What you missed while coming up with a new theory on why Bigfoot can’t be caught…
- Premier League roundup: Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland, Manchester City 0-2 Everton, Blackburn 2-1 Birmingham, Portsmouth 0-5 Chelsea.
- FA Cup roundup: Tottenham 3-1 Fulham (congrats to Two Yellows’ dad!)
- Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is dreaming big and hoping for one more win this season; Sunderland has seven games left to play.
- Roberto Mancini and David Moyes got into a fistfight during Manchester City’s chokejob against Everton; both were sent to the stands, which Steven Gerrard tells me means the ref saw it and no further action will be taken.
- Martin O’Neill thinks this season will be a tight finish for fourth place, and then proved his point by drawing against Sunderland. Seriously, guys: if nobody wants fourth, Liverpool doesn’t mind taking it.
- The Kansas City Wizards may sign Indian star Sunil Chhetri.
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Mark Hughes and Sven-Göran Eriksson are the favorites to take over the Côte d’Ivoire national team management role.
- The Portsmouth administration plan is to sell the entire team and replace them with free transfers next season; the silver lining is that Portsmouth’s kits will match the Blue Square Premier League logo very nicely.
- FC United are looking to build a new 5,000 seat stadium in Newton Heath.
- David Villa may have suffered a concussion in Valencia’s match against Malaga, causing him to miss Valencia’s match against Real Zaragoza and possibly their Europa League meeting with Atletico Madrid.
- Fiorentina striker Alberto Gilardino was also hospitalized after a collision with Catania goalkeeper Mariano Andujar.
- Mexico drew against Iceland in a friendly match held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- After a poor start to the season, Roma haven’t lost in eighteen matches, are level on points with second placed AC Milan, and are playing the “game of the season” against Inter this weekend. I bet Albert Aquilani’s glad he left for Liverpool, though. Really. He is. Just ask him.
- Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Osasuna puts them on top of the table until Real Madrid beat on Getafe later today.
- Herminio Loureiro, the head of Portugal’s FA, resigned after FC Porto striker Hulk’s ban for assault was cut to three matches; it was initially four months. You won’t like Loureiro when he’s angry.
- Albert Riera’s £6 million move to CSKA Moscow may have been imaginary; Italian interest in CSKA Moscow winger Milos Krasic, however, is very much a reality.
- West Ham owner David Sullivan has played down a link with former England manager Glenn Hoddle.
- Police in Brazil used pepper spray to remove a red carded player in a Brazilian Serie D match.
- And finally, U.S. international Michael Bradley broke his nose in training with Borussia Mönchengladbach; he should be back next week. Incidentally, if Bradley played for a team that was easier to spell we’d probably cover him more.
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