Jack Bell (over at Extra Time (The New York Times) has a couple of great articles on the situation down in Trinidad & Tobago.

Not only have the T & T players won a court ruling entitling them to 50% (28 million) of their World Cup Qualification and Tournament kitty the Federation received, but also England heading down to Port-of-Spain for a friendly when England bidding to host the World Cup in 2018.

First Warner was against England getting the bid, now he’s seemingly for it.

Do people really think that Politics have nothing to do with the game?

And big respect to Shaka Hislop for stepping up to the plate and using his name to fight for the younger, less established players for their right to the money THEY earned by qualifying their country for the 2006 World Cup.

image via Telegraph

AC Milan owner and the richest dude in Italy looks set to regain his role as Prime Minister of Italia after a convincing win in the elections over there. With his role in sports, entertainment and politics its always seemed to me that he might have his hand in too many cookie jars and that some regulation on the matter might come in handy. But that’s just me. We’ll have to wait and see how Il Silvio fares in his latest term as Prime Minister, and if AC Milan returns to their winning ways as well. Will there be a coincidence? Hmmmmmm….