… well, blame the Sun for that.

I was contacted by the Sun a couple of days ago in some sweep stake thing, and they have drawn me to represent North Korea. I’ll support N Korea so that you don’t have to. Here’s the video:

Incidentally, our friends at RoM have been handed Brazil. He did an interview with me today, so check it out here.

Of course, I’m excited about the world cup. And I will hope to enjoy this month to the fullest.

Fancy seeing your favourite chant or slogan in letters six feet tall on a poster in the centre of Manchester? Well now is your big chance!

www.cityutd.com offers one lucky fan of Manchester United, and another of Manchester City the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have their own words displayed on a giant billboard in Manchester.

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Ever wondered what it’s like to ask Sir Alex Ferguson THE question? Well now, courtesy of our football crazy mates at Betfair, you have the chance to do so.

Simply post your question in the comments section below before Friday 19th March and then tune in to www.betfairfootball.com to see one lucky reader’s question answered.

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I don’t indulge in schadenfreude, but I’ll make an exception. I had a long day outdoors, getting stuff fixed etc., so imagine my horror when I discovered what I’d missed in the day’s Champions League action. I surely didn’t feel I deserved to miss the occasion as it happened.

So, to make up for my loss, I thought let’s have a dedicated thread in revelling in someone else’s misfortune.

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I don’t normally obsess over ex-players but every now and then, one encounters opportunities that are just too good to pass up. Today there was one, courtesy the Daily Mail. The story runs thus: a witch doctor who was hired to put a hex on Ronaldo has said that Ronaldo’s career is going to end in about four months.

The voodoo attacker, who calls himself Pepe, insists it is no coincidence that the Real Madrid forward suffered an ankle injury days after the so-called curse came to light. And now he says there will be a further blow and that Ronaldo will ‘have to stop for two or three months, and then will come the final injury.

‘In four months maximum, he will never be able to play football,’ Pepe told Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha.

Furthermore he claims a witch hired to counteract his powers will only make things worse because: ‘My magic is black and this will accelerate the process.

Go on, read the whole article. This weekend we’ve had a goal scored by a beach ball, and now, confirmation that there’s a war going on in black magic land, presumably in a parallel dimension (of Tolkienesque proportions) that decides the fate of the most expensive pair of legs in world football. I think I have seen everything there is left to see in football.

Filed as #7684, in the list of shit you just can’t make up.

This is going to be a delayed reaction to the Ferguson-Alan Wiley incident, but it’s international week, we have little else to talk about, so… sit tight, and read.

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With Champions League action safely out of the way, United fans can now look forward to the big game on Sunday. Yes, it’s the Manchester derby and after last Saturday, when United overcame an early goal and a sending off to thrash Tottenham 3-1 at White Hart Lane and City humbled Arsenal with a 4-2 beating at Eastlands, this Sunday promises to be a cracking game.

And if you haven’t secured tickets for the game yet, this is your lucky day.

Red Rants have teamed up with Betfair, new official betting partners for Manchester United, to give away two pairs of tickets, for FREE, to the Sunday game.

To enter the competition all you have to do is to click HERE to open a Betfair account and fund it with £25. You will then automatically be entered into the draw to win one of two pairs of tickets to the Manchester derby, where you could be enjoying the beating United hand out to their City rivals from the East Stand.

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With United due to kick off not too long from now, the lovely folks at Nike got in touch with us to show a preview video featuring Rio, Welbeck, Gibson, Rooney and Evra.

Preview will follow soon. Stay tuned.

Keano sings the Ronaldo song, from the Ian Dempsey breakfast show podcast.

Click here for direct link or click here to stream.