Arsene Wenger is being linked with a move to take Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby to Arsenal. And there are even some suggestions that a deal has already been done for the German-born 21-year-old to join the Gunners in the summer. His contract in Germany ends next year.

A source with close ties to Arsenal has told Arsenalinsider that the transfer has already been agreed for the midfielder, whose Scouse father is a former Brit soldier based in Germany.

Red Nev leads rugby revolution Former Manchester United and England right-back Gary Neville is to give a speech to England's rugby players on the pride of playing for your country. Neville widely reported to have led a proposed strike by England players over Rio Ferdinand's drugs ban has been asked to talk about [.

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The Philadelphia Union announced today that 34-year-old Serbian striker Veljko Paunovic has called an end to his 16 year professional career.

In the press release from the Union announcing his retirement, Paunovic praised both the Union fans and the Union organization.

Left, right, left, right Unassuming Spurs defender Sebastien Bassong was making his way to the warm the bench for last night's win over Aston Villa when he found his route unexpectedly narrowed by representatives from the Army who led the teams out as part of the Tickets for Troops scheme. Visibly taken aback at first, [.

BEM-VINDO aaao Selecao Bootcamp, a tradition we have on the Brazilian National Team. There are only two ways to get by the next few days soldier on and take it like a man (boring) or spice it up and go crazy, David Luiz style! Of course, everybody prefers the second one, especially when they'd rather be at home doing gloriously fun things like barbecuing on Anderson's front porch in a sarong (here's looking at you, Fabio!

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Exactly what it says on the tin, all of R9′s goals for Barca, Real, Inter and Milan in the space of 14 glorious minutes...

Just so you know, Pies may be a little slow today as I put my back out yesterday and it's so painful that it hurts to type and it's actually making me vomit intermittently.

Due to my laptop contracting a rather unfortunate illness, it had been difficult to write about some of the recent events conspiring at the Sportsdirect.com@stjamespark stadium. Nevertheless, being British I shall try to prevail when no hope seems assured, put the kettle on, and soldier on with some recent thoughts I have had this past [.

The big brains behind the Freakonomics franchise have taught us a couple of important lessons about life. One is this: sometimes the events in our world can be reduced to simple math.

That's why I'm a bit skittish about the U.S. chances today against France today at Borussia Park.

As you can see, we have not exactly been hitting it out of the ballpark with our projected starting lineups. A lot of that is out of our control as injuries and players returning from injury have made it pretty tough. Still, we soldier on and keep giving it our best shot. This week, the Seattle Sounders host Toronto FC with two big absences: Steve Zakuani and O'Brian White.

A minutes silence before kick off to remember the 96 Liverpool fans who lost their lives at Hillsborough and also to remember a soldier who recently lost his life in Afghanistan and ex super sub David Fairclough's wife. The silence was impeccably observed by both sets of fans. A Liverpool side stricken with injuries yesterday managed to pull out all the stops and confidently beat Manchester City

With the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers fighting for a Super Bowl championship, children around the country are rooting for their football heroes to win it all. However, those football heroes can't hold a candle to the biggest hero on the field in Dallas on Super Bowl Sunday. Salvatore Giunta is a true hero.

The announcement that an army figure is considering running for head of the Indonesian PSSI could well be the begininng of the end of the blistering dispute between the PSSI and the breakaway Liga Primer Indonesia. By electing George Toisutta the PSSI can say to FIFA they have followed the rules and he may well look more sympathetically on the LPI and its raison d'etre.