The Asian Football Game winners Qatar are on a role! They've won their first ever Asian Games title after beating Iraq in the final match 1-0 and clinched the Gold.
Now, they're dreaming of more than Asia and they want one of the best coaches in the world to help them.
And of course, money is no issue.
They want Erickson! And I'm not talking cell phones here. They are in negotiations to get the ex-English team's coach to the Gulf in order lead the Qatar team to glory.

Fabio Cannavaro, or 'Il Muro Di Berlino', is one of Italy's best players, he is the Italian national team captain, a defender & has proven to the world that he can be much more!
Cannavaro won the title of Best European player 2006 & many complaints were reported that it's too much for the 33-year-old player!
But, it seems fate has answered these skeptics, because on Monday, Cannavaro was named FIFA World Player of the Year 2006!

More bad news for Iraq came today as its team lost the final game against host nation Qatar in the Asian Cup Games held in Doha.

Both teams came to a goalless draw at the end of the fist half but that goal silence was ended at the 65th minute when Bilal scored a header from a corner kick. Iraq's team tried hard to equalize the result but Qatar's team proved of a higher standard keeping the result at 1-0 all the way up till the 90th minute.
The Iraqi team kept the crowd guessing till the last minute with their die-hard, never give up style but that wasn’t enough to get the ball in the net.

With Cech out with a fractured skull and Cudicini also missing because of concussion, Barcelona could have easily taken advantage of the wonderful game between Chelsea and Barcelona in the Champions League. But nevertheless, the London group scored a goal signed by Drogba seconds after half-time to give Jose Mourinho's side a thoroughly deserved win and make it three straight victories in the group.

Despite ending his career with the head-butt of the century, Zinedine Zidane was nominated for this year's FIFA World Player of the Year award.
FIFA released its shortlists of 20 women and 30 men in contention for the two annual awards honoring its best players where coaches and captains of men's and women's national teams around the world will be eligible to vote.

Zidane, the former captain of France, was ejected during the World Cup final against Italy for butting Marco Materazzi in the chest. Zidane was red-carded and Italy won the title on penalty kicks.

"We were all outstanding. We played a fantastic game and the score in no way flattered us," said Captain Niko Kova after a 2-0 victory over England in group E of the Euro 2008 qualifying round…
…and he was right!

Croatia were not only good, England were terrible! The result stretched Croatia's impressive unbeaten run at home to 30 competitive matches and Bilic believes it also put England in a complicated position.
A position that received no mercy from England’s harsh media. The Sun newspaper said the keeper's "comedy caper" showed McClaren's new England era was "fast turning into a joke" and said fans jeered the England players as they made their way to the team bus.

Ok, things seemed to be going down hill for David Beckham when he announced that he'd resigned as England's team captain.
But nobody thought things would get this bad! David Beckham has been left out of the England squad to face Greece in a friendly game next week!
England's coach Steve McClaren didn't include Beckham or for that matter Rooney, who was left out because he is suspended from England's first two Euro 2008 qualifiers.
McClaren said: I spoke with David last Monday & notified him of my decision & said I was planning for the future, to change things & go in a different direction, & that David wasn't included in that.

Last night during the most important & critical match of the World Cup between France & Italy, Zinedine Zidane did the unbelievable; he got enraged & gave a dangerous head-butt to Italian player Marco Materazzi & got sent off the green with a red card only 20 minutes before the end of the match during extra-time.
It seems Materazzi provoked Zindane verbally & that's what sent him off.
This final World Cup match is also the final match for Zidane before his retirement, & ending his career like this is a big shame & he will never have a chance to redeem himself!

David Beckham has announced his resignation as England's captain after England lost their chance of winning the world cup by losing to Portugal in penalty kicks on Saturday.
Beckham took this decision of stepping down after a serious phone call with his wife, Victoria, who has supported him on the sidelines during every match England played.
He was very emotional but had to take such a serious step in order to take the pressure off himself & his whole family.
And as for the team's performance in the world cup, Beckham said: Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further, and both myself and all the players regret that, and I hurt... I hurt by that more than people realize.

Watch Video of Beckham Announcing his Resignation

After the bad performance of Ronaldo, the main football player of Real Madrid, in the last Spanish league and the disappointing results of the team, Pele started to criticize Ronaldo by saying that he doesn’t deserve to be a defender in such a big team. Ronaldo, of course, couldn’t keep silent but started to defend himself and attacked Pele by saying that he is a bad example of a Brazilian citizen who can’t stop attacking other Brazilians…

Ronaldinho is set to be awarded European Footballer of the Year on Monday, BBC reported on Sunday.
The Barcelona and Brazilian playmaker has already claimed the Fifa and FIFpro World Player of the Year gongs and he is now favourite to win the Ballon D'Or, which is voted for by European football journalists selected by French magazine France Football.

The award 'The Ballon D'Or' which is widely accepted to be the highest accolade available to a player playing his trade in Europe, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Ballon D'Or was first won by Stanley Matthews in 1956 while George Best won it in 1968.

England striker Michael Owen agreed to sign a four-year contract to join Newcastle United, ending his time at Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old Footballer passed his medical and completes his move on Wednesday for a fee of more than $27.11 million.
He would have preferred to return to his former club but Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez appeared reluctant to buy him back.
Owen joined Real last August after eight seasons at Liverpool in which he scored 158 goals in 297 matches, and was named European Footballer of the Year in 2001.

Zinedine Zidane surprised football audiences around the world by announcing he was coming out of international retirement to rescue France's wavering national team in their struggle to qualify for the World Cup 2006.
The return of the former World Footballer of the Year will be crucial.
With him, the French team gains an extra weight and an extra threat for the team's rivals.
Zidane has played 93 times for the national team scoring 26 goals including two goals in the 1998 World Cup final win against Brazil.

England football team captain David Beckham is going to extend his contract at Real Madrid by two years till 2009.
The 30-year-old, who has often said he is enjoying his time at the Spanish giants and would like to end his career there, asked club president Florentino Perez for the extension.

Beckham signed a four-year contract in June 2003 after being transferred from Manchester United for 35 million euros.