FOXSports.com – SOCCER – Manchester United jersey fetches US$36,900 at charity auction
"A pair of sports shoes belonging to Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow fetched HK$100,000."

"Now that New England has won 19 consecutive regular and postseason games, the Pats need foes other than the meager opposition offered by American football. Reader Stephen Gaudreau, in his second appearance at the Hangover, suggests we start a Pats/Arsenal Watch, pitting American football's best against English football's best. 'It would be remiss,' Gaudreau writes, 'not to mention the Arsenal Gunners of the Premier English League. They currently are extending their undefeated streak (at 44 games at last look).' Let the Transatlantic Showdown begin …"

Will the real Beckham please stand up!
"David Beckham, Roberto Carlos and Fabien Barthez are not players you would normally expect to see at the Asian Cup.

However, no team has left home without one this year.

The "Beckham of Uzbekistan," the "Roberto Carlos of Iraq" and the "Barthez of Indonesia" have all been in action in China. "