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JASON Akermanis is furious after his car and Western suburbs house were bombed with eggs during the early hours of Sunday morning. He said it was terrifying to have missiles thrown in the darkness at his house and car. "I'm not happy and I didn't get a wink of sleep after it happened," Akermanis said. "It was pretty terrifying, to be honest, to hear all that noise coming because it's such a quiet neighbourhood we live in." It's the second time in a month the Western Bulldogs footballer has been egged. Akermanis, whose comments in the Herald Sun on homosexual...

Children have been banned from reading their football results in local newspapers because it makes them too competitive. Football Association laws dictate that from this season, the results of matches between children aged seven and eight must not be published, league tables must not be kept and prizes must not be given out. Some local associations have chosen to extend the regulations even further, it has emerged, banning league tables and trophies for 9, 10 and 11-year olds as well. Scott Ager, who last season managed Priory Parkside under-9s 'A' team in Huntingdon, was sharply reprimanded after declaring that his...

Footballers go missing in Denmark Danish police say the men will be arrested and deported if found Fifteen footballers who took part in the Homeless World Cup in Denmark have left their teams and gone missing, police and organisers say. Seven of the missing players are from Burundi, four from Liberia, three from Cameroon and one from Afghanistan. The men had entry visas that expired on Monday. Danish police say they will be arrested and deported if found. The Liberian team managed to win third place in the tournament despite having lost four of its players. The men may already...

'They are total scum' By Tony Freinberg and Andrew Warshaw (Filed: 13/02/2005) Sir Alan Sugar, the former chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, has described the nation's football players as "total scum" and claimed that "most of them would be in prison" if they had not become professional sportsmen. In an interview in The Telegraph, Sir Alan also claims that footballers have no concept of loyalty or honesty and are interested only in themselves. Alan Sugar: ‘football players don't know what honesty is’ Although his comments might strike a chord with some members of the public, former Spurs players responded angrily, describing...