What you missed while scientists were finding a new type of predator coral that can eat jellyfish…
- David Beckham’s LA Galaxy lost the MLS Cup on penalties to Real Salt Lake last night, but Beckham is still planning on coming back after his AC Milan move, possibly with an eye towards one day owning an MLS franchise. Beckham Beckham Beckham Beckham.
- Jermain Defoe scored five goals in Tottenham’s 9-1 demolition of Wigan.
- Barcelona drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao Saturday, dropping them behind Real Madrid on the table; even worse, Lionel Messi went down with a thigh tear that will likely leave him out of the Super Classico on Saturday.
- Gaël Kakuta, the controversial Chelsea youth prospect, made his debut against Wolves.
- Liverpool will have to beat Debrecini VSC without Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel; the way things are going lately, look for a 2-2 draw in Hungary tomorrow.
- Carlos Vela’s potential has convinced Arsene Wenger to stop trying to sign Marouane Chamakh.
- Thierry Henry considered quitting after his controversial double dribble against Ireland.
- Philipp Lahm says that Bayern Munich is “sick” and “lame”. No word on whether they’re also “bogus” and “heinous”.
- Switzerland’s FC Gossau and FC Thun have each banned players over their roles in a match fixing scandal.
- Palermo have sacked Walter Zenga for extending the club’s winless run to four games, knocking all the pieces over.
- Rubin Kazan’s scoreless draw with Zenit St. Petersburg saw them clinch their second consecutive Russian Premier League title.
- Gary Neville has hit out against “mollycoddled” players who collect paychecks but never seem to actually play rely on their agents to do everything for them.
