Serie A:Beckham to stay at AC Milan

Its finally over. The tug of war between LA Galaxy and AC Milan over David Beckham has finally ended after a deal was reached between the clubs. According to the deal, Beckham will stay in Italy until the summer before heading back to the Galaxy for the remainder of the MLS campaign. Beckham will then rejoin Milan in the autumn. "It allows me to play for AC Milan and the LA Galaxy in the same year, and at the same time to continue my commitment to develop soccer in the United States, which is something I am passionate about", Beckham reportedly said. He also confirmed that his family will remain in LA. This is a huge boost for Beckham as he tries to make it to the 2010 FIFA world cup and playing with Milan is certainly a massive thing for him. Had he gone back to LA Galaxy, he could have said goodbye to his International dreams as the standard of football is nowhere near European Leagues. Had the deal not happened, Becks would have been in America on 9th March. As it stays, we can get to see Beckham in AC Milan colors this season.

FIFA:World Player of year 2008 gala videos

Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA player of the year award for 2008 while Brazilian Marta took home the women's player of the year. Get the videos of the grand gala, which was attended many footballing greats including Pele

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Serie A:Beckham scores for Milan, Inter march on

David Beckham scored his first goal for AC Milan and Kaka bagged a brace to help Milan win against Bologna. Inter rode on a solitary goal from Adriano to emerge victors in match that saw Mourinho sent off. Roma won 3-0 while Juve won 1-0 against Fiorentina.

Bologna [1 - 4] AC Milan
Goals
9' [1 - 0] M.D. Vaio (pen.) > Mediafire
13' [1 - 1] C. Seedorf > Mediafire
17' [1 - 2] Kaka (pen.) > Mediafire
43' [1 - 3] Kaka > Mediafire
59' [1 - 4] D. Beckham > Mediafire
Inter 1-0 Sampdoria
1-0 Adriano - DOWNLOAD

Napoli 0-3 AS Roma

[0 - 1] P. Mexes - Download | 4share
[0 - 2] S.D.S. Juan - Download | 4share

[0 - 3] M. Vucinic - Download | 4share

Juventus 1-0 Fiorentina

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Transfers:Kaka wants Real Madrid, saga rolls on

Ricardo Kaka, after ditching the lucrative multimillion dollar offer from Manchester City has reportedly told he will leave Milan only for Real Madrid. This was a news which was earlier confirmed by David Beckham, who is on loan at AC Milan. Becks revealed Kaka had been asking him about "The Whites". Roman Calderon, the former Real Madrid president had promised to sign Kaka during his election campaign but he just could not do that. But now the situation is different with Kaka ready to leave Milan, something which was evident from the Manchester City saga. But he finally made up his mind to remain at Milan, a sensible decision considering the fact that he wants trophies over money. With Real Madrid presidential elections nearing, the former President Florentino Perez is planning to have Kaka on his agenda for election campaign. Considering his knack of landing superstars like Zidane,Figo & Beckham, Perez might land Kaka for around €80 million in June. Fingers crossed.........

Pato - A superstar in the making

Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, better known as Pato is the latest sensation to strike the footballing world. He has adopted his name to Alexandre Pato after the city he was born, Pato Branco. Pato made his debut for his club Internacional at the age of 17 and made a telling effect in the 4-1 win scoring one and setting up the other three.

In 2000, when Alexandre was 10 years old, x-rays from a broken bone revealed that he had a tumor in his arm. The doctors realized that the tumor would become cancerous in two months if not removed. Alexandre's family could not afford the surgery to remove the tumor, but the doctor, Paulo Roberto Mussi, was a family friend, and operated for free. This event was particularly significant because it occurred in a very crucial year when Alexandre was working towards a professional career with Internacional.

Pato made the football world take a note of him when he scored in the FIFA club world cup semifinals against Al-Ahly Cairo and helping them to a 2-1 win. Internacional won that edition beating Barcelona 1-0 in the finals. With this goal, Pato took Pelé's record as youngest scorer in the history of official FIFA competitions (17 years and 102 days, against Pelé's 17 years and 239 in the 1958 FIFA World Cup against Wales).

Pato from then on was scouted by many European giants like AC Milan, Benfica,Juventus, Inter Milan, Chelsea and Arsenal. And it was the current European Champions who got his signature for a fee of around €22 million. It was a dream come true for the youngster. Due to Italian football regulations regarding non-EU minors, Pato was unable to play official matches for Milan until January 3, 2008. Yet he was allowed to play in friendlies and scored in his non- competitive debut against Dynamo kiev in a 2-2 draw. And in January 4, 2008 his transfer became official.

Pato scored his first Milan goal in his Serie A debut against Napoli in a 5–2 victory at the San Siro. He has been a revelation since then and has scored 7 goals till now. He made his Brazil debut on March 26, 2008 and scored minutes after coming on as a second half substitute. And people have started comparing him with Pelé but Pato has said he is happy with the comparisons and that he just wants to concentrate to help his team earn 4th place for a spot in next season's champions league. At 18 he has a cool head and being at a club like AC Milan with players like Kaka, Pirlo around him he can only get better.