Chelsea’s Frank Lampard walks in the rain during their Champions League soccer match against Porto at Stamford Bridge in London.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates after his side’s fourth goal during the English Premier League football match against Manchester City at Old Trafford, Manchester, north-west England.

Dynamo Kiev’s fans light flares as they celebrate their team winning their Champions League soccer match against Rubin Kazan at the Valeriy Lobanovskiy stadium in Kiev September 16, 2009.

SC Braga’s goalkeeper Eduardo Carvalho wears his shirt over his head at the end of their Portuguese First league football match against FC Porto at the AXA Stadium in Braga. Braga won the match 1-0.

Blackburn Rover’s Senegal midfielder El Hadji Diouf prepares to take a corner kick during their English Premier League football match at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 20, 2009. Blackburn forward El-Hadji Diouf has been interviewed by police following allegations made by a ball-boy after his side’s 3-0 defeat against Everton on Sunday. Diouf was seemingly involved in an altercation with a ball-boy during the first half at Goodison Park. The Senegal international is believed to have complained that the ball was not thrown back into play quickly enough. Diouf then suffered abuse from home fans and again when he went to take two corners in the area of the original incident. After the match police interviewed Diouf at the stadium before the Blackburn team left

LA Galaxy players David Beckham left, and Landon Donovan celebrate following a goal in the second half of their match against Toronto FC.  The Galaxy won 2-0.

Supporters of Catania Calcio show a banner in memory of Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan during the Serie A match between Catania Calcio and SS Lazio at Stadio Angelo Massimino in Catania, Italy.

Anderlecht fans celebrate their team beating Dinamo Zagreb in their Europa League soccer match at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb.

Barcelona Coach Pepe Guardiola (Courtesy Kickette).

Cruz Azul striker Emanuel Villa of Argentina celebrates after scoring his third goal against San Luis during their Mexican league championship soccer match at the Azul stadium in Mexico City.

Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho (top) tackles Tottenham’s Wilson Pilacios during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge.

AS Roma’s David Pizarro looks at the ball during their Italian Serie A soccer match against Fiorentina at the Olympic stadium in Rome.

Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs, left, shakes hands with former teammate, Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez, after their match at Old Trafford. 

Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit, left, and Joachim Loew, head coach of the German national soccer team, start the Berlin marathon in Berlin, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. Some 40,000 runners take part in the competition.

Chelsea’s John Terry (L) watches teammates warm down with his children Summer (C) and Georgie after their English Premier League soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London.

A flower pot made from an old football is pictured at Gabarage, a design shop where customers can buy ecologically sustainable design peaces made of trash, in Vienna. Gabarage, a social program work shop, preparing disadvantaged people for the labour market, turns residual material or industrial waste into design pieces and commodities.

Former football star Lothar Matthaeus and his wife Kristina Liliana attends the Oktoberfest 2009 opening at the Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany. 1 Day. Oktoberfest is Germany’s and the world largest fair. About six million people attend the sixteen-day festival during late September and early October.

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