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Cesc Fabregas tends to Iker Casillas’s migrane, which was induced by the vision of his 3-in-1 haircut. Spain play USA today in the Confed Cup semis. Good luck to both sides!

Are Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch on Twitter? All signs point to… probably not. But, you never know.
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We know where Crouchie is for certain, though – in Sardinia, with girlfriend Abbey Clancy.
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Real talk gangsta ish is going down for Liverpool reserve keeper Nikolay Mihailov. They threw acid on his Ferarri. Serious biz-niz.
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Kaka loves the Backstreet Boys. Don’t judge, you know you do too. Kevin. We still would.
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Newcastle’s away kit keeps it cheery and sunshiney and fugly. In other good news, they’re bringing the story of their season’s struggles to the stage. Yay?
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Anyone else hearing whispers that Xabi Alonso is tying the knot next month? We need to know more. In other Liverpool player yak, is anyone’s baby-sensor tingling? We feel a Fernando bubba is imminent.
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Tottenham cuteness Vedran Corluka is getting married, but being very elusive on details: he says it will be a Saturday in June. This year? Next year? Btw, he has g/f Iva’s name and D.O.B. tattooed on his wrist.
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Frank Lampard does Vegas like only a single footballer can. With a whole ‘lotta wagabees and some suntan oil.
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Finally, don’t forget to grab this week’s OK! magazine for all the lush pics from Wes Brown’s recent wedding.

Split: Claude Makelele and Noemie Lenoir

Tragic news, Kickettes. Noemie Lenoir has to turn in her WAG status card. Her relationship with Paris St. Germain player Claude Makelele is over.

Noemie made our website a much prettier place, and we can’t bear the thought of not having her around anymore.

So what happened? Well, details are scarce, but let’s just say Noemie and Claude haven’t been without their issues in the past.

Lest we forget, Claude had a well-publicized affair with a model that none of the Kickette commenters liked very much, followed swiftly by a damage control quote from his agent of epic-fail proportions. (“He’s denying it. But even if it was true, he’s going to deny it. They’re all at it, but when they’re caught they deny it.“)

Previous to that, there had been other alleged incidents with skeevies – stories about Claude cheating on Noemie when she was pregnant with their son, Kelyan, and telling her he was too tired from footie practice to have sex, when he was really shagging half of London at the time.

Bless.

It’s rumoured that the French couple have been split for about 6 months, which adds up to us. We started seeing photos of Noemie in New York with men that weren’t Claude about 4 months ago, and most recently she has been linked to music mogul Russell Simmons. Claude has also moved on and been sunning it up in Barbados with a Noemie lookylikey.

We wish both Claude and Noemie all the best for the future. Well, really just Noemie.

Carly Zucker: Words to Live By

Steel yourself, dear readers.

We are about to lay down a WAG quote that is all kinds of life-altering, crazy-making and mind-blowing at the same time. Have some smelling salts and a trusted companion nearby should you faint with delight (or alternatively, explode into a million pieces of white hot rage) after reading.

Ready?

Here goes. From what is looking like the best issue of Hello! any of us will ever read in our lifetime, it’s Carly Zucker and her thoughts on work, post-marriage:

“I am offered projects all the time, but I don’t feel I need to prove anything, or that I need a career to feel good about myself.

I tried it before with the personal training as well as running the house, and it just made me stressed and unhappy.

It wasn’t good for me and it wasn’t good for Joe and his football. I am lucky enough to be in a position where I don’t have to work.“

Filled with seething, venomous anger? Or overwhelmed with admiration? Or both?

Starting today, we believe this statement should be read aloud at the start of every school day, public gathering and shopping mall opening.

Read the full interview in Hello! out today.

Pitter Patter: Petr and Martina Cech

Image via Ona

Chelsea’s goalkeeper Petr Cech and his wife Martina are proud parents of a new, bouncy and fresh-scented baby boy.

They’ve named him Damián, and he was born at the Apolináře Hospital in Prague on June 16th.

Papa Petr was by Martina’s side, hopefully taking action to ensure her pain relief meds were fully functioning and well stocked up.

The couple already have a daughter Adélka who was born a year and a half ago.

Congratulations!

Mr. & Mrs: The Coles

Image: Hello! Magazine

The wedding season continues to roll along in full-length satin and champagne toast mode, and we couldn’t be more pleased.

This weekend, Chelsea’s Joe Cole took his long-time gal Carly Zucker down the aisle, getting married at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

A range of footballers were on the scene – John and Toni Terry, the oft-misbehaved Wayne Bridge with wifey Vanessa, Scott Sinclair and Michael and Lisa Carrick. 

After much anticipation about whether Frank Lampard and Elen Rives would attend (with the tabloids speculating it would be a mutli-faceted fiesta of awkward), we’ve yet to get anything 100% confirmed, and have not seen photos of either in attendance. Update on that to follow.

If you’re looking for photos of the wedding, you’ll have to be patient and wait for the £2 million Hello! magazine spread.

The Coles weren’t taking any chances and had guard dogs on patrol outside the grounds to make sure no one was able to scam a sneaky shot of the ceremony, or much more importantly, the Oscar de la Renta dress. From what we can see on the cover shot – it seems a demure choice, all things considered. We’re glad Carly kept it simple with her hair.

The morning after the night before the newlyweds attended a planned breakfast with friends and family in the garden at the seriously minimal-chic Hempel Hotel.

Seems an odd option to take for post-wedding scheduling. Surely the morning after getting married to a footballer should be spent laughing like a hyena everytime you glance at your ring and speed-ordering items from the Harrods website?

Oops. We should have said cuddling up to your new hubby and basking in the glow of your love, planning a new future together, shouldn’t we? That too.

Finally, let’s talk fashion. We asked our twitter followers for their take on Toni Terry’s dress with votes being split on success level.

For those that recall Toni’s wedding dress (dubbed, “uterus, internal”), this is similarly inspired. Kudos to her for the foxy bod and killer shoes though.

A huge congratulations to Carly and Joe, we wish you many happy years together!