London, Mar. 2 : Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has given credit to his I-pod for the team's victory against Tottenham Hotspurs in the Carling Cup final on Sunday.

The Sun quoted the England stopper as saying: "Just before the shootout I was looking at an I-pod with goalkeeping coach Eric Steele. On it were images of Spurs taking penalties. I'd been told if O'Hara took a kick that he would probably go to my left. It was great that was exactly what happened and I managed to get a hand to it."

Berlin - It was a meeting with a severely wounded soldier in a US army hospital that American actor Ben Foster said helped him in his role as an officer who delivers the message to families that their loved ones have been killed in combat.

"He was very forthright about his experiences," said 28-year-old Foster about the young soldier who had a lost leg in fighting in Iraq and whose name was Will.