Hodgson Admits Torres Transfer Possibility
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson's admission that Fernando Torres is unsettles at Liverpool could spark a bidding war between Chelsea and Manchester City.
Roy Hodgson says he has done all he can to keep Fernando Torres at Liverpool, admitting the Spaniard is in dispute with the club.
Hodgson replaced Rafa Benitez as Anfield manager last month, and believes if Torres leaves the damage will have been done before he arrived.
“Unfortunately, I cannot do much more,” Hodgson said. “His beef is with the club and not me.
“Fernando’s situation has nothing to do with me, he made that perfectly clear over the phone during the World Cup and when I met him face-to-face.
“He knows what I would like to do with the club. He knows how much I value him.
“But his issues are with what has gone on in the past rather than the future.
“If he has problems with the club for things in the past, it is difficult for me to dismiss that.”
Torres was part of Spain’s victorious World Cup squad, although he failed to score in South Africa and was dropped from the team.
He has scored 72 goals in 116 games over three injury-hit seasons for Liverpool.
Courtesy of Eurosport
Irish Boycott For Henry?
Thierry Henry has signed a multi-year deal with the New York Red Bulls in the NHS.
While most New York soccer fans have been thrilled at the prospect of French star Thierry Henry playing in the city, the Irish are not smiling.
Irish football fans in New York are being urged to boycott the city’s Red Bulls team after it signed French ace Thierry Henry. Many cannot forgive Henry for his handball in the run-up to the goal that knocked Ireland out of the FIFA World Cup. Not even a disastrous World Cup campaign for the French team (where they failed to win a single game), could ease the Irish anger.
Asked about the incident after the match, Henry said: “I will be honest, it was a handball. But I’m not the ref. I played it, the ref allowed it. That’s a question you should ask him.”
Columnist Sean O’Shea called Henry “Le Cheat” and said: “Irish Americans have long memories.”
To read predictions on how Henry’s MLS debut will turn out, click here.
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Quiz
Fancy yourself as a bit of a sports boffin? Are you a bit of a know-it-all around the braai when discussing the weekend’s action? Then take the new Sports Illustrated quiz and see how clever you really are.
There is a new quiz will be posted every Monday morning, with the answers of the previous week’s quiz revealed then as well. So make sure you get your answers in to put yourself in line for the monthly prize.
Your scores will be shown on a weekly leaderboard, and will also show up on the monthly table – with the top dog walking away with the prize.
So have a go … and no Googling now!
For this week’s quiz, CLICK HERE
Answers for last week’s quiz:
1. Which of the new World Cup stadiums is earmarked to host a Tri-Nations rugby match between the Springboks and the All Blacks?
Soccer City
2. Which tennis player holds the record for the longest time (in weeks) at No 1 in the world rankings?
Pete Sampras
3. Prior to the opening game of the 2010 Tri-Nations tournament, when was the last time the Springboks beat New Zealand at Eden Park?
1937
4. Which international batsman currently holds the record for the highest unbeaten score in ODI cricket?
Sachin Tendulkar
5. How many times has Ernie Els won the US Open Championship?
Two
6. Which nation has hosted the most Winter Olympics?
USA
7. In the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy tournament hosted in South Africa, who beat the Proteas to eliminate them from the competition?
England
8. When was the first time South Africa competed at the FIFA World Cup?
1998
9. Where is the world’s oldest motorcycle race held?
Isle of Man
10. Who was the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali on the professional stage?
Joe Frazier
11. Who is the leading runs-scorer in Ashes history?
Donald Bradman
12. Which Formula 1 track includes the Parabolica Curve?
Monza
13. Which cricket legend announced his retirement from Test cricket last week?
Muttiah Muralitharan
14. Which pro golfer became the fourth player on the PGA Tour to shoot a 59?
Paul Goydos
15. Ruan Pienaar has joined which European rugby club?
Ulster
16. What was the name of the adidas ball used in the 2002 FIFA World Cup?
Fevernova
17. For which club will LeBron James play in the new NBA season?
Miami Heat
18. Which World Cup soccer stadium will host a cricket T20 International in the 2010/2011 season?
Moses Mabhida Stadium
19. Who finished runner-up to Tiger Woods the last time the British Open was played at St Andrews?
Colin Montgomerie
20. Who is the new coach of the French national soccer team?
Laurent Blanc
WATCH: The World Cup In Lego
Lego football stars go head to head in recreations of the FIFA World Cup.
The FIFA World Cup might be over, but you can still relive some of the best moments (and have a good laugh!) by watching these Lego goal recreations.
After failing his senior school exams, 19-year-old Fabian Moritz had time on his hands – so he set about recreating some of the 2010 FIFA World Cup’s best goals out of Lego figures, and his exploits quickly became a massive Internet sensation.
Each goal takes about three hours to recreate, as he has to take a photo for every frame of the video and move the Lego pieces by hand in-between – meaning that some goals can consist of up to 80 photos.
The attention to detail (including proper commentary) is so realistic that Moritz garnered deals with the Guardian newspaper in England and Bild in Germany to reproduce all the goals from those teams’ matches. So popular was his version of Robert Green’s keeping blunder in the Eng-USA clash that it had been viewed 1.3-million times two weeks into the tournament.
Watch the Lego version opening match of the FIFA World Cup – and Siphiwe Tshabalala’s awesome goal – click here.
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Stylin’ Soccer Skills
This clip showcases some of the maddest skills in freestyle soccer from the World Street Style contest, which took place in Cape Town this year.
Played In Heaven
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