Michael Owen may be the subject of a different type of transfer tug-of-war as the BBC and ITV fight to book him for their ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘I’m a Celebrity’ shows.

The former England striker, who is set to retire when his Stoke City contract expires this summer, is reported to have failed to get a job with BT Sport’s punditry team, but his lack of commentary ability will be no hindrance to a career in Reality TV.

And the ex-Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and Manchester United poacher is in big demand for his undoubted coordination skills as the two main terrestrial TV channels

A couple attending a baseball match learned a little about each other - perhaps a little bit too much about each other - after a home run ended up hitting a woman in the face.

That would be unfortunate enough. What made it worse was that the ball was about to hit her boyfriend until he dived out of the way to leave her in the firing line.

The pair were at the match between the St Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Diamondbacks - and the Cardinals' Peter Kozma was busy doing his job and hitting the ball out of the park.

But even he was concerned as he ran

Andy Reid in his Sunderland daysA newspaper story which could scarcely have revealed less information has been spread around the web and become something of an unlikely hit.

Paolo Di Canio’s appointment at Sunderland and subsequent focus on his political views have taken up plenty of column inches in the last few weeks.

Some people have felt that many of those column inches were unnecessary, but few could compare to an article which appeared in the Irish Daily Star.

The paper, sourcing views on Di Canio, tried to contact Andy Reid. So far so irrelevant – the former winger did once play for Sunderland, but left the club two

Former Nigeria defender Taribo West, who played for Internazionale and Derby County among other clubs, has been accused of lying about his age.

West, who retired in 2008, is listed as 39 years old today in his Wikipedia profile, but former Partizan Belgrade president Zarko Zecevic, says he has already passed the age of 50.

The defender joined the club in 2002, leaving two years later.

But despite the enormous gap between West’s stated age and his alleged actual age, Zecevic says he is still glad that he signed the player.

“He joined us saying he was 28. We only later found out he was 40, but

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Mario Balotelli's love of camouflage led him to customise his Bentley in a war machine paint job. That car ended up getting urinated on by a Manchester United fan before Balotelli left Manchester City for AC Milan, but no one would dare to relieve themselves on Portuguese artist Mr. Dheo's custom Balotelli boots.

To celebrate Mario's immediate success at Milan after his struggles in Manchester earlier this season, Mr. Dheo customised a pair of Nike Mercurial Miracle III FG boots with a camo colourway, the Superman logo, an Italian flag and the words "Balo is back" emblazoned across

This is the part of our job that we hate, criticising someone for speaking freely and accurately, but probably needlessly.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wields a strong hand when it comes to scouting and appraising his team's personnel moves, and on Tuesday he made these remarks concerning a potential drafting of Baylor University centre Brittney Griner, women's college basketball’s all-time leading shot-blocker:

"If she is the best on the board, I will take her," Cuban said before the Mavs' Tuesday night game against the Los Angeles Lakers. "I've thought about it. I've thought about it

With regular penalty taker Leo Messi out of the game due to injury, Barcelona captain Xavi stepped up the spot to convert an 89th-minute penalty that put his side up 2-1 on PSG in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

After scoring, Xavi immediately began patting his head -- a manner of celebrating that might have seemed unusual, but actually served as a means of communication to a 10-year-old back in Barcelona.

From Barcelona's official website:

A few weeks ago to mark World Cancer Day, a local radio station produced a programme about children fighting the disease and spoke

So British players never dive then eh?

Well it seems like the stars of the future have finally caught up with their nasty foreign counterparts if this video from the NextGen Series final at Lake Como is anything to go by.

The match, which is considered the U19 equivalent of the Champions League final, was played between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the popular Italian retreat.

With Chelsea losing 1-0 in the second-half, Chelsea's Alex Kiwomya tried a dive inside the box that was so pathetic it drew boos from the mostly neutral crowd.

The 17-year-old from Sheffield was rightly booked for the