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David Beckham’s been at it again, trying to add another string to his bow (although we fear that he has finally realised that his life as a world class footballer is over). Or it could just be another way to sweet talk Fabio Capello into declaring him match fit. Let’s face it parading Posh over the cucumber sarnies and Fondant Fancies just isn’t going to cut it with the Fab-meister.

So Becks has donned the hallowed fedora of Indiana Jones and decided to swash-buckle and charm his way into Fab’s good books, he’ll be wearing a sandwich board saying: "Pick me" next. If David was one of the sharper tools in the box he would realise that showing off his football …

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When we read about dawn raids we imagine, some dingy little flat in the middle of nowhere, choc-full of unsavoury types plotting world domination (nay we refer not to the House of Commons). So you can imagine our surprise to hear that a football club somewhere in England was visited by the boys in blue in the early hours, probably armed Bodie and Doyle-style with some kind of weapon (not curly perm although there are a few crimes against hair happening in the Premier League).

Truth be known police swooped upon Birmingham City FC like agile keen-witted falcons as part of an "ongoing investigation into football corruption". A City of London statement said: "I can confirm that officers from the …

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Catastrophe theory states that there are two main types of event. (Actually, there are other, minor, types but Bodog feels that this is not the space for convoluted explanations of Swallowtail Catastrophes. Suffice to say, it’s not like downing a beer!)

Firstly, there is a fold catastrophe. In life, this could be the bursting of a balloon – there is no way it can be unburst, much to the annoyance of little Johnny. In poker, a fold catastrophe occurs when you’ve gone all against a bigger stack and your opponent (bless him) rivers a gut shot.

Secondly, there are cusp catastrophes – these have a chance of recovery. So, this time, Johnny’s tower of building blocks is punted around the nursery. Tears …

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Firstly she’s banned from singing on stage with her new obligatory rock star bloke Jamie Hince’s band. Thank the lord the other members of The Kills put their foot down fearing a loss of credibility and mentions of the Doherty days, not that he had any credibility but please spare us of another Moss ‘performance’. Stick to what you know Katie, i.e. necking champagne, allegedly consuming copious amounts of drugs and hanging out with the band. There’s no shame in being a groupie even at the ripe old age of 32. Honest.

She may still be in the Top Ten of caners and uber groupie extraordinaire but Katie is no longer queen of the UK fashion scene. Many have tried and …

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Looks like Andy Murray is back to fighting form as he beat Croation Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, USA. Despite the first two sets going to a tie break the third set looked something like this: 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3.

But it seemed that the pressure was getting to the 11th seed as his temper frayed frequently against Karlovic, he said:

"I was disappointed with my attitude during the Karlovic match, I was getting really angry and I haven’t done that this year. I was just in a bad frame of mind and you can sometimes snap out of it, but when you’re playing someone who is as frustrating to play against …

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There’s always something or someone causing ructions in the world of sport. And it looks like the IPL (Indian Twenty20 Premier League) just doesn’t want to go away without a fight! They are so keen to sign up as many British cricketers to their crack-pot scheme as possible, and the meaner the treatment the keener the pursuit. Well I for one think it stinks (like a plan to scupper Test cricket) but it seems that I’m not the only one with reservations.

The International Cricket Council has granted national boards new powers to stop the IPL in its tracks, meaning that they can veto moves to pilfer their players. As such a contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in …

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You gotta love David James.

Asked whether he was aware that England manager Fabio Capello was in the crowd observing his great performance against Aston Villa he replied:

"My mum was there too!"

Ha! "Jessie", as he is affectionately known, has certainly got his priorities right.

In comparison to the rest of his peers he is an original of the species, a prince among men. When the majority of Premiership footballers strive to ape rap stars cruising to the training ground in their Hummers, Jessie has converted his diesel estate car to run on rapeseed oil.

Despite his hugely publicised past goalkeeping gaffes James is the outstanding English goalkeeper of his generation and he deserves to be …

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How the mighty have fallen. It was only a few short months ago that Newcastle were banging on about qualifying for Europe, then it was the great goals explosion when Kevin Keegan arrived to take charge of the team for a second time. Now Newcastle are grateful for getting a point at Birmingham, and Keegan is hailing Michael Owen as ‘world class’ after scoring against a central defence containing Liam Ridgewell and a Tunisian called Radhi Jaidi. How expectations have changed around St James’ Park, eh?

Newcastle are easy targets at the moment, a cheap laugh, and it’s easy to scoff at them and jeer at their expense. It’s almost taking the easy way out, writing another piece enjoying their demise, …

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