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Flick through today’s links to the sound of James Brown!

Wenger’s next teenage sensation?

[The Offside]

Singapore Grand Prix, race preview

[Grid Crasher]

SAFE FOR WORK PORN

[Creativity Online]

Fascinating Premier League trends examined

[Chickendinner]

Kalou endures an awkward moment

[Kickette]

Kelly Brook vs Charlotte Church

[Polite Applause]

Sven talks all things Mexico

[LA Times]

The Mexican beauty who definitely doesn’t have a sex tape

Joining fellow Mexican model Elsa Benítez in the WAG of the Day hall of fame is the terribly good looking Galilea Montijo. The 35-year-old actress and bikini connoisseur is famous in her home nation for appearances in television shows such as Big Brother, Bailando por un Sueño (basically their version of Strictly Come Dancing) and a romantic drama called La Verdad Oculta (‘The Hidden Truth’). She is also renowned for her relationship with Mexican footballer Cuauhtémoc Blanco, creator of the natty ‘Blanco Bounce‘ trick.

Clearly someone attended the Trevor Sinclair school of shooting

The cheeky effort above (an overhead scissor kick? a bicycle kick?) went down in Naucalpan, Mexico. If anyone can identify the player, they win a Yorkie bar. Not one of those ones with the raisins and nuts in, mind. Just a plain one.

[Spotted at Machochip]

South American club tricked by handsome imposter

Before Mexico manager Sven-Goran Eriksson came to prominence in the UK, British men with bad eyesight, grey locks and a vastly receding hairlines had nothing in their lives except drab offices, crossword puzzles and avoiding people’s glances on the train. After the Swede romped his way to power, however, one such man has managed to make a full-time career based on his similarity to the randy manager. His name is Derek Williams, and he has been using his special gift since 2005 - you can see him in the picture above recreating a typical day at Eriksson HQ.

Recently, the Sven-alike has been using his dashing visage to make Mexicans look like damned fools:

[Williams] was given a tour of Primera División outfit Universidad Nacional’s stadium - the Estadio Olímpico Universitario - yesterday morning after sending the club falsified documents which appeared to have come from the Mexican football federation. According to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, nobody spotted the deception until the federation themselves released a statement later in the day.

Williams could have used his powers to earn hugely inflated severance packages from top teams, or to bed any unscrupulous secretary/ television personality in the world. Williams decided to use it to get tours of stadiums. And they say George Best wasted his gift…

Spoiler bonus: If you would like to book Derek for a social event or to give you access to a foreign stadium that is open to the public anyway, click here.

[The Guardian]

South America continues to lead the way in sporting violence

I wish all football highlights were narrated by the guy who does America’s Wildest Police Chases…

[Pies]