footballing

Emiliano Insua hopes today will mark the start of him fulfilling a lifelong footballing dream - playing at Wembley in an FA Cup final.

But Maradona has continued to say he wants complete control over all footballing decisions.

His ability to change the course of a match made him the reference point of the Barca attack and one of the truly great footballing icons .

Paolo Di Canio is set to end his footballing career at the age of 38 after Lazio failed to offer him a contract extension.

"Antonio is a bright footballing man and he picks things up very quickly, " he said.

Pessotto has received massive support from the footballing world and the general public since his dramatic fall from a second floor window.

And I choose Lampard because of his incredible footballing vision. His passing and his shooting from midfield are outstanding.

That isn't the only sense in which North Korea's players, like their fans, inhabit a totally different footballing universe.

It doesn't irritate me that people say they're the best footballing team because, while they're doing that, we're winning games.

It will be a good footballing game but hopefully we come out on top and get all three points.

Footballing mishaps are the latest in a series of catastrophes to be blamed on a surfeit of maleness.

They have become the strongest out of the new central Asian nations, after having good results against their footballing neighbours.

Since then, a fierce and competitive footballing rivalry has been played out in various tournaments - often in the later stages.

Importantly, too, he avoided the British footballing tradition of ruining himself with drink.

The greatest change in his footballing life, he says, is the attitude to privacy and celebrity.

For his age, he shows great maturity and mental strength to go with his natural footballing skills.

During the video, Ballack delivers key HIV prevention messages while demonstrating the footballing skills he is so famous for on the pitch.

In an interview given to Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport on Wednesday, Materazzi said Zidane was his footballing hero.

Every nation has its own culture and specific environment as well as its own footballing identity.

"The boy wants to be a player and the footballing tradition of his family has helped, " Ferguson said.

It's nice to be involved in the World footballing awards, I have been second twice and it would be nice to be first one day.

Footballing legend Brian Clough has been honoured in Middlesbrough, his home town, with a bronze statue .

As for Sneijder, an argument could be made that the former Ajax and Real Madrid player epitomises a number of Dutch footballing stereotypes.

Tony Mowbray has warned his West Brom side they will be facing one of the best footballing teams in the world on Sunday.

For a start, Real are a massive club, with possibly the biggest footballing brand name in the world.

A back-heel assist and a wonder free-kick gave Inter a 2-0 win and left the continent's footballing press drooling.

I am tempted to discover another world and to see what footballing life is like outside England.

So far, no footballing Yao Mings have materialised.

We believe that both his and our best long term footballing interests are best served if his future is with Leeds United.

It is testament both to his footballing maturity and also his physical strength.

For better or worse, it sets the economics of the game, and dictates the rhythm of the footballing week.

Germany and Brazil are two nations that dominate the World Cup, but their footballing styles are like apples and oranges.

However, Rino can't help but admire the way our footballing heroes have turned things around so spectacularly.

I do not feel that I've changed [footballing wise].

That night in Istanbul was the best night of my footballing life so far and I want to match that in Athens.

Pele, Maradonna and other footballing legends have become household figures.

As a player I am excited by the prospect of enjoying the footballing culture of Liverpool. I can't wait.

But clubs who vied to pay a fortune for their footballing assets or who brought them on as youngsters disagree.

Midfielders will generally peak and enjoy their best footballing years between the ages of 27 and 32.

Goalkeepers will generally peak and enjoy their best footballing years between the ages of 31 and 35.

He's often heralded as a footballing legend.

Decorate the house in your team colours and invite other footballing friends, widows and families over too.

JH: What I want to do initially is to watch football throughout Europe and learn about the footballing culture.

And, as ever, footballing potential is closely linked to monetary muscle.

I have spent my whole footballing life at Manchester United, so this will be an emotional farewell.

The dynamic (in the national squad) was what needed to change, more so than our footballing ability.

On show are some of the rarest footballing artefacts ever seen under one roof.

Norwegians could point to their country's unexpected 2-1 victory over Brazil's footballing princes at the 1998 World Cup.

As far as life is concerned I am a little boy, but in Footballing terms, no.

When I finish my footballing career I will return, because I lived there for a very long time and it's a place that makes me happy.

His footballing style and personality have ensured that he is one of the most commercially marketable footballers in the world;