What you missed while Nowata, Oklahoma was experiencing a 100-degree temperature swing within one week…
- Europa League Double-Octofinal roundup: Rubin Kazan 0-2 FC Twente, Metalist Kharkiv 0-4 Bayer Leverkeusen, Napoli 0-0 Villareal, Anderlecht 0-3 Ajax, Lech Poznan 1-0 Braga, Besiktas 1-4 Dynamo Kyiv, Benfica 2-1 Stuttgart, BATE 2-2 PSG, Rangers 1-1 Sporting CP, Sparta Prague 0-0 Liverpool, Basel 2-3 Spartak Moscow, Young Boys 2-1 Zenit St. Petersburg, PAOK 0-1 CSKA Moscow, Sevilla 1-2 Porto, Lille 2-2 PSV.
- Three PSV Eindhoven fans were detained for wreaking havoc in Lille following their Europa League match yesterday. Who says nobody takes the Europa League seriously?
- According to Harry Harris, West Brom manager Roy Hodgson is in the frame to replace Fabio Capello as the England manager.
- Frank Lampard thinks it would be a disaster if Chelsea failed to qualify for the Champions League this season.
- Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien won’t play for Ghana when they play against England at Wembley next month. I think it’s safe to say that Michael Essien has pretty much retired from international duty at this point.
- After an injury scare, Michael Owen has been ruled fit to sit on the bench for Manchester United’s Champions League clash with Marseille this week.
- Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has revealed that he’d be interested in a move to Manchester United if they came a-callin’ for him in the summer. Which they won’t, so he would’ve probably been better off keeping this to himself.
- Bolton defender Samuel Ricketts has been ruled out for the remainder of the season (and probably a bit longer than that) with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
- Aston Villa have lost defender Carlos Cuellar for a month to a hamstring injury.
- Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has backed Joe Cole to rediscover his form this season (with picture of Joe Cole’s reaction to that statement).
- If Real Madrid defender Marcelo could take one player from Barcelona and put them into Real Madrid’s side, that player would be…Pedro.
- The head of Australia’s A-League has offered his league up as a test ground for goal line technology next season.
- South African Premier League leaders Orlando Pirates could face sanctions after fans attacked a match official with porridge. The key here will be to make sure their punishment is not to harsh and not too calm, but it’s hard to find an amount that’s “just right”.
- DC United coach Pat Onstad is coming out of retirement to play goalkeeper due to a lack of qualified players on DC United’s roster; Onstad, 43, retired last season.
- In possibly related news, DC United waived central defender Julius James. James made had 24 starts and 31 total appearances in his 1 1/2 years with the club.
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Nice porridge joke
My mom tore her Achilles in college. She was a dance major, and had to switch to education. Nearly 30 years on, it can still act up on her. Obviously, there have been advances in surgical/medical technology but Achilles injuries can be terrible.