image: astaga.com Unlucky Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse broke his right leg playing for France in their 3-1 friendly win over China. He'll miss the World Cup obviously (and I was expecting him...

image: telegraph.co.uk Sir Alex Ferguson's increasing frustration with the FA's (understandable) eagerness for Wayne Rooney to play in the World Cup is no less than the Manchester United boss...

image: 4thegame.com The BBC are reporting that Wayne Rooney has been given the all clear to join the England squad in Germany. Nothing official, but here's what the Beeb had to say:...

image: funny.co.uk If, like me, you mourned the passing of Fantasy Football League then you'll weep tears of joy when you hear Baddiel and Skinner are doing 10 World Cup podcasts, which will be...

image: washingtonpost.com Slowly but surely, Freddy Adu is getting better. He won't be going to the World Cup, and he doesn't deserve to, but once he knew that was fact he seemed to knuckle...

image: espnsoccernet.com Good news, bad news for Paraguay. Bad news is that their all time top scorer Jose Cardoza has pulled out of the World Cup through injury. Good news is that Bayern Munich...

image: mcdonalds.be Poor Louis Moffat. The six year old England fan thought he'd won a McDonalds competition to lead out the England team at the World Cup, but he's devastated to discover...

image: cnnsi.com Rather bizarrely, Pele has said that Ronaldinho still needs to prove himself at the World Cup. "The World Cup will be a major challenge for him. Of course, he's a world...

image: britishpressphoto.org Are any Chelsea fans out there concerned by the recent shift towards big name signings? One of the things I really admired about Mourinho's efforts at Stamford Bridge...

image: elporvenir.com Sergio Aguero has joined Atletico Madrid from Indendiente for a transfer fee of around $23 million. Bayern Munich had been expected to take the 18 year old Argentenian superstar...

image: football.co.uk Leo Messi has squashed rumours that he could be heading to Real Madrid in a big money move. "This speculation does not worry or bother me and it is not important as they...

OK, so it's not real. But it is funny.......

image: journalism.co.uk The BBC will be broadcasting all their World Cup matches simultaneously on television and over the internet. This means (UK only) users unfortunate enough to be at work will...

USA midfielder Clint Dempsey has launched his own website slash blog at www.clintdempsey.com, featuring regular video blogs of Dempsey's World Cup experience.......

image: thefa.com You don't read many articles in support of Owen Hargreaves, and probably with good reason. While Soccer-Weblog would never (ever) argue that he should be in England's...

image: perso.orange.fe Seems that Raul's starting World Cup spot for Spain is under threat. In the sort of move that would give Sven-Goran Eriksson an instant aneurysm, Spanish boss Luis Aragones...

After spotting this Alan Partridge clip from back in the day over at England World Cup Blog, I thought it only fair to share with the rest of the class. Pure joy. For more Alan-tastic video clips, go...

image: bbc.co.uk After torturing us for what seemed like forever, Chelsea have finally signed Andriy Shevchenko for a club record fee of around 30 million pounds. Big money for a 29 year old, but...

Easily the highlight of England's 3-1 win over Hungary, Crouch's robot dance has inevitably been edited to music and posted on YouTube. The best thing about it, not shown in this video, is how...