FC Barcelona player Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball as European soccer’s player of the year.
Messi pushed aside his closest rival, Christiano Ronaldo, and bacame the very first Argentine to win the title.
Messi undoubtedly deserves to win the Golden Ball because he's had a very successful year all together; he won the Spanish League title, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League and helped Argentina qualify for the World Cup 2010 finals.

Algeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in a match held Khartoum, Sudan with a 1-0 win over Egypt a few minutes ago.

Anter Yahia was the one who granted his team this victory through a goal that he scored during the first half of the match by taking advantage of a fault by Egypt's defenders

Algeria is the only Arab Country that will be representing the Arab World in the 2010 World Cup. This is the third time that Algeria will be present in the World Cup, they were there in 1982, 1986 and now they will be in South Africa in 2010.

Congratulations to Algeria and hard luck to Egypt.

After last Saturday's match, both teams Egypt and Algeria have equal chances now to qualify for the world cup finals 2010 in South Africa.

Who do you think will win in Sudan?

- Egypt
- Algeria

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Who do you think will win today?

- Egypt
- Algeria

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73% of you voted that Egypt will win while only 27% of you voted that Algeria will win the match.

Congratulations to Egypt and good luck to both teams on next Wednesday's match in Sudan :)

The African World Cup is drawing near and things are heating up fast! Right now the games are on as to which country and team will qualify for the much-awaited sporting event. Egypt and Algeria are two of the countries that vying for the World Cup. However, these two countries are not on the best terms when it comes to this event because 20 years ago, a brutal riot between the two teams occurred when Egypt won in 1-0 score against Algeria. Since then, none of them has qualified for the coveted Cup.

The moment of truth is going to take place in the 80,000-capacity Cairo Stadium on Saturday. I’m sure all the fans are all excited about this World Cup qualifying game.

David Beckham is once again living up to his name as one of the greatest soccer players. Just this week he was named as the Major League Soccer player. The goal he scored on last Friday’s game against San Jose Earthquakes is his first for the MLS regular-season goal. Aside from Beckham, team mate Landon Donovan also made a goal. The two of them assisted each other with the ball to make the goal. The Los Angeles Galaxy won over the San Jose Earthquakes on a 2-0 score. With the team’s win, Beckham is not only happy that he was able to score a goal, but also that the whole team played well.

Italian soccer team AC Milan is currently the holder of the UEFA Champions League, well for three years now. Aside from this award AC Milan is also a holder of 13 European titles, 16 International titles and 17 Series A title in the domestic area. And with Emirates agreeing to sponsor their team, they should be even more inspired to play the best game. AC Milan will be the fourth team that Emirates has sponsored after Paris saint Germain, Hamburger SV and Arsenal Football Club.

David Beckham must be feeling so bad right now…because of the injury on his right knee and the speculation that he could not play for the rest of the year. Both factors are quite bad for a star-player as Beckham. This injury was acquired last Wednesday after Fernando Salazar, midfielder from their opposing team Pachuca, tackled him in their SuperLiga title match.

After acquiring the injury here’s what Beckam had to say, "It's gone from one thing to another…It's hard to tell, but it doesn't feel good. With a ligament strain, it's four to six weeks, but we'll have to see."

It has been officially announced that David Beckham won't be playing with his new team L.A. Galaxy against Toronto FC, today Sunday!
Although Beckham was present at the teams practice yesterday, he's still suffering from his ankle injury. He was spotted putting ice on the injury a few times while on the green.
I guess the fans who have bought tickets to the match are going to get a bit of a disappointment!

After the almost non-stop bombings and wars Iraq has a reason to celebrate. In the Asian Cup held on Sunday in Jakarta, Indonesia, Iraq won their very first Asian Cup. This victory is a very inspiring one for Iraq because of the tragedies that they have recently experienced. Iraq’s soccer team won over Saudi Arabia in a 1-0 score. The Iraq team was not daunted by the fact that the favor leant heavily on the Saudi Arabia team, which won the Cup for three times already. Iraq soccer team’s captain is Sunni Turkman and the whole team is made up of Sunni Arab and Kurdish players.

Around a thousand fans showed up yesterday to watch David Beckham train with his new team, the L.A. Galaxy.
As exciting as it was to see Beckham in his yellow jersey. it must be super exciting watching him play his first game with them on Saturday against Chelsea!
But ... will Becks be playing with L.A. Galaxy?
Beckham may not make his highly-anticipated debut due to an ankle problem!
The coach said: "There's always a possibility that he will not be playing because of his injury, but hopefully he will be."

David Beckham just signed another contract for a TV show that will hold the title of ‘David Beckham's Soccer USA’ and will document Beckham’s move to LA! This TV show will take the format of a diary and will give his fans an insight into the life of Beckham. This TV show will air on the British Network Five and is highly anticipated by fans all over the world. This isn’t David’s only TV project, he is also wrapping up a documentary about his final weeks in Spain where he loyally played for Real Madrid.

Paolo (born on the 26th June 1968 in Milan, Italy) is the son of Cesare Maldini, a former Italian football player and coach. Therefore the talent runs in the family. Paolo is the living proof of the fact that it is true when they say, “like father, like son” because in 2003 Paolo captained AC Milan to the UEFA Cup Championship back in 2003; which happens to be 40 years after his father reached the same achievement.
Maldini is regarded as one of the best Italian players in the era and is recognized internationally for his unquestionable talent. His outstanding achievements speak for itself, including World Player of the Year Award. A man with fantastic captaincy, brilliant capability to play both by feet and defence, his sharp and well-timed attacking runs, his ice-cool nature and very grounded has his name recognized at a World Class Player.

Last night, AC Milan was crowned the Winners of UEFA 2007.

The man responsible is Filippo Inzaghi; who happens to be the very same man who was forced to sit out in the Finals in Istanbul two years ago, allowing Liverpool to win the Cup and raise it high.
Two years later, he was back and on the pitch making up for what happened. A goal in each half from him guaranteed that AC Milan will take their sweet revenge back at Liverpool, and most importantly get(ting) their hands back on the Cup. Filippo Inzaghi, is now the man responsible for AC Milan claiming the UEFA Cup for an extraordinary seventh time in Athens.

AC Milan and Liverpool delivered a brilliant and entertaining game. It all started solid, but eventually one had to take the lead.