Manchester City are expecting summer signing Samir Nasri to make his home debut on the weekend.

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Samir Nasri, much to the surprise of French football fans, was voted as the best French player by the jury of voters for the esteemed France Football magazine.

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Ronaldo of Brazil and Zinedine Zidane of France, both World Cup winners, announced that the 8th Annual Match against Poverty will raise funds for around 25 million people affected by earthquake in Haiti and floods in Pakistan.

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Firms, football hooliganism and middle-aged flab a dying art? Think again!

Football hooliganism has no specific legal definition. The term was created by the media, the tabloid press in particular, in the mid-1960s. Since then, they have been extremely flexible and indeterminate in ascribing the “hooligan” label to different incidents. The perpetuation of football hooliganism can be linked to the high level of drama, aggression and petit mal that overcomes players in the 90 minutes of rigid warfare on the football field.

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A new look England side lost to Laurent Blanc’s France 1-2 at the Wembley last night.

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Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has blasted at his former Arsenal team-mate for the accusation he has put on him of wrecking France’s World Cup hopes.

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According to a friend, Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra is consedering his future and could leave the club and join former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid by the end of the season.

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Zinedine Zidane’s feud with Inter Milan defender Marco Materazzi continues.

Zidane has reportedly denied making peace with Materazzi before Real Madrid‘s match against Milan on Wednesday night.

Gazzetta dello Sport claims Zidane will now deny making up with Materazzi, intimating that he thought the latter was a fan and didn’t recognise him.
Materazzi has since said: “There certainly wasn’t any embrace with Zidane.”

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has worked another miracle – ending the feud between Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi. Zidane and Materazzi confronted each other at Real’s team hotel this week as Inter Milan players visited their old coach.

The pair greeted each other and then started speaking. In the end, peace was the outcome of their meeting.

Marca says “There was a conclusion of peace, the scene ended with an affectionate hug, the past has been forgotten.”

Fabio Capello has confirmed that he will step down as England manager after the 2012 European Championship or sooner if England fail to qualify for the competition.