Oh gosh, it seems that Peter Crouch is up to his old robotic dancing antics.

The Spurs striker, along with Jonathan Woodgate were dancing their booties at London's Movida club.  

First spotted on the Mirror

The following are the final players that are in the running for the prestigious Ballon d'Or award. Good luck to everyone nominated!!

Andrei Arshavin (Russia, Arsenal)

Karim Benzema (France, Lyon/Real Madrid)

Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United/Real Madrid)

Diego (Brazil, Werder Bremen/Juventus Turin)

Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea)

Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United)

Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg)

Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, FC Barcelona/Inter Milan)

Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Arsenal)

Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool)

Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid)

Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool)

Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux)

Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United)

Thierry Henry (France, FC Barcelona)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Inter Milan/FC Barcelona)

Iniesta (Spain, FC Barcelona)

Julio Cesar (Brazil, Inter Milan)

Kaka (Brazil, Milan AC/Real Madrid)

Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea)

Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United)

Maicon (Brazil, Inter Milan)

Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona)

Luis Fabiano (Brazil, Sevilla)

Franck Ribery (France, Bayern Munich)

John Terry (England, Chelsea)

David Villa (Spain, Valencia)

Xavi (Spain, FC Barcelona)

Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast, FC Barcelona)

Injured Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrick Helmes hopes to be back in action in time for Germany's 2010 World Cup campaign.

Helmes, 25, is yet to play at club level this season for Bayer Leverkusen, having suffered a cruciate ligament injury over the summer. Keen to return for both club and country, he admits he hopes to be playing regular football by November.

Helmes admits it will be difficult breaking into the Leverkusen squad, with Klaus Augenthaler's side currently topping the Bundesliga table after a solid start.

"I am feeling great," he told Bild. "If I did not know that I was injured, I could not imagine that I am. I hope to be back in training in mid-November. I know the lads are playing great and I expect to play mainly as a substitute until the end of the first phase of the season. The team have gained 20 points in just eight matches, which is remarkable."

Helmes says his dream is to be fit to play in the World Cup, having been forced to watch his country qualify.

"I watched the game against Russia on Saturday and I'm delighted we qualified for tournament in South Africa," he said. "For me, there remains half a season to prove my skills. Taking part for me is a dream."

Below are some pictures from a past rehab session.

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has failed a doping test after taking a medicine that contained the banned substance cortisone.

The former World Player of the Year was allegedly stung by a wasp and took a medicine that contained cortisone.

He requested an exemption on the grounds of having taken a medication in the case of an emergency but his request was missing a document and while awaiting a decision he was subjected to an anti-doping test, which returned a positive result.

Sources close to his club Juventus have claimed he took nothing more than an anti-allergy medicine.

Cannavaro is currently on international duty preparing for Italy's last two World Cup qualifiers against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday and then at home to Cyprus on Wednesday.

Cannavaro is suspended for the Ireland match but was expected to return to the team he captained to World Cup glory in 2006 for the Cyprus game.

He is due to be interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee's (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Etorre Torri on Friday morning in Turin.

Coni released a statement on its website explaining the circumstances of the positive test without revealing if any action has been taken against the player.

(AFP via Eurosport)

Former Manchester United midfielder David Beckham says he wishes he could have spent his entire career at Old Trafford.
The 34-year-old made 265 league appearances for the Red Devils from 1993-2003, winning six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the Champions League.

Beckham’s relationship with manager Sir Alex Ferguson gradually deteriorated after a famous incident in February 2003 with Ferguson kicking a boot at Beckham in the changing room that left the midfielder needing stitches above his eye.

He departed for Real Madrid just five months later, spending four years in Spain before joining LA Galaxy and later AC Milan on loan.
But the England winger has confessed that, ideally, he would have chosen to see out his playing days in a United shirt.

“I always said that if I’d had my choice, I would never have left Manchester United because that was where I always wanted to start my career and finish it,” he told the Daily Mail. “Then I had to look at it in a different way. I’d been there over 10 years and been really successful and had amazing times and made so many great friends.”

And England’s record appearance holder for an outfield player with 114 caps revealed that the Old Trafford atmosphere remains the best he has experienced in his career.

“Every time I’ve played at Old Trafford, whether for United, Real Madrid or England, the fans have been the best I’ve ever had,” he said. “Everyone knows that’s what got me through what happened against Argentina, with my friends, my family and the manager. I will never forget that. In my eyes they are the best in the world, without a doubt.”

Danke to our friends at Four Four Two for the story. :)

Well, you all know that I am a VfB nerd. But, this is one for the funny files. The *wonderful* people with Bayern Munich have a tradition of appearing at Oktoberfest every year. This last Sunday, they kept with the tradition. Here are some of the photos from the event. Some of them are going to make you laugh, some will make you go "Awwww!", while others are just going to make you say, "WTF!?" Enjoy!!

Also, if anyone has a pic of Tymoshchuk at this, I would LOVE to have a linky link! :D

For more photos, please visit the following sites:

Kickette

FC Bayern

Daylife

Hey everyone. I have been getting the bluge in my inbox from people asking me how to enable a counter. So, here you all go. :D

First thing first, make an account on www.statcounter.com that way, you can track your views and other stuff. Since that is what I use, we will work with this one. :)

First off, go to your blog list.

Click the link circled in red. You will be taken to a screen like this one:

You will be taken to the counter page. Click "Enable Counter." Then, click "StatCounter." It will then show you a graphic similar to this one.

To get that code, you MUST sign up for a StatCounter account. Once you have got your account, you must add a new project to your StatCounter account. Once you log into your account, you will be taken to a page similar to this one:

Click the part circled in red to add a new project. Follow all the steps. What I usually do is don't unclick or check any boxes. Just keep clicking next until you get to the color design part. There, you can play around with different color schemes. Once you get the desired counter design, click next and you will be given the code similar to this one.

Copy and paste the whole code into a word document, that way, you can take just the keys out. Back on the counter page on Ole Ole, it will ask you for Key 1, 2, 3, and 4. The photo above has highlighted the 4 keys for you. Make sure you do not add a " to any of the keys, or it won't work.

Anyway, once you have entered your keys, click wether or not you want your readers to see your counter, then click save. There you go!! It may take a couple of minutes for your counter to show up on your blog, but it should work. If not, send me a message on my account here on Ole Ole and I will try to help you as much as I can.

Wa-la!

Hope this helps everyone! :D

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a good day today. Today has brought a very nasty overcast day and my coughing fits from still being sick....I think that I am getting over having pneumonia. Anyway, Steve Wilson wrote out his list of the top 25 footballing sites. Here is his list and also, there is a link to complain to him as well.

1. Dirty Tackle
2. The Offside
3. Midfield Dynamo
4. The Spoiler
5. 3nil
6. ExtraFootie
7. Vital Football
8. Statto
9. Soccerbase
10. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
11. Soccerlens
12. Inside Left
13. Off the Post
14. 101 Great Goals
15. footytube
16. 1000 Goals
17. Football 365
18. ESPN Soccernet
19. BBC Football
20. Goal
21. Football Italia
22. The Global Game
23. Soccer Spain
24. Footiemap
25. Football Ground Guide

If you want to complain, send an e-mail to:

steve.wilson@telegraph.co.uk <steve.wilson@telegraph.co.uk>

I already did!!

Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola’s shirt statement is a lovely reminder that we need to take care of this world because this is the only one we have. I must say that after seeing this photo, I felt compelled to throw my waterbottle into the recycle bin at school.

Thankies to Kickette for the photo.

Ello everyone! Been a really hectic day today. School and trying to keep track of the Liverpool/VfB Stuttgart games, it is brutal when you are tying to pay attention in Yearbook class. Anyway, I came across this tidbit and thought I would like to share it with you. A big thank you goes out to the lovely people at UEFA.com for this bit. :D

Liverpool FC midfielder Lucas will be in the uefa.com chatroom at 16.00CET on Thursday. Join us then to put your questions to our guest, who will be looking back at his club's encounter with Hungarian champions Debreceni VSC on Matchday 1 of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League.

New campaign
Liverpool also take on ACF Fiorentina and Olympique Lyonnais in Group E and you may want to ask Lucas about playing these teams, about who he thinks are the clubs to look out for in Europe this season, or about how coach Rafael Benítez's men have kicked off their Premier League campaign, which takes them to West Ham United FC on Saturday.

16.00CET kick-off
This is your chance to chat live with Lucas so be sure to log on to uefa.com at 16.00CET tomorrow to send your questions. Simply look out for the chat link at the top of the page. Lucas will answer as many of your questions as possible.