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charityParis club and would reveal all 24 matchaccount yesterday, comedy actor Will Ferrell. ultiple hours later. Williams, decked out in an aims to raise Olympic Well, his new team is the shirt, says the match money to help children around championM Soccer Aid World XI -- a will feature “celebrities, the world and organises charity will line up motley crew put together to legends and a brand new matches featuring celebrities opposite British pop help raise funds for the United captain for Soccer Aid World and former football stars. in Nations Children’s Fund, XI”. This match will be played on a charity football match Unicef. United fan June 10, just before the World at Manchester United’s Not only had football-mad Bolt then appears and adds: Cup gets underway in Russia. stadium, Bolt, the fastest man alive, been “Robbie, let me entertain you,” Bolt is an eight-time the Jamaican revealed recruited for the match, but he in a reference to Williams’s hit Olympic champion, 11-time yesterday. comes straight into the team 1998 song of the same name. world champion and holds the Manchester United fan Now retired, Bolt had as captain, with former Take The promotional video world records in the 100 and Usain Bolt is going to given a teaser of what was That star Williams leading out features the likes of Brazilian 200 metres. realise a dream of lead- to come on Twitter on an England side in opposition. great and Real Williams is the best-selling ing out his team at Old Monday, claiming that he Speaking on a publicity clip coach Zinedine British solo artist in the United Trafford had signed for a football published by Bolt, 31, on his Zidane, as well as American Kingdom. (AFP) Buffon says ready to play for Ronaldo with my family, but when the taly goalkeeper Gianluigi national team needs you, you IBuffon is prepared to go must be present and not desert back on his decision to retire them,” replied Buffon during given from international football if the programme Tiki Taka he is picked for the friendlies broadcast on the Mediaset against England and Argentina network. next month. “There’s nothing to add to off as The 40-year-old had called it Di Biagio’s words other than a day in November immediately I feel a sense of responsibility after Italy’s astonishing failure and loyalty which I must give to qualify for this year’s to the national team in this PSG trip World Cup, ending a 20-year transitional moment,” added international career in which the 2006 World Cup winner. he made 175 appearances. ”I repeat, it’s a way of However, on Monday Italy’s showing loyalty and a sense looms interim coach of responsibility towards Italy. said that it was not right that A new national team is being Buffon’s international career born and the first games are should end with the infamous not comfortable ones because Madrid 0-0 draw against Sweden we will face Argentina and eal Madrid coach is giving which condemned them to a England. Cristiano Ronaldo a break and has left him out first World Cup absence for “I think that any experienced ofR the 19-man squad to face Espanyol in 60 years. player can be useful at the start, yesterday. “I had thought about going even if it’s just to give advice to But and are both on holiday for a few days the young ones.” () included in the squad, a week before the second leg of the Champions League last 16 against Saint- Germain. “It is very important to always keep Cristiano in peak form. He knows that from time to time he must rest,” Zidane told a press conference on Monday, suggesting that the decision was mutual. “He knows this very well and we talk, as always, a great deal.” It will be the second time in three games that the coach has not picked the Portuguese star. Ronaldo also missed the league game against Leganes last Wednesday, which Real won 3-1. Brazilian will likewise miss the game with a reported stomach problem. Zidane has called up 19-year-old Oscar from the academy team. (AFP)

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