German outfit top Uefa's paylist for releasing players Spain might have walked away with the trophy, but German side Werder Bremen have pocketed £935,107 for releasing their players for Euro 2008. Werder benefited from Germany's success in the tournament as Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Clemens Fritz and Per Mertesacker all played with the national team to [. Click to continue reading...

Keano resigns as Black Cats boss Roy Keane has quit as manager of Sunderland after just over two years in charge. The former Manchester United captain and occasional Iranian president lookalike indicated after the Black Cats' humiliating 1-4 defeat to Bolton at the weekend that he was considering his position. Click to continue reading...

Hammers winger forced to promote his own addiction In these cut-thrust times of economic uncertainty, a Premier League club without a sponsor cannot afford to let little things like irony stand in the way of a decent pay-day. That is why the club has not let the fact that winger Matthew Etherington has a gambling addiction [. Click to continue reading...

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Cough please, Mr Giggs When you have played football for as long as Ryan Giggs, you are bound to have a closer relationship with the match officials than some of the new kids on the block. That's why referees such as Alan Wiley often take the opportunity to touch Giggs up during the middle of a [... Click to continue reading...

Becks does his best Sean Connery impersonation Do you expect me to talk? No, that squeaking thing you normally do is fine. David Beckham raised a few eyebrows during a press conference in New Zealand earlier today - his own. LA Galaxy's finest pulled out some of his finest facial expressions for the occasion. Click to continue reading...

Brazilian victory cuddle After netting the winning goal for Internacional against Estudiantes in the Sudamericana Cup final last night, Nilmar celebrated by hugging and kissing a considerably shorter team-mate while having his backside caressed. Click to continue reading...

Pulsating match, eight goals - what more could you want? Just watch and enjoy and wonder how - of all the matches so far this season - Blackburn fans thought this was the most appropriate game to call for Paul Ince's head. It could easily have been 4-4. United's sublime passing move for their fourth and Carlos [. Click to continue reading...

Sponsored by Joe Kinnear Open the fourth window Ronaldinho taking a crap In Spanish and particularly Catalan Christmas tradition, alongside all the usual players there is a character called the Caganer. While the Three Wise Men brought gifts, the Caganer simply craps in the corner of the stable as baby Jesus is born. Click to continue reading...

Poor old Baggies destined to spend all eternity with plain shirts Watching West Brom play (and frequently lose) week-in week-out without a sponsor had got us feeling a bit down. The Baggies are propping up the rest of the Premier League table and they can't even find someone willing to sponsor their shirt while they do [. Click to continue reading...

Pre-match campaign lands Liverpool in trouble Liverpool seem to have landed themselves in hot water with the FA after a pre-match t-shirt campaign by its players. The authorities are apparently not very happy that the Reds, spurred on by Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher according to the local press, used their Monday night TV slot with [. Click to continue reading...

Iran away from a World Cup once One is a fanatical megalomaniac prone to random outbursts of aggression, the other is the president of Iran. Click to continue reading...

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Young Rio vowed never to play for Red Devils Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has revealed that he used to hate the club in his younger days. The England defender told the Mirror that he went as far as to say he would never play for the club before his £29.1 million move from Leeds [...] Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's reserves taken down a peg or two There is no point getting us all excited by thrashing Sheffield United and Wigan if you are going to lose to Burnley. And Lukas Fabianski - one of the stars of the young Gunners campaign thus far - handed the Clarets their opener by very kindly pushing the [. Click to continue reading...