If that is the case we will have to do it, because some of the regulations that have come in over the last few weeks are ludicrous Kerry county board chairman Sean Walsh is unimpressed by the new water-carrier rules It is his life we are talking about and if he doesn't do something about it he is looking at the ultimate by facing death. I am going to telephone him to convince him to change his ways Phil Taylor, the modern day Adonis that he is, gives health advice to Andy Fordham Basically we didn't threaten him, let's put it that way Roy Keane explain how he made Anthony Stokes an offer he couldn't refuse at Sunderland There is a lesson in this for the whole of our club. If you want to compete at top level you must spend a lot of money and not just on your "rst team, but on young players and reserves Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez makes a thinly-veiled dig at the Anfield board after the club are humiliated 6-3 by Arsenal in the Carling Cup My position is not important. What is important is Chelsea, not me, and Chelsea are in a good position. . . I'm not important, it is the club Jose Mourinho does little to quell speculation over his future after his Chelsea side's Carling Cup draw at Wycombe I don't want to go out to America at 34 with people saying he is only going for the money. I am going out to hopefully build a team which has a lot of potential, that's what excites me David Beckham after accepting £128million to swap Real Madrid for LA Galaxy David Beckham is a global sports icon who will transcend the sport of soccer in America. His decision to continue his storied career in Major League Soccer is testament to the fact that America is rapidly becoming a true 'Soccer Nation' with Major League Soccer at the core MLS commissioner Don Garber is also thrilled with the capture of Beckham You want to sell soccer in America?

Vend it like Beckham. You want to repair the divide between the millions of Americans who play soccer and the thousands who actually watch it? Mend it like Beckham. You want people to think soccer here will "nally become a major sport and live happily ever after? Pretend it like Beckham.

Bill Plaschke, LA Times