Ouch!

When you get past the inevitable jokes about Rooney and horrible gashes (of which I admit there are a few), it’s important to note that the injury suffered by the England striker is actually pretty horrible.

After coming on as a substitute with twenty minutes remaining of Manchester United’s 3-2 home victory over Fulham, Rooney attempted to block a free kick from Hugo Rodallega. Unfortunately, the Colombian landed with his studs implanted in Rooney’s thigh, creating a wound that makes the eyes water.

Rooney was taken to hospital, where it was revealed that the striker would be out for around four weeks.

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Rio Ferdinand fined £45,000

Rio Ferdinand was handed a £45,000 fine and warned about his future comment over a ‘racist’ slur aimed at Ashley Cole.

The Manchester United and England international was found guilty of improper conduct by the Independent Regulatory Commission over a tweet which referred to the Chelsea left-back as a ‘choc ice’.

Ferdinand retweeted a tweet from a third party calling Cole a ‘choc ice’, before replying: “I hear you fella! Choc ice is classic hahahahahaha!!”

The term was deemed to refer to Cole being black on the outside but white on the inside. The exchange came after Cole testified as a defence witness as John Terry’s was cleared of racially abusing Rio’s brother, QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.

The Commission seemed to agree with that interpretation and ruled that the tweet was improper and brought the game into disrepute, and that the breach included a reference to ethnic origin, colour or race.

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Champions League 2011/12 Group Stage Draw

All of UEFA’s perspex balls of destiny have been drawn from their respective goldfish bowls of fate and, as a result, the groups for the 2011/12 Champions League look like this…

Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli

Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor

Group C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Otelul Galati

Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb

Group E: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk

Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiakos, Borussia Dortmund

Group G: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, APOEL

Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, BATE Borisov, Viktoria Plzen

Well, Man City’s draw could have been a lot worse with Barcelona, AC Milan and Dortmund being the toughest possible permutation but it’s not as though the balls have been especially kind to them – Bayern Munich are seasoned heavyweights whereas both Villarreal and Napoli are not to be underestimated.

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