Diego was asked to have a crack at 10 targets from 16 metres out, with each target represented by a different sum ranging for $25,000 to $300,000. If he had cracked all the targets, he would have raised $1m in charity.

While he missed on several occasions, Maradona did manage to hit the $300,000 target though and was able to raise $500,000 in all.

According to the organisers, this was the first time Maradona had taken part in such an event in his long and distinguished career.

Check out a video from the event below.

The Red Bulls have announced that Henry will be their second designated player and stated that he had signed a multi year contract.

Henry is expected to make his Red Bulls debut on July 22 against Tottenham Hotspur.

The midfield pairing of Vince Grella and Jason Culina will be looking to keep the likes of Klose, Ozil, Appiah and co. at bay. However, it’s in defence where the team really shows world class form — centre back Lucas Neill, and Premiership goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer are essential to the Socceroos’ success. Their qualifying campaign was hugely successful, finishing first in Group One, however, their initial group in the finals will undoubtedly be much more of a test however. The team have been drawn against Germany — a team who rarely disappoint in the competition, and who always seem to do well at the World Cup. They also have Serbia, who forced France into qualifying via the playoffs and Ghana, who finished second in the recently concluded African Cup of Nations, in their group.Visit Betfair to find out the latest world cup betting odds on Australia for the World Cup 2010.

Giggs had said that he would consider playing for the national team again if asked by Toshack. However Ferguson when asked about the possibility of the 36 year old to don Welsh colours again said, “Ryan? You must be joking”

“I can’t see it, it must have been a weak moment for Ryan. I can’t see that happening.”

The eighteen year old Noble, a Sunderland academy product, made his debut for the Wearsiders in January against Barrow.

He has also been capped for England at U-17 and U-19 levels.

After averaging around 30 league appearances in previous seasons for Bordeaux, Rame has found opportunities hard to come by this year after the club signed Cedric Carrasso from Toulouse in the summer. In the 2009-10 season, Rame has only featured four times in Ligue 1 for the defending champions.

United’s goals came from Travis Dodd, Robbie Cornthwaite and Cassio, while Kazayuki Morisaki and Issei Takayanegi netted for the visitors. Sanfrecce Hiroshima also played for nearly an hour with ten men after Ilian Stoyanov had received his marching orders from Malaysian referee Mohammed Salleh in the 32nd minute of the game.

With this, Adelaide remain at the top of Group H. Sanfrecce are yet to open their account after three fixtures.

In the other Group H game, Korean side Pohang Steelers got the better of Shandong Luneng. It was Shandong’s second straight loss in Group H after being beaten 2-0 by Adelaide a fortnight ago.

Lewis, who can play both as a striker and a wide player, has made only four appearances for Watford this season. Three of those four appearances came in the League Cup.

Young will wear the Number 24 Shirt at Hereford United and could make his debut for them on Saturday against Bradford City.

French rivals Lyon and Bordeaux have been drawn in an all French quarterfinal while surprise Russian qualifiers CSKA Moscow will meet Italian leaders Inter Milan.

Last season’s losing finalists Manchester United will face FC Bayern in another repeat from a previous year final. United beat Bayern the year they achieved their famous treble.

The winner of the Arsenal-Barcelona clash will take on the winner of Inter Milan vs CSKA, with the winner of Manchester United vs Bayern Munich taking on the winner of the all French quarterfinal between Lyon and Bordeaux.

Bordeaux won 1-0 in the first leg in Greece and only need to avoid defeat in order to progress to the next round.

Final score :- Bordeaux 2-1 Olympiakos ( Bordeaux win 3-1 on aggregate)

Goal scorers :- Gourcuff, Chamakh- Bordeaux
Mitroglou-Olympiakos