Johannesburg  - Football's controlling body FIFA on Sunday said it was considering announcing the host of the World Cup earlier.

Addressing a press briefing on the state of transportation for the 2010 World Cup FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said that it had already been discussed at executive level.

"We are even considering announcing two World Cup hosts at the same time, that would give one of them at least 11 years to prepare."

Valcke said that the preparations for the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 had shown that seven years was the minimum needed to build the infrastructure necessary to host the World Cup.

London, Nov 23 : French international footballer William Gallas has in his autobiography revealed how some of football’s biggest stars relieve their sexual frustrations in the team shower.

Gallas, 31, who on November 22 was stripped of the team captaincy for exposing backstage bust-ups and slagging off team-mates, described how players pleasured themselves after the game.

According to him, footie stars refuse to have any kind of sexual activity with their WAGs before a game as “they won’t have the legs left” to win it, but after the match ends nothing stops them from relieving their pent-up aggression even if it’s in the shower.

“We pass so little time with our wives,” the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

Hamburg  - VfB Stuttgart fired coach Armin Veh on Sunday after a string of poor Bundesliga results culminated in a 4-1 hammering at VfL Wolfsburg the previous day.

Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt spoke of a "difficult decision." He said that former Germany defender Markus Babbel was now in charge and would hopefully "bring the team back on to the road of success."

Babbel was an assistant coach in Stuttgart after ending his playing career there in 2007. He is now team manager while the daily training is to be conducted by Rainer Widmaier.

Veh, 47, came to Stuttgart in February 2006 and led them to a surprise Bundesliga title in 2007.

Hamburg  - VfB Stuttgart fired coach Armin Veh on Sunday after a string of poor Bundesliga results culminated in a 4-1 hammering at VfL Wolfsburg the previous day.

Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt spoke of a "difficult decision." He said that former Germany defender Markus Babbel was now in charge and would hopefully "bring the team back on to the road of success."

Babbel was an assistant coach in Stuttgart after ending his playing career there in 2007. He is now team manager while the daily training is to be conducted by Rainer Widmaier.

Veh, 47, came to Stuttgart in February 2006 and led them to a surprise Bundesliga title in 2007.

Madrid  - Youngsters Gonzalo Higuain and Wesley Sneijder have joined Real Madrid's lengthy injury list, after Saturday's tight 1-0 home win over Recreativo Huelva.

Higuain was stretchered off with a sprained left ankle, and will be out of action for around a week.

He will miss Tuesday's crucial Champions League clash away to BATE Borisov, and possibly next Sunday's league game away to Getafe.

Higuain is to be replaced by fellow Argentine Javier Saviola, who has hardly played since joining Real from Barcelona in 2007.

Sneijder limped out of Saturday's game with a pulled muscle in his right thigh, and is doubtful for Tuesday.

Hamburg  - VfB Stuttgart fired coach Armin Veh on Sunday after a string of poor Bundesliga results culminated in a 4-1 hammering at VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday, club spokesman Oliver Schraft said.