World Sports

Edin Dzeko scored Manchester City's 100th goal of the season in the 14th minute of their Premier League match against Cardiff City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The Bosnia international striker's shot bobbled over the line and although Cardiff claimed it was no goal, referee Neil Swarbrick awarded it after consulting his goalline technology wrist device. City have taken only 34 matches to reach the milestone across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Capital One (League) Cup.

Messi, Ronaldo, Torres, Rooney, Kaka, Fabiano, Villa - all good bets to finish top of the scoring charts at the 2010 World Cup. Competition for the prestigious Golden Boot will be intense in South Africa and there is no guarantee that any of the illustrious names mentioned above will win it. The World Cup has a habit of making heroes of players few had heard of before the tournament had started, like Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci in 1990 and Oleg Salenko in 1994. However, it would come as no surprise if Messi, Torres or Rooney followed in the footsteps of past winners Eusebio, Mario Kempes, Paolo Rossi, Gerd Muller and Ronaldo. Here, a look at the favourites for 2010: David Villa (Spain): A tally of 38 goals in 58 international matches is a testimony to one of the most lethal strikers around. Despite missing the final and the majority of the semi-final of Euro 2008 because of injury, the 28-year-old was the top scorer with four goals in four games as Spain clinched the t...

The Taliban launched a ferocious assault on NATO's biggest base in Afghanistan to target either ace footballer David Beckham or British Foreign Secretary William Hague or Defence Secretary Liam Fox. Taliban chiefs acted after learning that Beckham was in the war-torn country on a morale-boosting visit to British troops. They also discovered that Hague and Fox were meeting government officials on a separate trip. The appearance of the trio was believed to have prompted Saturday's surprise attack on Kandahar airfield, the Daily Star reports. "The Taliban could not resist the chance of taking out one of these VIPs. They weren't to know none of the three men were at Kandahar. It was one of the obvious places to have a go," a source said. Beckham bravely shrugged off the security scare as he paid tribute to fallen British men. He stood, solemn and head bowed, before a memorial at Camp Bastion in dangerous Helmand province to the 286 members of the UK Armed For...

Teams battle for 35 hours to break record for longest ever football match... and the final score was 333-293 If you think 90 minutes of football is long enough for a match, then imagine having to sit through - or play - a 35-hour game. The longest ever game of football ended today with a 333 to 293 scoreline. The All Stars were eventually victorious after a marathon 35 hours on the pitch against Cambray FC in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. They have now smashed the Guinness World Record for the longest match ever played - the previous record was 33 hours. The 36 footballers, who came from churches around the area, had planned to play for 40 hours, but torrential rain made the pitch unsafe. The teams were raising £30,000 to build a school for poverty-stricken children in India. All Stars player Pete Sheppard, 24, said that tiredness was the biggest hurdle. 'We did a lot of intense training sessions but they don't prepare you for how long an ordeal this is,' he sa...

Spanish Media Paid Woman To Bed Cristiano Ronaldo In a story that might be shocking in a pre-Tiger Woods and Jesse James world, a Spanish woman named Naya (who may or may not be a model) claims that a media outlet paid her close to $5,500 to seduce Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and then report back on his performance. Wow. Thanks a lot, Spain. Our American tabloids are going to hear this story and go, "D'oh! Why didn't we think of that? It's brilliant!" Watch your back, Mark Sanchez. According to Naya, the ex-fiancee of Kiko "Paquirrín" Rivera (apparently Spain's answer to Brandon Davis), she met Cristiano after his team's February 21 match and successfully lured him into bed. And why did Cristiano—who's been romantically linked to Paris Hilton and, most recently, Kim Kardashian—pick this random chick as his sex toy for the evening? But Naya didn't stop there. Here are a few more details of the romp(s): "You can’t co...

Full Name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of Birth 5th of February 1985 (Monday) Place of Birth Funchal (Madeira island, Portugal) Nationality Portuguese Marital Status Single Current Girlfriend none Height 1.84m Weight 78.00kg City of Birth Madeira Zodiac Sign Aquarius Chinese Zodiac Sign Ox Favourite Colour White Childhood Nickname Kluivert (from Patrick Kluivert) Childhood Team Sport Lisboa e Benfica Childhood Hero Maradona Current Heroes Luis Figo and Thierry Henry Person you`d most like to me et Mike Tyson Favourite Moviestar Jean Claude Vandamme Favourite Movies "The Sixth Sense" and "The Rock" Favourite Actress Angelina Jolie Favourite Charlie`s Angel Drew Barrymore Favourite Music Dance Music Favourite meal "Bacalhau a Braz" (a Portuguese cod fish, made with potatoes and scrambled eggs) Drink "Santal" (Regional fruit drink) Hobbies Going for walks, going to the cinema, listening to music and s...