The most important football and sexy Olympian stories of the day

Jermaine Pennant has priced himself out of a dream move to Real Madrid. Still, at least he has successfully secured the services of Amii Grove.
[Daily Mail]

Freddy Shepherd says Michael Owen owes it to Newcastle to stay. Does anyone care what he has to say?
[The Sun]

Important sexy news: Leryn Franco was the hottest athlete of 2008
[With Leather]

The worst paid player in La Liga has won the lottery, and it’s still less than Robinho’s weekly wage
[The Offside]

The BBC introduce new post-post-match analysis show to satisfy banter starved fans
[The Gaffer]

Jay Simpson is set for a West Brom loan
[Football365]

Harry Redknapp has dismissed rumours that he wants Jimmy Bullard
[BBC]

Rich footballer increases odds of being even richer

Left-back Nuno Valente may earn £25,000 a week not playing for Everton, but that didn’t stop him trying to increase his net worth by investing in the Euromillions lottery.

According to today’s Sun, the Portuguese patiently queued up at a supermarket and purchased one hundred tickets, and those waiting to get rid of their social security money in the queue behind him had to wait for twenty minutes while they were processed.