On Saturday morning, I saw the list of potential managers for the England National Team now that it finds itself without a coach. The Euro 2012 is not too far away now, and the eyes of the world are on England, waiting to see who will take the helm amidst the international controversy. I couldn't help but wonder that Arsene's name was on the list, so I had to do a bit of digging to determine the probability of his being selected for the coveted job.

It is being reported that League One outfit Sheffield Wednesday have made a move for Arsenal youngster Sanchez Watt on a loan deal until the end of January. The 20-year-old winger has been in blistering form for the reserves so far this season and was recently rewarded with fresh terms. Watt is held in high [.

Every Wednesday, we discuss the quirky outside stories in the world of football. This week, read about Ronaldo's wedding, Mario Balotelli's insane level of vanity and IkerBonero!

Drop what you're doing right now because your best friend and hair confidante, Cristiano Ronaldo, is set to marry his mujer, Russian supermodel Irina Shayk!

DOHA, Qatar Qatar has welcomed an investigation into alleged corruption in its victorious 2022 World Cup bid. The 2022 host nation said the evidence put forward so far was false, unsubstantiated and coming from a whisteblower who is probably a former employee "with a significant axe to grind." Qatar has been on the defensive [.

COMMERCE CITY, Colorado Toronto FC gutted out a valuable scoreless draw on the road Sunday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park as the Colorado Rapids failed to take advantage of their first home game in three weeks. Goalkeeper Matt Pickens was a bright spot for the Rapids, who earned a draw for the third straight [.

TURIN, Italy — Luigi Delneri confirmed on Saturday that as expected he would not be Juventus coach next season after he failed to guide them to either a trophy or barring a miracle a place in European competition next season. The 60-year-old who arrived this season after a successful spell with Sampdoria where he [.

MANCHESTER, England Javier Hernandez has capped a phenomenal debut season for United by scooping the prestigious Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year Award. The accolade is voted for by fans across the world on the club's official websites and honours United's best player in the 2010/11 campaign. Chicharito, who has scored 20 goals [.

DUBLIN, Ireland Colombia striker Radamel Falcao re-affirmed his desire to stay at Porto next season after scoring his 38th goal of the season to seal a 1-0 victory over Braga in Wednesday's Europa League final. The 25-year-old had broken Juergen Klinsmann's record 15-goal haul in the competition during the semi-finals when he scored five [.

MILAN, Italy — Veteran forward Filippo Inzaghi on Wednesday signed a new one-year contract with AC Milan tying him to the club until the end of next season when he will be 38. But midfield playmaker Andrea Pirlo revealed that he would be leaving the champions Milan after 10 years. "I'm here to say goodbye," [.

PARIS, France Lille moved to the brink of the Ligue 1 and French Cup double when a second-half Gervinho goal secured a 1-0 league home win over Sochaux on Wednesday. The northeners, who were last champions in 1954 and won the French Cup on Saturday, have 72 points with two games left and lead [...]

LONDON, England Arsenal were held to an embarrassing 1-1 draw by Leyton Orient in the FA Cup fifth round after the League One (third-tier) side snatched a last-gasp equaliser at Brisbane Road on Sunday. Arsene Wenger's team had enjoyed a famous 2-1 win over Spanish champions Barcelona in their Champions League last 16 first [.

MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan's title charge gained momentum on Saturday as the champions squeezed past Cagliari 1-0 to close the gap on leaders AC Milan. Inter's bitter city rivals can push their lead over their neighbours back out to five points with victory on Sunday at Chievo but the nerazzurri's ninth win in 11 [.

PARIS, France — Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 Saturday in the French league to keep up its title challenge. The defending champion cut Lille's lead to three points and provisionally moved into second place in the standings, one point clear of Lyon which thrashed Nancy 4-0 on Friday. Lille visits Montpellier on Sunday.

ZURICH, Switzerland — Soccer's ruling body has postponed Yemen's home qualifying game for the 2012 Olympics against Singapore because of anti-government protests. FIFA says it agreed with the Asian Football Confederation to delay Wednesday's scheduled first-leg match by one week until March 2. FIFA says the game could be switched to a neutral country if [.

HAMBURG, Germany Former Germany international Gerald Asamoah headed his sixth goal of the season to give St Pauli a 1-0 win at Hamburg on Wednesday, their first Bundesliga victory over their city rivals since 1977. In a match postponed this month due to heavy rain, Hamburg had half a dozen good scoring chances in [.

WIGAN, England — Ivan Klasnic fired Bolton Wanderers to a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic in their FA Cup fourth-round replay at the DW Stadium on Wednesday. Owen Coyle's side can look forward to a fifth-round trip to Fulham this weekend thanks to Croatian striker Klasnic's second-half winner. While Wanderers' Wembley bid remains alive, Wigan [.

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Portland Timbers announced today that they have acquired midfielder Sal Zizzo from Chivas USA in exchange for allocation money. Timbers technical director/general manager Gavin Wilkinson made the announcement. Zizzo, 23, marks his second season in Major League Soccer (MLS) after contributing one assist in 10 games (1 start) with Chivas USA in [.

LONDON, England — A football club based near London's Olympic Stadium has written to British Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to block West Ham's planned move into the venue after the 2012 games. West Ham has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the stadium, beating a rival bid from Tottenham.

FIORENTINA, Italy — Inter Milan kept up their title challenge with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Fiorentina on Wednesday. An own goal from Michele Camporese gave the champions the lead before Manuel Pasquale's cross trickled over the line to restore parity. But Giampaolo Pazzini struck the winner from close range to keep Leonardo's team in [.

ROME, Italy - AS Roma coach Claudio Ranieri was left to fight off loud boos and speculation his days at the club are numbered after an embarrassing 3-2 home defeat by Champions League knockout round debutants Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. Three Serie A games without a win and the club being up for sale had [.

LONDON, England Arsenal struck two late goals to snatch an unlikely 2-1 win over Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash at The Emirates on Wednesday. Barcelona dominated possession with wonderful passing, working tirelessly to harass the home side in their short spells on the ball, and deservedly led through [.

PARIS, France Former France coach Raymond Domenech has broken his silence over the World Cup debacle, labeling the players "stupid brats" for going on strike at a training session to make "a laughing stock" of their country. Domenech's bitter six-year tenure as France coach ended after last year's World Cup in South Africa and [.

Italians Roma host Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night in one of the knockout round's more open ties.

The hosts are currently in the midst of financial and club turmoil with things both on and off the pitch being far from rosy.

Italians Roma host Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night in one of the knockout round's more open ties.

The hosts are currently in the midst of financial and club turmoil with things both on and off the pitch being far from rosy.

Part 3 of a match made on the football fields of fantasia sees Arsenal and Barcelona lock horns for the second consecutive season as the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League segues along.

The football fans dream and a European tie to savour. There are many names applicable to a clash involving the two finest, most aesthetically pleasing footballing teams on the planet.

Part 3 of a match made on the football fields of fantasia sees Arsenal and Barcelona lock horns for the second consecutive season as the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League segues along.

The football fans dream and a European tie to savour. There are many names applicable to a clash involving the two finest, most aesthetically pleasing footballing teams on the planet.

GIJON, Spain — League leaders Barcelona saw their record winning run come to an end with a shock 1-1 draw at Sporting Gijon and it could have been worse had David Villa not scored a brilliant 79th-minute equaliser to salvage a point. Barcelona had won 16 consecutive league games to beat the old mark of [.

CHAMONIX/LONDON, Feb 11: Football officials from Bulgaria and Estonia have not waited for an independent inquiry. Amid rapidly escalating concern over ‘betting bending' they have asked UEFA, jointly, to investigate their own international friendly in Turkey on Wednesday. The match, in a four-team tournament in Antalya, ended 2-2 with all four goals coming from the [.

VANCOUVER, BC Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced Nizar Khalfan and Gershon Koffie as their first two international player signings on Wednesday. The duo became the sixth and seventh signings from last season's USSF D-2 Pro League squad and the latest in an ever-growing pool of African MLS players. Eschewing big name signings like David Beckham [.

LONDON, Engand David Beckham stopped to help a stranded family whose car broke down on the way to school. Beckham pulled over during morning rush hour near a roundabout in the town of Ware in England. He assisted photographer Paul Long and his two children. Long had been ignored by other motorists before the [.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The president of the Argentina Football Association says Carlos Tevez has been dropped from the national team as a punishment for missing the previous friendly match. Tevez was not in the team to face Portugal in Switzerland on Wednesday. Argentina FA president Julio Grondona said in a radio interview in Buenos [.

LONDON, England - The court battle over the sale of Liverpool resumed Wednesday with the former American co-owners seeking approval to pursue a $1.6 billion damages claim for what they called a "giant swindle." The case in London comes as Liverpool's fortunes on the field have been revived for the first time since Tom Hicks [.

GENEVE, Switzerland Lionel Messi scored a 90th-minute penalty to give Argentina a 2-1 win over Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the first international meeting of the two players on Wednesday. Two-time world player of the year Messi also was the dominating early influence and set up Angel di Maria to give Argentina a 14th-minute lead.

LONDON, England Cesc Fabregas has been ruled out of Spain's international friendly against Colombia on Wednesday because of a stomach bug. Spain's football federation says the Arsenal midfielder did not make the trip from London to Madrid, which is hosting the game at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

POSTED: February 3rd 2011 NewsUpdate LONDON, Feb 03: Andy Carroll skipped nimbly around questions about whether he is worth £35m with an ease which Liverpool hope he will display against opposing defences after his English-player-record move from Newcastle on the eve of the transfer deadline. Carroll, 22, has taken over the No9 shirt abandoned by [.

DORTMUND, Germany — Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer produced an outstanding performance on Friday to earn his side Schalke 04 a point after a goalless draw at Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund. With Germany set to face Italy in a friendly here at Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday, Neuer boosted his chances of facing the Italians [.

SANTIAGO, Chile Santiago The popular Argentine coach of Chile's national football team, Marcelo Bielsa, will remain in his position, the Chilean football association said Wednesday. Bielsa missed a deadline to turn in a notice of resignation and his contract would remain in effect, said the association's president Sergio Jadue.

BARCELONA, Spain It's not like it was a gigantic to surprise to any experts who bet on soccer or any soccer fans in general, but it's still worth noting: Barcelona has advanced to the Copa del Rey final. Barcelona already had an astounding 5-0 lead over Almeria after the first leg between the teams [.

MADRID, Spain — Real Madrid will face arch rivals Barcelona in a mouthwatering Kings Cup final after Jose Mourinho's Madrid side defeated holders Sevilla 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday to reach their first final since 2004. Togo forward Emmanuel Adebayor scored his first Real goal deep in stoppage time to add to an [.

LIVERPOOL, England — Luis Suarez came off the substitutes bench to score on his Liverpool debut as Kenny Dalglish's side overcame Stoke 2-0 at Anfield here on Wednesday. Suarez, a 22.6 million pounds (36.5 million dollars) transfer deadline day signing from Ajax, needed just 16 minutes to open his goal account after Dirk Kuyt's pass [.