Nobby Stiles suffers very minor stroke, nothing threatning according to the sporting life.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/10/06/18/SOCCER_Stiles.html

The dispute with French club Le Harve over youth player Paul Pogba has been settled. I have seen him play for the academy and he does show signs that he could well have been worth the trouble. Time will tell.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/18/le-havre-paul-pogba-manchester-united

James Lawton wants Capello to replace Green with Hart. I go along with that, but the rumours are he will replace Green with James. Yes calamity james.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-a-decision-that-could-make-capello-even-if-it-does-break-green-2003469.html

Domenech continues with his disastrous stewardship of the French national team with another dismal display but this time they get the result such an abject performance deserved. Our new signing Hernandez scored the opener after coming on as sub. Once again he wasn't given enough time on the pitch to seriously judge him as a player though. He took the goal beautifully though.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/news/7830657/France-0-Mexico-2-match-report.html

Sneiijder states the obvious truth that journalists will never touch, the champions league if far superior to the world cup.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/18/world-cup-2010-wesley-sneijder

Andreas Whittam Smith argues for breaking up the banks.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andreas-whittam-smith/andreas-whittam-smith-the-dealing-room-had-it-coming-2003414.html

Jeremy Warner comments on the demise of the FSA and the banks attempted rewriting of history.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jeremywarner/100006312/brown-luvvie-says-fsa-was-a-dud-all-along/

Lib dems struggling to keep their independence in coalition wries Michael White.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/17/liberal-democrats-backbenches

Tony Hayward, BP boss infuriates congressional committee
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bp-boss-plumbs-depths-of-contrition-but-his-critics-are-unimpressed-2003671.html

Republican shoots himself in the foot at BP hearings and is forced to back track by his party. Relief for Obama and the democrats.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/jun/17/joe-barton-bp-apology-oil-spill-republican

Cat Power on later