| TheOriginalWinger

Out of 182 countries, soccer players are the highest paid*** in 114. Read that again, 114 out of 182, are soccer players. Thats pretty impressive. Of course, the highest of them all, is Cristiano at about $19.5m per year! Interesting read here at espn.com for the complete list From the report ***"Annual Salary" represents only base salary from ...

Footballers are notorious for their extreme wealth, but kicking a ball around is often not the only source of income. Endorsements and speculative investments, among others, have added a few pennies to some of the largest stacks of personal wealth in the history of sport. The team at money.co.uk have compiled a list of ten of the most ...

Stuff like this is great ... Its why I love the interwebs. Everyone here in California is buggin' out because of the gas prices, around $4/gallon (and thats 87 octane), and I always laugh and say, "dont worry about it, 5 and 6 will be the number in front of the decimal before too long" ... and then someone clever decides to prorate 'everyday things' ...

Just days after sending a very public warning shot, Barcelona and Brazilian International Dani Alves have re-upped through 2015. via FCBarcelona.com 'FC Barcelona is pleased to announce an agreement with Dani Alves to extend his contract with the club for another three seasons, until June 30, 2015.'

Breaking news in the mobile world: AT&T has acquired competitor T-Mobile, in a $39 billion purchase which now forth makes it the largest combined carrier in the U.S., one which already has its own nickname mere minutes after the transaction was announced: "AT&T-Mobile." In total, AT&T and T-Mobile's combined operations will carry roughly ...

via UEFA UEFA will tonight present a cheque for €100,000 to FC Barcelona and Spain defender Carles Puyol, who amassed more than 230,000 votes to be named captain of the UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2010. Puyol will donate the cheque to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). William Gaillard, adviser to UEFA president ...

The FA is in increasingly tense negotiations with the European governing body, which wants to centralise the sale of all television rights to European Championship qualifying matches, mirroring the arrangements that have proved successful in the Champions League and Europa League. The measures have proved popular with small and medium-sized ...

LIVERPOOL FC’s former owners are back in court in a move that could pave the way for them to sue the club’s new owners for damages.  Former co-owner Tom Hicks has asked the High Court to lift orders that are preventing him and business partner George Gillett from seeking about $1bn (£620m) in damages. The two believe they are due compensation ...