The Commonwealth Games started today. Its the biggest sporting event ever held in Britain and features the old Empire countries - so you get the Aussies, Canadians and, of course, the Niue team - but no Team USA, Russia etc. The question is - who'll be watching?

posted by Ben to other at 04:14 PM - 9 comments

Rio moves to Manchester for a record £30m... is he worth it?

posted by Ben to soccer at 03:59 PM - 6 comments

New season, new kits... Liverpool's is quite bad (what's with those cuffs?), Leeds' is okay I suppose, if a tad boring, and Newcastle's does the job fine. They're all disappointingly understated and tastefull really. Where are all the terrible, ugly and downright disgusting kits now?

posted by Ben to soccer at 06:31 PM - 5 comments

FIFA's World Cup All-Stars! Is this the world's greatest team? Probably not (there's no Rio Ferdinand for a start) but at least they've recognised some of the real stars of the tournament such as El Hadji Diouf and Rustu Recber.

posted by Ben to soccer at 09:55 AM - 4 comments

World Cup Warrior, a fun little game from the BBC World Cup website, is available to play now. Beats their Winter Olympics snowboarding game (Ace Powder's Mountain Mayhem) by a country mile.

posted by Ben to soccer at 04:46 AM - 1 comment

Goooooooooooooal!!!! Last night's Zinedine Zidane super-strike to win the Champions League Final was amazing and will be ranked as one of the all time greats. What's your nomination for greatest ever goal? A selection of goal videos is available here to help you decide (sorry, opens an annoying new window).

posted by Ben to soccer at 08:39 AM - 7 comments

Peter Ebdon clinches the title of Embassy World Snooker Champion in a "brilliant and tense" match. The final was, as usual, between two British Players. Does anyone outside of the UK care about Snooker?

posted by Ben to other at 07:02 AM - 2 comments

Fergie goes nuts! Poor old Sir Alex, the pressure and the mockery must be getting to the fella.

posted by Ben to soccer at 06:54 AM - 4 comments

Fantastic football fools.: Some great soccer April fools jokes. Were there any good pranks in other sports?

posted by Ben to soccer at 12:59 PM - 1 comment