What in the world is Pep wearing? This is certainly not his best moment in press conference attire, or any occasion attire, for that matter.
We're mortified a bit. Why would you even glance twice at such an abysmal sweater - except to gawk at it - let alone buy it and actually wear it? At a press conference in front of forty hundred cameras? Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich fans are certainly not in a particularly good mood at the moment. The situation in the Bundesliga is far from hopeless but still disappointing, while Bayern will need a miracle of sorts to progress in the Champions League. Thus, some fans may be in disbelieve, some may question the coach or the players, others blame the transfer policy and a few probably just desperately hope for Ribery to return and make it all right again.

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This week's QOTW is Fabio Capello talking about his first training session with the England Squad, the Italian manager has guided England to qualification, and he will most probably guide them through South Africa 2010.

"I remember the first training session and I was surprised because the players were really good,"

- Fabio Capello
A bit of humor for this week's QOTW, Capello was very surprised because he thought that because England didn't make it the the 2008 Euro's, the players would not be of high quality. Click to continue reading...

Last night we read that Rubin Kazan's manager had instructed the Russian club's groundskeeper not to trim the grass in the stadium, so that it would slow Barca down. Now, it is quite flattering that other teams feel the need to go to such measures when facing us, but really, it's starting to get a bit old. Click to continue reading...

As previously mentioned, Wayne Rooney's son Kai Wayne Rooney was born yesterday. Wayne skipped out on Manchester United's training session to be at the hospital for the birth and was expecting a boy, but was that all? The following is a transcript of Wayne's conversation with the doctor immediately after Kai's birth.

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I never thought I'd say it, but this is it the eyebrow of seduction is just too powerful. It needs to be reigned in and controlled like a military grade weapon. The UN needs to sanction it and ethics professors need to include discussion of its proper use in their curriculum. This simply cannot go on.

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She did it!

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen are the new parents of a healthy little baby boy named Kai Wayne Rooney at 13.45 this afternoon. We've not checked the exact dates, but we're quite sure Coleen was pregnant for several years.

Not possible? Really?

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She did it!

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen are the new parents of a healthy little baby boy named Kai Wayne Rooney at 13.45 this afternoon. We've not checked the exact dates, but we're quite sure Coleen was pregnant for several years.

Not possible? Really?

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It's on, Kickettes!

And by on, we mean: Coleen Rooney is attempting to remove a 9-day-overdue baby from her womb. Let's all wish her well. She has checked into Liverpool Women's Hospital, and hubby Wayne has missed a training session.

We're sending thoughts, good wishes and many prayers for a safe, easy and pain-free birth.

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It's on, Kickettes!

And by on, we mean: Coleen Rooney is attempting to remove a 9-day-overdue baby from her womb. Let's all wish her well. She has checked into Liverpool Women's Hospital, and hubby Wayne has missed a training session.

We're sending thoughts, good wishes and many prayers for a safe, easy and pain-free birth.

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As part of the Football Unites project, the British Council and Stretford End Flags is organising a match between visiting Moscow CSKA and Manchester United fans. Just a few hours before the two sides face each other at Old Trafford on 3 November, their fans will take to the pitch at the Cliff Training Academy in a celebration of football and the friendships created through sport.

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MORNING all. Perth Glory has another training session/presser combo today, with Glory coach Dave Mitchell up on the media chopping block.
There's a little bit of pressure building with two succesive losess and two tough upcoming games against Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix.
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Alberto Aquilani could make his Liverpool debut against Arsenal on Wednesday after being named in the squad for our Carling Cup fourth round clash.

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MORNING folks.
Yesterday FP had a chance to check out a bit of Perth Glory's training session and attend the presser. Also made a couple of interesting observations while he was there.
Firstly, while club stalwart Jamie Harnwell is a few weeks away from recovering from his injury, he had a bit of a run and looked pretty comfortable. Click to continue reading...

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It is expected that Thierry Henry will receive medical clearance this week and will be activated for Sundays league match up against Osasuna.

Henry has been sidelined for just over a month due to a hamstring injury but has been training with the team and looks to be close to match fitness.

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Rafael Benitez has confirmed that Alberto Aquilani has been included in the Liverpool squad for tomorrow night's Carling Cup match at Arsenal.
The midfielder has been recovering from an ankle operation since his summer move from Roma and made his first appearance in a Liverpool shirt in the reserves' 2-0 win against Sunderland last week. Click to continue reading...

Landon Donovan continues to impress. (Getty Images)

While I realize that the news of Landon Donovan winning his latest US Soccer's Honda Player Of The Year award isn't exactly new, I thought it was important to discuss the progress of the USA's number 10. I myself will be the first to admit was one of his fiercest critics not because of his three stints in the Bundesliga, but because at one time his attitude was all wrong.

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So for the last few weeks while I prepare to nod off to sleep I've had the pleasure of flipping through a few issues of the UK edition of fairgame magazine, a whole magazine devoted to that one thing I am quite partial to - women's football.
Going by its credits page, it's a pretty small team with editor Jen O'Neill and news editor Wilf Fifth, plus a person each in design, advertising and marketing. Click to continue reading...

Something is serious very wrong when ATLETICO DE MADRID officialsallow – yes, allow – two of its most extreme & radical fans ( "FrenteAtletico") into a closed training session yesterday to speak face to facewith various players.Here is the pre-situation. New Coach Quique Sanchez Flores calls atraining session for Sunday morning with his new team at the "VicenteCalderon" Stadium; a get together Click to continue reading...

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Dmytro Chygrynskiy on Thursday received clearance to return to training following a knee injury back on Sept. 26 against Malaga.

Chygrynskiy completed his first full training session on Friday since the injury and was immediately examined by doctors. Following the examination the medical staff gave Chygrynskiy a clean bill of health and was given clearance to return to the team.

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Arsenal can welcome back Eduardo for Sunday's league game at Upton Park after the Crozillian frontman recovered from a thigh injury. Eduardo's fellow strike partner Nicklas Bendtner also has a good chance to play with the Dane taking part in a training session at London Colney earlier today. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to EPL Talk reader Danny Godfrey for recently winning the dream chance of attending an England training session.

The chance-of-a-lifetime experience was courtesy of Umbro who gave Godfrey the opportunity to watch a behind closed doors training session featuring the England national team.

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• Are you ready for this? The folks at Marca amusingly invented an 'award' for Kaka so that he'd come to their editorial offices and give em a scoop! You know they'd been waiting AGES for this day to arrive. "I will try to score as many goals as I can against Milan.

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Pardon the super cheesy title, but after reading Miralem Pjanic's super inspiring interview this morning, I felt...well, super. Lyon are in first place in their CL group, Liverpool are in the unwelcome position of being in third, and both teams are coming off of weekend losses in their domestic leagues.

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Liverpool remain confident Steven Gerrard will be fit for their trip to Sunderland this weekend, despite fears he may have sustained a slight tear in his adductor muscle.
Gerrard, who was substituted at half time in England's defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, returned to Merseyside for a precautionary scan after managing only 10 minutes of training with Fabio Capello's squad on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

Today, the Wizards first teamers wrapped up the training session with a finishing drill led by Interim Head Coach Peter Vermes. The last one to finish a cross would have to do something embarrassing, so everyone put their game faces on. The last one to finish? It was Josh Wolff. Sources tell us that the balls played to our leading scorer might not have been as easy to finish as balls played to some of the other players, but you can never trust sources completely, can you? Click to continue reading...

Liverpool received a mixed medical bulletin yesterday as Rafael Benitez keeps his fingers crossed ahead of the latest round of international fixtures.
Steven Gerrard limped out of the morning's England training session with a groin problem and will miss Wednesday night's final World Cup qualifier against Belarus at Wembley. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benítez is likely to seek an explanation from Steven Gerrard as to why he remained on international duty despite aggravating a groin problem against Ukraine on Saturday.
Gerrard finally withdrew from the England squad on Tuesday, after completing just 10 minutes of a gentle training session, the first time he has attempted to train since the weekend. Click to continue reading...

For some reason 61-year-old World Cup winning manager Marcello Lippi was doing somersaults during Italy's training session on Tuesday. I...I don't know why. Maybe he was high on PCP?

See the completion of his gymnastic routine after the jump...

[Photos: AP]

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Fernando Torres trained with the Spain squad on Monday evening after a scan revealed no evidence of muscle damage.
The 25-year-old's own official website confirmed El Nino completed several laps of the pitch before having treatment with La Furia Roja's physiotherapists as Vicente Del Bosque's side continue to prepare for Wednesday evening's World Cup qualifier with Bosnia. Click to continue reading...

Steven Gerrard will miss England's final World Cup qualifying match against Belarus at Wembley tomorrow after limping out of training this morning.
Fabio Capello, the England manager, confirmed the Liverpool captain had been sent back to his club to have his troublesome groin injury assessed. Click to continue reading...

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- TWO QPR Reports! This QPR Report site. And, the second combination messageboard and quasi-blog QPR Report Messageboard. If you're interested in constantly-updated news re anything QPR-related and also QPR nostalgia, this site has both - along with assorted eclectic non-QPR football material. Click to continue reading...

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque insists he will not play Fernando Torres against Bosnia-Herzegovina if he is injured.
The Liverpool striker has been suffering from problems in his adductor muscle over the past week, although he did play 53 minutes in the victory over Armenia on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

This is tricky because there are so many fixtures you'd think would be boring to watch until you consider one or two auxiliary factors.
Let's take for example Liechtenstein v. Azerbaijan. Who's gonna watch this hopeless run around? Well, let's say someone told you this was the only game you would ever be allowed to watch again for the rest of your life. Click to continue reading...

As long as you can walk, perhaps even with a limp, and have played football at the highest level, it seems a medical at Manchester United is a breeze.

Owen Hargreaves spoke in depth about his rehabilitation after surgery on both knees and gave an insight into how United's medical team assess the fitness of a player.

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