One womens football team has apparently ushered in a new era of football kit sponsorship by playing its first match under a new sponsorship deal which requires its players to compete wearing 2-kilo sandwich boards bearing the new of its new sponsor.

Despite his desperate attempts to convince Capello that he should be picked last week, Becks has put on his most magnaminous face and insisted that it s all fine. Having dominated last week s press with the will he or won t he? saga of his 100th England cap, the question is: should Beckham have been picked or not?

Apparently US presidential candidate Barack Obama is a fan of UK soccer club West Ham United - shouldn t he be a fan of an MLS soccer club!