• Roberto Mancini and the ad he placed in the Manchester Evening News

    Roberto Mancini has taken out a full page ad in Saturday's Manchester Evening News to thank Manchester City fans for his time at the club.

    The Italian, who joined the club in late 2009, won the FA Cup in 2011, the Premier League title last season and the Community Shield at the start of this season but was still sacked earlier this week.

    His ad carries a picture of him with the three trophies he won and the message: "Manchester City Supporters – 3 unforgettable years. You will always be in my heart. Ciao. Roberto Mancini.

    The sacking of Mancini has been met with widespread dismay by

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  • In order to mark his recent announcement to retire from professional football, David Beckham and long-standing partner adidas have produced a unique pair of boots celebrating his illustrious playing career.

    The iconic adidas Predator Lethal Zone boots made famous by the English football legend were personalised by Beckham on the adidas customisation site. Beckham has been wearing the synonymous range of adidas footwear since 1996 when he scored his famous goal against Wimbledon from the half way line.

    Emboldened by the red, white & blue colours and the union flag of Great Britain, Beckham's love

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  • Insane 100ft basketball shot

    Think you could land a basketball shot from 100 feet up?

    Seems ridiculous, doesn't it? But one daredevil in Georgia managed to do just that when pulling off an unbelievable stunt.

    A group of basketball trick shot artists named The Legendary Shots staged the shot, with John Massey actually executing it.

    Massey leaped off a wooden scaffold 100 feet up to sink his shot - and fully justify that 'Legendary' tag.

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  • Brian O'Driscoll still has the chance to finish his Ireland and Leinster career on a high after agreeing to sign a one-year contract extension.

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  • James Anderson became England's fourth bowler to take 300 Test wickets when he had Peter Fulton caught behind this afternoon - and the first in almost 30 years.

    The Lancastrian, still only 30, then bagged his 301st victim later in the day, and now needs just another 83 scalps to become England's leading Test wicket-taker, eclipsing Sir Ian Botham.

    Fred Trueman lies next on the list, and Anderson could yet move past his total of 307 Test wickets in next week's Headingley Test - Trueman's home ground.

    It was no coincidence that Anderson was England's stand-out bowler on day two against New

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  • Photos courtesy of Everton Football Club

    Three short weeks ago, Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini vowed to colour his hair silver if he could raise £25,000 for the club's official charity.

    Well, he reached his target and so his hair is now silver(ish).

    Fellaini debuted his temporary new look at Everton's end of season awards and though it was a hit, it won't last long.

    From Everton's official website:

    "Speaking about his new do, Marouane said: 'It’s okay – I think I look nice. It is only for one day but I will enjoy my day. Maybe I will do it again with another colour now that silver is done. Maybe blue next for Everton!'"

    Brooks

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  • Worker sinks amazing office putt

    Most people waste time at work. They check websites or take smoke breaks or spend a few extra minutes in the bathroom to pass the time until that clock hits 5.

    At one of the biggest golf companies in the world, wasting time means something totally different. The man you see above is Logan Fondren, the custom club manager at Callaway Golf taking some time at the Callaway office to attempt a putt that looked just about impossible.

    According to a friend at Callaway, Fondren only needed eight takes to hit this putt that went down the stairs, against the boards, back down another set of stairs and

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  • Such has been Bayern Munich’s dominance of the 50th Bundesliga season that some might be surprised that a mere six of Jupp Heynckes’s men have made Eurosport’s team of the season.

    With the season drawing to a close, eight Eurosport Bundesliga commentators and correspondents picked their team of the season based on a 4-2-3-1 formation. They were also asked to name a coach of the season and flop of the campaign.

    With Bayern holding a record 22-point lead with one round of matches left, it was perhaps tempting to pick Bayern’s entire first XI. Record after record has fallen with Bayern garnering

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  • Massimiliano Allegri's future as AC Milan coach hangs in the balance as his side visit relegated Siena on the last day of the season on Sunday, still needing a win to clinch third place in Serie A and a berth in the Champions League playoff round.

    Allegri's players have voiced their support for the coach, who has overseen an impressive revival in the second half of the season with only one Serie A defeat since the winter break.

    The phlegmatic Allegri, who won the Serie A title in his first season at Milan and led them to second place last term, had to cope with a firesale of players in the

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  • David Beckham (Reuters) and Chris Waddle (PA Sport)

    Ever since news broke on Thursday that David Beckham is retiring from football at the end of the season, that old debate over just how good a footballer he really was sparked once more.

    However, Becks’s fellow former England representative Chris Waddle may have taken things too far.

    Half of the footballing community feel Beckham’s image and knack for publicity made him come across as a better player on the field than he actually was, which is an arguable point.

    Waddle, however, claimed in an interview with BBC radio that Becks is not even worthy of a place in a list of the best 1,000 people

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