The sports television network’s division, ESPN Films said that it signed De Niro to portray the role of iconic U.S. football coach Lombarbi as he took the Green Bay Packers from worst to first in the National Football League.

Current plans call for the movie to be released around the professional football championship games in 2012 said ESPN.

After shooting a video together in Barcelona, Spain, the pop singer and the tennis star was spotted sharing a cozy meal at the W Hotel there late last week.

The New York Post quoted an eyewitness as saying, “there were just the two of them at the table together. They were whispering and all smiles. It definitely looked like they are more than just friends. They were there for a few days shootings”.

Shakira celebrated her 33^rd birthday with long-time fiancé Antonio De La Rua, earlier this month while Rafael Nadal has been dating high school sweetheart Maria Francisca Perello, a.k.a. Xisca, for nearly four years.

According to dailystar.com reports Tiger Woods is living close to wife, Elin Nordegren so that he can see his daughter and son, Sam and Charlie.

After six weeks at the Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Service Center for sex addiction, the golfer has returned home to mend his marriage. Wife, Elin Nordegren is giving him another chance to try to work on their relationship.

A friend said “Elin called off the divorce but that doesn’t mean that he is forgiven”.

The former ‘Baywatch’ star said “We’re happy the way things are. We’re not really putting that added extra pressure on the relationship”.

She further said “It’s possible. If we decide that, then we will get married but we’re just happy being together”.

Electra has been married twice before to controversial basketball star Dennis Rodman in 1998 before splitting soon after and to guitarist Dave Navarro in 2003. Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro divorced in 2007.

According to mirror.co.uk reports, Gisele Bundchen’s husband Tom Brady, who is a footballer, announced the birth on Wednesday saying the baby was born on Tuesday. He also said that they had not chosen a name for the baby yet.

The Brazilian supermodel and Brady were married in a private ceremony in February this year in LA. Brady has a 2 year old son with actress Bridget Moynahan.

Other reports that surfaced are Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods and their children are going to go to Sweden as a family. Even if the reports are true that Elin bought a home in Sweden, that doesn’t mean that Tiger and Elin are headed for divorce.

Reports that surfaced last week said that Elin re-negotiated the terms of her pre-nuptial agreement and will receive $75 million after 7 years of marriage. She married the golfer in 2004 which is about 5 years. It is uncertain whether or not she would still get the pre- nuptial package if the couple were to split now. Both Tiger and Elin haven’t spoken publicly about the pre- nuptial agreement.

According to thesun.co.uk reports Elin went mad during their blazing row over his affairs on the night he crashed his car. She married the golfer in 2004 and they have a daughter Sam, who is 2 years old and a son Charlie, who is 10 months old.

There are also reports that Elin is devastated by the alleged infidelity but has no plans for divorce. A friend of the former nanny said ‘She was a child of a divorce and that’s not something she’s likely to going to want to do to Sam and Charlie. She believes in the importance of parents staying together’.

Woods has been linked to at least 10 other women out of which 8 have been named.

The World Cup will kick off in June, 2010.

“We want soccer fans around the world to participate in the world’s most spectacular sporting event by giving them access to exclusive FIFA World Cup merchandise at a great price” said John Aden, senior vice-president Walmart International.

The Grand Slam Committee said on Monday that World number one Serena Williams has been fined $175,000 and put on probation for two years for her foul-mouthed outburst at the U.S. Open.

The committee said a further major offence at a grand slam in the next two years would see her suspended from the U.S. Open in 2010, 2011 or 2012. The fine will be reduced to $82,500 if the 11-times grand slam winner commits no further major offence through 2011.

The only precedent for a player being banned from a grand slam event was when American Jeff Tarango walked off during a match at the Wimbledon in 1995 before launching into a verbal attack when he accused umpire Bruno Rebeuh of being corrupt. He was banned from Wimbledon in 1996.

Tendulkar touched the magical 17,000 run mark in One-Day International cricket earlier this month.

The Master Blaster has so far played 160 Tests, 436 ODIs and a lone Twenty20 scoring 87 international hundreds and 145 half centuries in all. He has 45 One-Day hundreds and 91 ODI fifties under his belt. He has scored 42 hundreds and 54 fifties in the Test format of the game.

The Indian batting legend made his ODI debut in Pakistan, 1989.