Robinho believes Manchester City can emulate neighbours United as the teams prepare to meet at Eastlands tomorrow. …citeste tot articoul.

Football star David Beckham arrived at Auckland Airport to a powhiri and around 100 fans this morning. …citeste tot articoul.

American goalkeeper Brad Friedel of Aston Villa made a record 167th consecutive Premier League appearance Saturday against Fulham. …citeste tot articoul.

In February, during Madonna’s charity auction in New York City, Salma Hayek had the winning bid for a one-hour soccer lesson from David Beckham. In the nine months since then, she has been unable to collect her winnings and it doesn’t look like that will change any time soon. …citeste tot articoul.

Let’s just start by saying that Real Madrid are still the team to beat in La Liga this season.They were Champions in 2006/07 as Beckham said bon voyage and they held their nerve on the last game of Capello’s tenure. They were Champions last season convincingly as Barcelona toiled towards the end of the Rijkaard era. …citeste tot articoul.

In a case that could have come straight from the pages of a medical thriller, Italy is investigating a mysterious epidemic among former professional footballers, dozens of whom have been killed by a disease that paralyses its victims. …citeste tot articoul.

Antonio Cassano, ex-Real Madrid and AS Roma, now playing for Sampdoria, wrote an autobiographical book in which he admits that he slept with several hundreds of women, sometimes even a few hours before games. …citeste tot articoul.

Story of the children who pin everything on soccer — the few who can "make" it, the vast majority who can’t. Sad but well written, compelling story. …citeste tot articoul.

Police arrested a 19-year-old and another man in his 40s following the game in west London on Sunday. The man who died was 43 and had turned out for amateur side Old Greenfordians. The dead man’s team had played Kinghill Town FC. …citeste tot articoul.

Landon Donovan will join German champion Bayern Munich in a loan deal similar to the one David Beckham has agreed with AC Milan, according to Bayern’s manager Uli Hoeness, but no other players will come or go from the club during the winter transfer period. …citeste tot articoul.