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Manchester United v Sunderland English Premier League

Champions Manchester United will be aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League as they host a Sunderland side who have won three of their last five matches.

Ben Foster will return to the Manchester United starting line-up for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League encounter with Sunderland.

The England keeper sat out the Champions League win over Wolfsburg but has been assured on his place to face the Black Cats by Sir Alex Ferguson.

Michael Owen (groin) is out, while Edwin van der Sar (broken finger) and Rafael Da Silva (shoulder) are nearing full fitness after missing the entire season so far.

Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole could face the league leaders after returning to match fitness.

The 21-year-old was withdrawn at half-time during Sunday’s 5-2 victory over Wolverhampton having trained for just one day in the previous two-and-a-half weeks because of a heel injury.

Central defender John Mensah is struggling with a calf problem, but full-back Phil Bardsley, who was sent home with a virus at the weekend, has recovered.

Man Utd: Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, O’Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Berbatov.

Sunderland: Gordon, Fulop, Bardsley, McCartney, Ferdinand, Turner, Nosworthy, Da Silva, Mensah, Cana, Cattermole, Richardson, Reid, Malbranque, Henderson, Bent, Jones, Campbell, Murphy, Healy.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Portsmouth English Premier League

Portsmouth go in search of their first points of the season as they travel to newly-promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolves will be without injured midfielder Segundo Castillo at Molineux.

The Ecuador international sustained a hamstring injury during the 5-2 defeat by Sunderland at the Stadium of Light and was substituted at half-time.

Castillo’s replacement, Michael Kightly, could make his first ever Barclays Premier League start against Paul Hart’s side.

But midfielder Dave Jones is ruled out for two months after undergoing knee surgery.

Defender Steve Finnan came through a reserve match against West Ham United in midweek and could make his debut.

Finnan has been struggling with a hamstring injury since his summer switch from Espanyol and is yet to make a first-team appearance.

Papa Bouba Diop has stepped up his training but is still suffering with a hamstring injury, along with Herman Hreidarsson.

Wolves: Hennessey, Hahnemann, Halford, Mancienne, Zubar, Hill, Foley, Craddock, Berra, Elokobi, Edwards, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, Keogh, Doyle, Kightly, Ebanks-Blake, Maierhofer.

Portsmouth: James, Kaboul, Mokoena, Mullins, Utaka, Kanu, Begovic, Basinas, Belhadj, Vanden Borre, Piquionne, Smith, O’Hara, Brown, Prince-Boateng, Ben-Haim, Williamson, Yebda, Dindane, Finnan, Webber.

Hull City v Wigan Athletic English Premier League

After their shock win over previously unbeaten leaders Chelsea, Wigan Athletic visit Hull City who will be looking to climb out of the bottom three.

Hull City will again check on the fitness of defender Anthony Gardner. The former England international has missed the Tigers’ last four league matches with a knee injury.

Centre-back Liam Cooper, who made his league debut at Liverpool last week, is a slight doubt with a hamstring strain but fellow defender Steven Mouyokolo has overcome an injury to the same area.

Record signing Jimmy Bullard has been earmarked for a possible return at his old club Fulham on 19th October.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez will assess all his options before selecting his squad.

Having beaten Chelsea last weekend the Spaniard could be tempted to stick with the same starting line-up.

However, he has plenty of choices as everyone is fit, including young midfielder James McCarthy, who came off with a minor groin problem in Monday’s reserve team match against Bolton Wanderers.

Hull City: Myhill, McShane, Cooper, Sonko, Dawson, Geovanni, Barmby, Kilbane, Hunt, Ghilas, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Mouyokolo, Gardner, Mendy, Olofinjana, Boateng, Zayatte, Cousin, Halmosi, Marney, Altidore, Duke, Warner.

Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, N’Zogbia, Thomas, Diame, Koumas, Gomez, Rodallega, Edman, Boyce, Cho, Scotland, King, McCarthy, Pollitt.

Burnley v Birmingham City English Premier League

Two of the newly-promoted clubs meet at Turf Moor with the Clarets protecting a 100 per cent winning record on their own ground.

Burnley have lost yet another player for an extended period after Jay Rodriguez was ruled out for three months with a fractured ankle ahead of the Clarets’ Barclays Premier League match against Birmingham City on Saturday.

Striker Rodriguez becomes the third of Owen Coyle’s players to be ruled out until Christmas in the last fortnight, with Martin Paterson and Chris McCann also both on the sidelines with knee injuries.

Fernando Guerro tweaked his hamstring and Kevin McDonald sustained a knee problem in a midweek reserve match, leaving both looking doubtful.

But club captain Steven Caldwell is in contention for a place in the starting line-up after playing for an hour in the same match.

Birmingham City are resigned to being without striker Christian Benitez.

Benitez is back home in Ecuador after being given compassionate leave after his father was injured in a car crash. Garry O’Connor is likely to deputise as the lone striker with Kevin Phillips on the bench.

Blues manager Alex McLeish is optimistic that Stuart Parnaby, Franck Queudrue and James McFadden will be available after injury, while Cameron Jerome should return from an ankle problem after the international break.

Burnley: Jensen, Caldwell, Mears, Eckersley, Duff, Carlisle, Bikey, Jordan, Alexander, Fletcher, Elliott, Blake, Thompson, Guerrero, Eagles, Penny, Kalvanes, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Edgar, Easton, Nugent.

Birmingham City: Hart, Taylor, Carr, Parnaby, Johnson, Dann, Vignal, Queudrue, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, Fahey, McFadden, Carsley, Tainio, O’Connor, Ridgewell, Phillips, Espinoza, Johnson, O’Shea.

Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur English Premier League

With Manchester United not in action until the evening, Tottenham Hotspur have the chance to move level on points with the champions at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

Bolton striker Johan Elmander is out of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League meeting with Spurs at the Reebok Stadium.

Elmander sustained a hamstring injury in Monday’s reserve match that will keep him sidelined for at least 10 days, thereby also probably ruling him out of Sweden’s World Cup qualifiers with Denmark and Albania next week.

Manager Gary Megson has no other concerns as his side seek a third successive victory.

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe was back in full training on Friday and manager Harry Redknapp will decide on Saturday whether to pitch him in wearing a protective dressing on his two dislocated fingers.

Ledley King is still recovering from a hamstring injury while Roman Pavlyuchenko (Achilles) is back in full training but will not feature at the Reebok.

Luka Modric is no longer wearing the protective boot on his fractured fibula and has begun active rehabilitation, while Jonathan Woodgate (groin) hopes to return to training in two weeks’ time..

Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Al Habsi, Ricketts, Steinsson, Knight, Cahill, A O’Brien, Samuel, Robinson, M Davies, Muamba, Cohen, McCann, Gardner, Taylor, K Davies, Klasnic, Lee.

Spurs: Cudicini, Corluka, Huddlestone, Bassong, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Bale, Jenas, Palacios, Kranjcar, Keane, Defoe, Crouch, Gomes, Hutton, Bentley, Naughton.

The 2009 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX returns this year with even more after-dusk action. Set in the heart of the city, the world’s only FORMULA ONE night race promises thrilling high-speed action on the streets of Singapore, past some of the of the city’s most iconic and historic landmarks.

Besides the night race, ticketholders can also catch more action off the track. Rock band Travis, soul-queen Chaka Khan, international sensation Backstreet Boys, world-music maestro Youssou N’Dour as well as top DJs Carl Cox and John Digweed are just some of the artistes that forms this year’s exciting entertainment line-up. Large-scale theatre acts Cie des Quidams’ Herbert’s Dream, Strange Fruit and countless other roving performances are also set to take the circuit park entertainment to another level.

With the unbeatable opportunity to be really close to the non-stop action, you can expect a fantastic night out this 25 to 27 September at the 2009 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX. Nothing else comes close.

Carling Cup Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Live Streaming

Wednesday September 23, 2009 Kick off: 20:00 3rd Round Old Trafford

Countdown: Today - 20:00

Manchester United
Manager: Alex Ferguson

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manager: Mick McCarthy

Manchester United’s lastest results

Premier League
Sunday September 20, 2009
Manchester United 4 - 3 Manchester City

Champions League
Tuesday September 15, 2009
Besiktas 0 - 1 Manchester United

Wolverhampton Wanderers’s lastest results

Premier League
Sunday September 20, 2009
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Fulham

Premier League
Saturday September 12, 2009
Blackburn Rovers 3 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Head to Head
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 victories
Manchester United 2 victories

UFC 103 Live Video Streaming

The show started with clips of Vitor Belfort’s first few UFC fights. They also showed highlights of his three  fights against Randy Couture.

He was only 19 years old when he made his UFC debut.

Belfort won the UFC light heavyweight title in their second fight after one of Couture’s eyes got cut in the first round. Couture won the  third fight to reclaim his title.

Belfort was not focused for the second and third fights with Couture because his sister was missing in Brazil  His sister’s whereabouts are still unknown to this day. He lost his focus and lost the passion to train and fight.

He reconnected with his old rival, Couture, and joined his gym in Las Vegas to train. Belfort has now won four consecutive fights in a row. His last win was a first round knockout of Matt Lindland. He claims that he is now motivated again and fighting for a purpose.

Shawn Tompkins, his trainer, says that Belfort will become a UFC champion once again, and that there is no way that Rich Franklin can keep up with Belfort’s speed.

Rich Franklin taught himself submission fighting from instructional tapes. He is a former math teacher.

Franklin won 20 of his first 21 fights and became UFC middleweight champion. He was a big fan of Belfort’s before he became a MMA fighter himself. Franklin did not have his first MMA fight until he was 25 years old.

Matt Hume, Franklin’s trainer, says that if you take Belfort out of his game, he does not adapt very well.

Franklin says, “I am not concerned about what Vitor is going to do in the ring. I’m concerned about what I’m going to do. If I execute the way I know that I can, and the way that I know that I should, then I’m going to win the fight.