Paul Scholes insists Manchester United must mount a serious challenge for the Premiership title this season after admitting that the club have waited too long to secure domestic dominance.
Scholes, 31, is currently proving his fitness on United’s tour of South Africa after missing five months of last season with a blurred vision problem affecting his right eye.
Real Madrid have been told by Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson that they must pay more if they want to capture Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.
It seems only a matter of time before a deal goes through, although Real will clearly have to get much nearer United’s 15 million-pound valuation for the player than the 10 million pounds it is believed they have bid.
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has said he hoped influential striker Francesco Totti would continue to play for the national side.
The 42-year-old Donadoni was speaking at his first press conference since being named as the man to succeed World Cup-winning boss Marcello Lippi until Euro 2008.
Marco Materazzi said Lilian Thuram should not make excuses for Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt after the French defender described Italy’s Materazzi as “an illness that should not exist.”
France captain Zidane was sent off near the end of extra-time in the World Cup final, which Italy eventually won on penalties, following a 1-1 draw in Berlin on July 9.
Football legend Diego Maradona has admitted he felt humiliated when a German hotel piano player treated him to a rendition of “Don’t cry for me Argentina” after the South Americans lost to the hosts at the World Cup.
Juventus’s World Cup defender Gianluca Zambrotta would prefer to play for AC Milan rather than English champions Chelsea if he had to leave the disgraced Italian giants.
The World Cup winner is set to quit Juventus following the team’s relegation to Serie B as punishment for their role in the country’s match-fixing scandal.
Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo revealed he will retire at the end of the forthcoming season.
Rivaldo, 34, currently plays for Greek club Olympiakos but he is set to call it quits after one more campaign.
Michael Owen will return to the United States in six weeks’ time to undergo a second knee operation.
The Newcastle striker, who ruptured a cruciate ligament in England’s World Cup group clash against Sweden in Germany, must wait for the swelling in his knee to go down before he undergoes a second bout of surgery.
A Berlin firm of architects have been awarded contracts to design three of the stadiums for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Gerkan Marg and Partner (gmp) said they will design the stadiums in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.
Brazilian defender Juan admitted that the whole team feels guilty for their World Cup flop in Germany.
Juan told Globo TV that everyone shares responsibility for the former champions’ failure to get beyond the quarter-finals where they were defeated by France.
shannon 5:04 am on August 8, 2006 Permalink |
i would like a website to find a picture of Juan off Brazil