Earlier this week, we saw the Man City players enjoy their fancy dress Christmas party; Mario Balotelli came as a cowboy while Micah Richards donned a soldiers costume.

Well today saw cowboy vs soldier as Balotelli and Richards had to be separated in a training ground bust up.

The two players clashed towards the end of a practice match preparing for Sunday’s game against Arsenal. Witnesses reported that words were exchanged before the two players squared up.

Richards, in particular, seemed aggrieved by what had been said and the defender had to be restrained by other players as he sought to prolong the argument.

The incident has been described as “minor” behind the scenes at City, where it has been stressed that it was quickly forgotten once the players had returned to the dressing room. Richards and Balotelli get on well and are understood to have shaken hands.

Barcelona forward David Villa broke his left leg during his side’s 4-0 Club World Cup semi-final victory over Al Sadd of Qatar in Japan on Thursday.

“David has fractured his leg and will return to Barcelona for an operation as soon as possible,” Barca coach Pep Guardiola told reporters.

“We are all very sad for him. He’s a charming personality and it’s a massive blow for the team,” added Guardiola after the European champions set up a final against Brazil’s Santos

Manchester City prove they’re a top outfit by wearing fancy dress at their Christmas party.

The £40,000 bash came after the Premier League leaders’ first top flight defeat of the season at Chelsea on Monday night.

And the millionaire stars were determined to banish the Blues.

It is rumoured Chelsea will listen to offers for £50million flop Fernando Torres in next month’s transfer window.

The £150,000-a-week striker has scored just three Barclays Premier League goals since his move to Stamford Bridge from Liverpool on January 31.

Chelsea considered sending him on loan to rebuild his shattered confidence, but it seems they are now prepared to sell.

The club will have to take a massive financial hit on the most expensive player in British football history, but they have almost exhausted their other options.

Instead they will listen to any club prepared to offer around £20m and match his huge salary demands next month

Justin Bieber paid a visit to Stamford Bridge and met up with Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres.

We can’t say we’re the biggest Bieber fans here in the Capstone office, but we were surprised by his genuine football skills!

We’ve seen some hard tackles in the Capstone office, but this brought tears to our eyes…ouch!

To celebrate the lunch of our TV Show, Capstone Sport Premier League Giveaway, we are giving away a signed Chelsea football (pictured above) to one of our lucky Twitter followers.

All you have to do is retweet the competition message, found on our Twitter feed to have chance of winning this great prize. It’s that simple!

The competition closes on the 1st of December 2011 and the lucky winner will be notified shortly after.

Remember, not only can you follow our Twitter page, but also our Facebook page to find out how you can be in the audience for Premier League Giveaway.

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Barcelona’s dominance of the world of football was rubber-stamped this morning as the shortlist for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or was announced.

Reigning world player of the year Lionel Messi leads seven of his club mates among the 23 nominees for the global prize, which will be presented in January 2012.

Xavi, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Eric Abidal, Dani Alves and Gerard Pique received nods for their role in the Catalan giants’ league and Champions League double-winning season, while new recruit Cesc Fabregas also features.

Wayne Rooney, Nani, Liverpool’s Luis Suarez, and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero are the only Premier League nominees

Player nominees:

Eric Abidal (France)
Sergio Aguero (Argentina)
Karim Benzema (France)
Iker Casillas (Spain)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Dani Alves (Brazil)
Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Andres Iniesta (Spain)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Thomas Muller (Germany)
Nani (Portugal)
Neymar (Brazil)
Mesut Ozil (Germany)
Gerard Pique (Spain)
Wayne Rooney (England)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
David Villa (Spain)
Xabi Alonso (Spain)
Xavi (Spain)

Last month, Jone Samuelsen took the Youtube world by storm with his remarkabale headed goal from his own half.

Now Ryujiro Ueda has beaten the record with his effort for Fagiano Okayama in their fixture against Yokohama FC in the J-League

The Japanese defender was helped by some terrible goalkeeping but it is still a worthy effort.

A fed up Arsenal fan has used Eminem’s famous song ‘Stan’ to mock Arsene Wenger’s transfer policy.

Lifelong supporter and blogger Gunnerblog changed the lyrics to the hit, which reached No1 in the UK back in 2000, to launch a hilarious dig at the French tactician.

Well done Gunnerblog, this video brought me to tears!

Chelsea will learn today whether they have succeeded in buying back the freehold of Stamford Bridge from the Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) in what is being seen as the first step towards a move to a new 60,000-seater stadium.

Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) were formed in 1993 and purchased the freehold of the stadium in 1997 for roughly £10 million to prevent Stamford Bridge from being snapped up by property developers.

Chelsea argue it is necessary for them to have the freehold of the stadium so that they are in a position to enter serious negotiations for potential new sites in the vicinity of Stamford Bridge and have the funds to build. Extending Stamford Bridge is not currently considered to be either feasible or cost effective.

***UPDATE***

Chelsea have lost a vote to buy back their own stadium from a group owned by their fans.

Only 61.5% of shareholders in Chelsea Pitch Owners voted in favour of selling the freehold for the club’s Stamford Bridge stadium back to the club.

Approval of 75% of the shareholders was needed to pass the proposal.

Bad boy Man City striker Mario Balotelli has always had a strained relationship with the media but I don’t think he’s grasped the true meaning of the advice given to him my manager Roberto Mancini to let his feet do the talking.

A wonder goal? I think complete fluke!

Capstone Sport’s favourite impartial commentator is on stellar form in this gem!

Watch how the unashamed Milan fan reacts when his beloved Rosseneri go 3-0 down, only to pull it back and win 3-4 in dramatic style.

Its widely agreed in the Capstone office, that this is how commentating should be, Sky Sports take note!

On the back of the Torres’ miss against Manchester United, the Liverpool striker was given the viral treatment. And now Heskey has been handed membership to this exclusive club.

Heskey has been subjected to an online ribbing of his talent on YouTube – the Aston Villa forward depicted as ‘The Powerhouse’ and the must-have player that everyone needs to play with on the newly-released FIFA 12.

It is rumoured that Carlos Tevez may sue Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini for defamation of character.

On Tuesday, Manchester City fined Tevez four weeks wages, roughly £1m for what they say were five separate breaches of contract in a game against Bayern Munich.

A club investigation found Tevez guilty of refusing to play in the match.

Although Arsenal have had a indifferent start to the Premiership season, in this interview with Per Mertesacker, confidence still seems high for a top four finish for the North London side.

Manchester City sharp shooter Mario Balotelli is now endorsing a campaign for firework safety.., just a couple of days after his house was set alight by a firework reportedly set off in his bathroom.

Although Mario did not set the firework off himself, he knows the potential danger it could have caused, saying, ‘It was a really stupid thing to do, someone could have been hurt.’

His manager, Roberto Mancini, says if Balotelli sheds his impetuousness and improves his concentration he fully expects him to be, ‘In the first 3 players in the world, up there with Messi and Ronaldo’

You’ll be forgiven for not knowing the name of Javi Varnas, but the reserve Sevilla keeper put in a man of the match performance when he was forced into the first team fold to face European giants Barcelona.

With a heroic performance, he pulled off 22 saves including an injury time penalty from Lionel Messi in an eventual 0-0 draw at the Nou Camp!

Wayne Rooney will miss the start of Euro 2012 after being banned for three games following his sending off against Montenegro.

Towards the end of the 2-2 draw in Podgorica, Rooney was sent off for kicking Miodrag Dzudivic.

The Football Association is set to launch an appeal against the ban.

The play-off draw for Euro 2012 has taken place in Krakow with Republic of Ireland meeting Estonia.

The other play-offs see Turkey up against Croatia, the Czech Republic take on Montenegro and Portugal face Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Matches are to be played on the 11th & 12th of November with the return leg taking place on the 15th of November.

EURO 2012 PLAY-OFF DRAW

Turkey v Croatia
Estonia v Republic of Ireland
Czech Republic v Montenegro
Bosnia v Portugal

Manchester City outcast Carlos Tevez returned to training this morning after serving his two week suspension. However, he was forced to train alone.

City announced on Wednesday night that the Argentinean would face disciplinary action for refusing to take to the field in their Champions league defeat to Bayern Munich last month.

Tevez has claimed that the dispute was a misunderstanding and categorically refutes the accusation he refused to play.

Barcelona aren’t content with the talent they have on the field, so now they’ve turned their attention off it.

The Catalan giants are holding open auditions to find their next generation of cheerleaders and just like on the field, standards are high!

Real Madrid target Javier Hernandez did his best Wayne Rooney impression during a pre-match warm up while on International duty.

Next summer, many of the European born Premier elite will be hoping to be on their respective countries plane heading to Euro 2012.

Last night saw the last round of games in the qualifying stages and we now have a clearer idea of who will be playing in Poland and Ukraine.

France booked their place at Euro 2012 as winners of Group D after Samir Nasri’s penalty earned them a 1-1 home draw with Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Denmark, Greece, Russia and best runners-up Sweden claimed the other remaining automatic spots.
Both Portugal and Turkey were forced to settle for a play-off place. The draw for the play-offs will take place on Thursday 13 October, with the first-leg matches scheduled for 11 or 12 November and the second leg on 15 November.

Who have Qualified.

• Poland (Hosts)
• Ukraine (Hosts)
• Germany
• Russia
• Italy
• France
• Netherlands
• Greece
• England
• Denmark
• Spain
• Sweden

Who is in the Play-Offs.

• Turkey
• Republic of Ireland
• Estonia
• Bosnia-Hercegovina
• Czech Republic
• Croatia
• Montenegro
• Portugal