUS, MyTeam and Kuala Muda have fallen by the wayside in recent years and now problems are circulating around Kuala Lumpur.

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!

Sir Geoff Hurst video special: Bobby Moore, West Ham, winning the World Cup and more

Sir Geoff Hurst turned 70 on December 8th and to celebrate MirrorFootball is proud to present this exclusive video in which the living legend talks us through the stories behind his greatest moments.

Well, Joey Barton did promise on Twitta that he would "tell all when the time was right" and he's finally kept his word. Speaking in a long audio podcast interview for the Queen's Park Ranger's 'blog "Open All R's," he finally lifted the lid on his time at Newcastle United and his strained relationship with [.

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In which, before Tottenham's 2-0 win over Villa last night, Sebastien Bassong makes his way out onto the pitch, catches sight of the Armed Forces lined up in the tunnel and seizes his opportunity to greet them with a really awkward little march duly followed up with a really weedy salute.

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Manchester United's long serving manager is considered to be one of the best in the world. He is at the helm since 1986, and presently has no signs of retiring.

Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson currently has 12 Premier League championships, and helped beat Liverpool's 18 league championships in 2010-11 season.

Earlier this year, we analysed then Championship Queen's Park Rangers in order to guess which of their stars might successfully negotiate the jump in standard once promotion was secured. Of course much of that thinking has been rendered moot by a squad overhaul that has left many of last year's heroes either elsewhere or out of the team, although there is an argument that Alejandro Faurlin has

Ahhh, the happier days. Taken November 2010. Image via SI.com

After a week of speculation, it has been confirmed by Malena Costa that she and FC Barcelona's Carles Puyol are no more. Just a month after their one year anniversary, the couple has mutually decided to part ways.

"You never know, this is very hard on me right now," said Costa, when asked about a possible reconciliation.

Images via Terra and Sport.com.

In a promo event on Wednesday, Malena Costa modeled one of three designer frocks by Victorio & Luccino in the running to be the featured gown for the star of the Codorniu cava holiday commercial. Not only did she model a dressed named after a delicious bevie, but the kicker is she's also set to receive a boozy title.

As question's are asked over the alleged £2.5 million in agent's fees involved in Joey Barton's transfer to Queen's Park Rangers, Newcastle United's Managing Director, Derek Llambias, washed his hands of the affair, insisting that he is "more than happy" for Newcastle United to be probed by the FA over the deal.

Venue: Loftus Road, London Date: Monday, Sept 12th, 2011 Kick-off: 8:00pm Referee: Phil Dowd Hello, good evening and welcome to NUFC Blog's regular "match banter" feature, which this time sees Newcastle United facing West London club, Queen's Park Rangers over at their place. Of course, much of the pre-match gossip has centred around this being [.

La idea tal vez era buena, el grupo ingles de Queen promocionando los juegos olimpicos de Londres 2012 con su tema mas deportivo (lo que sea que eso significque) We are the champions.
Desafortunadamente la ejecucion para miles de aficionados en las redes sociales no tuvo el exito esperado o por lo menos el gusto o agrado , porque han estado hablando del promo pero la mayoria son criticas negativas, desde el vestuario,las voces y los participantes.

After all the fuss and bother of the past few days, the now ex Newcastle United midfielder, Joey Barton, has finally mulled things over, and signed a deal for West London club, Queen's Park Rangers. There seems to be some confusion as to whether Barton has signed for three or four years at his new [.

Newcastle United midfielder, Joey Barton has reported on his Twitta page that he is now going for a medical at West London suitors, Queen's Park Rangers. He also tweeted that there has still be no offer of a contract extension at his current club and is leaving reluctantly as his "hands are tied" due to [.

Y'all mess with Muse? It's not for everybody but the former record store geek in me can't resist the arena-destroying, prog-rock preening that these guys somehow get away with. They are my generation's Rush & Queen but without the Canadianism or gay stuff (not that there is anything wrong with either).

Spanning our coverage to three divisions would always present problems when deciding upon this season's best team. Just as the WBA, IBF and WBC versions of international boxing competed for eminence in the 1980s, Queen's Park Rangers, Chesterfield and Brighton and Hove Albion possess equal claims to be the top canines thirty or so years on.

Arsenal Contact Adel Taarabt By Max Baker The Queen's Park Rangers' attacking midfielder Adel Taarabt has been contacted by both Arsenal and Chelsea about a possible move. "I had contact with Arsenal and Chelsea, but it is a little muddled. Arsenal have not yet sold Cesc Fabregas, and as for Chelsea, they do not yet [.

Queen's Park Rangers midfielder, Adel Taarabt has revealed that he would be happy to join Newcastle as he feels that he doesn't need a very big club at this stage of his career. The player, who is intent on a move from the West London club as he feels they will be relegated after their [...]

Their was to be no fairytale Epsom Derby win for the Queen owned Carlton House as he was beaten into third place by Treasure Beach second trained by Aiden O' Brien and the winner Pour Moi who came from last to first to give French trainer Andre Fabre his very first Epsom Derby success.

Appearing on Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson's late night talk show on US television, Becks said he had '30 or 31' tattoos on his body.
When asked by Ferguson, 'Did you get any (tattoos) on your 'business'?' Beckham replied, 'Not yet.'
He then spoke of the recent presidential dinner he attended in London, describing meeting President Barack Obama as 'amazing'.

Appearing on Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson's late night talk show on US television, Becks said he had '30 or 31' tattoos on his body.
When asked by Ferguson, 'Did you get any (tattoos) on your 'business'?' Beckham replied, 'Not yet.'
He then spoke of the recent presidential dinner he attended in London, describing meeting President Barack Obama as 'amazing'.

The U.S. WNT has been training in (what they tell us) are unseasonably warm weather in New Jersey (80s and 90s), but that should be good preparation in Germany where it could be quite hot during the Women's World Cup. The squad has been taking some long drives to training, which means the players have had to find things to occupy their time.

Get in my son...Is that Wayne hitting on the Queen?Video: BBCComedy
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Steve Rotheram has explained why he will be putting down an early motion requesting the Queen confer a knighthood on Kenny Dalglish.
Steve Rotheram has explained why he will be putting down an early motion requesting the Queen confer a knighthood on Kenny Dalglish.
The Liverpool MP made the announcement during a moving speech at Friday's Hillsborough Memorial Service at Anfield.

There is no announcement yet from the Union, but a report on Twitter from Shaka Hislop says that Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Thorne Holder has signed with the Union.

Reports from Trinidad confirmed that Holder was on trial with the Union in January. The former U-20 national team goalkeeper played high school soccer at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad & Tobago before going to University of Maryland and Adelphi University.

Yes, she's still retired. Kristine Lilly is and will remain one of the world's greatest-ever players, and we thought you'd like to read a few stories on the Queen of Caps after she announced her retirement.
A piece by Chris Elsberry of the Connecticut Post, whose covered Lilly for years.
A very nice story by Wayne Coffey of the New York Daily News.

Speaking in an interview for BBC North East's radio sports programme, 'Total Sport', current manager, Alan Pardew, has spoken on the reasons why he let Newcastle United winger, Wayne Routledge, move back to his old club, Queen's Park Rangers. Routledge's return to the club seems to have been a success so far, with the player [.

The one and only Kristine Lilly announced her retirement today after perhaps the most legendary career in U.S. Women's National Team history. ussoccer.com has it coveredwith a special tribute video, an interview with the Queen of Caps herself, a podcast, quotes, special Kristine Lilly Top-13 lists, a Lilly by the Numbers, a list of some of her most memorable moments and even a list of every one of her 352 caps and 130 goals.