BALO-HELLI ... boss Mancini goes for striker Mario PERHAPS the pressure is getting too much to bear. Roberto Mancini is beset by problems on all sides and yesterday he finally erupted.The Manchester City boss is out of Europe and seven points behind Manchester United in the title race. And the Italian is also operating under the twin shadows of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, who could bot...Full Story »

Back on the market ... Sylvie van der Vaart SYLVIE van der Vaart has split up with her footballer husband Rafael after a furious bust-up. The shock separation comes just days after the Dutch couple shared Christmas with their son, Damian, and tweeted a cute family snap. And earlier today the former Spurs strike star apologised for his behaviour in the explosive row, as he arrived at a train...Full Story »

They have had a rocky relationship since he was adopted by the wealthy Balotelli family at the age of two. But Mario Balotelli seems to have ended his long-running feud with his birth mother, Rose Barwuah, by spending Christmas Day with her. The 22-year-old footballer is said to have picked the cleaner up from her rented council home on Manchester's notorious Wythenshawe estate - made fa...Full Story »

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Coleen Rooney showed off her pregnancy bump for the first time yesterday as she soaked up the winter sun in the Caribbean. Wearing a Hermes gold bracelet, bikini and floral cover-up, the 26-year-old played with son Kai, three, in the sand on an exclusive resort in Barbados. And it is clear her little boy did not inherit his straight posture from his father. Coleen Rooney seen for the first ...Full Story »

Furious Mario Balotelli has called in lawyers to sue his former girlfriend after she accused him of being 'irresponsible' and 'not interested' in his newborn baby daughter. The Manchester City ace's relationship with Raffaella Fico, 24, has become a real life soap opera with the two having furious slanging matches since they split up in the spring following a year long relationship. Earlier ...Full Story »

Stunning ... leggy Belgian model Fanny Neguesha in a photo from her Facebook page SOCCER bad boy Mario Balotelli was out with a model called Fanny the night his daughter was born. He wined and dined Vogue magazine beauty Fanny Robert Neguesha, 22, who had jetted in from Brussels to visit him. And when the following day a Sun reporter called at the Manchester City ace’s Cheshire mansio...Full Story »

With 12 days until Christmas, the UK has barely seen any of the white stuff. But little Kai Rooney had more than enough snow to play around in after being whisked to Lapland for the weekend by his mum Coleen. The mother and son jetted off to the land of Father Christmas while Wayne stayed at home to play in his scheduled fixtures with Manchester United. Christmas greetings: Coleen Rooney tr...Full Story »

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