Gamepot have released a video of EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa from GDC 2010, showing off that fancy new penalty system we’ve heard so much about and a few menus.

Last week it was Maradona’s fingers causing debate, this week it’s the gesturing of Steven Gerrard’s digits in Liverpool’s 1-0 loss to Wigan on Monday that’s causing a stir. Not for Rafa Benitez though.

“Sometimes you move your fingers. It was nothing. We are not considering it, it was nothing.”

He’s right you know, sometimes you do move your fingers. Can't argue with that. Case closed.

This penalty is evil genius, and absolutely brilliant.

Fraizer Campbell lets out his frustration after scoring in Sunderland's first win in fifteen games but ends up looking less than intimidating. After the break, Temuri Ketsbaia shows what it looks like when it's done right.

News from an event at games show GDC 2010 is that EA Mobile has announced that 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be released for iPhone and iPod touch next month alongside the console versions.

Wilson Palacios has made his plans for the future clear, and in doing so has signalled that Tottenham have moved up the food chain and are ready to become a big four club; their best players no longer want to leave and play for Manchester United, they want to go and play for Real Madrid.

“I am really happy at Tottenham but I will continue working for a future move to a bigger club. I would like to play for Real Madrid.”

Bittersweet.

England coach Stuart Pearce has revealed that Fabio Capello hasn’t written off poor old Michael Owen’s World Cup chances after all, despite the fact that he’s already been ruled out through injury. Which, apart from not making an awful lot of sense, just seems like rubbing it in.

“It's wrong to say Michael's international career is over and that Fabio doesn't like him. He picks the squad on merit and the door is still open for Michael.”

The latest Pepsi ad campaign treats us to the likes of Messi, Henry, Kaka, Lampard, Arshavin, Drogba and, of course, Akon all messing about with goats and meerkats. No, not those fecking meerkats.

More footballers being made to look silly in the name of soft drinks after the break.

The phenomenon that is Soccer Saturday presenter Jeff Stelling has won TV Broadcaster of the Year at the Sports Journalism Awards for the fifth year running. A few classic Jeff moments await after the break.

News broke today that a tape, supposedly of England player’s private conversations, exists and is being offered to newspapers. Since then just about everyone who cares has been wondering whether it contains a recording of Fabio Capello giving John Terry a bollocking over the Wayne Bridge affair, or reveals what the players are actually like behind closed doors.

One of the biggest disappointments in PES 2010 is that the dummy or shot feint just doesn’t really work. Either Konami forgot about it until the last minute or just straight messed it up, but one of the most effective and satisfying moves in Pro Evo had been replaced with an animation glitch. Well as it turns out, it is possible to pull off a shot feint after all. This video, seen over at WENB, shows how using the ‘super cancel’ move is a very effective way of selling a dummy.

It’s good news, but let’s hope that the shot feint makes a proper return in PES 2011.

We’re always hearing players talk about their best goals, but what about the ones they're not so proud of? The scuffed shots, the deflections or the ones that went in off their bums? Step up Manchester United’s Paul Scholes, the most down to earth footballer around, who doesn’t mind singling out his standing leg goal against AC Milan as his worst ever.

“That goal was probably the worst one I have ever scored. It is easy enough to admit. I meant to hit it with my right foot and the ball came off my left. But a goal is a goal and I will take it.”

“The squad is capable of producing better and we probably need two or three players who will go into the team and make an impact every week, and three or four more to beef up the squad. We probably need six or seven signings.”

Talking to the Sunday Times, Jamie Carragher shows just how much faith he has in his current team mates. After last night’s poor result at Wigan, JC might be thinking that seven new signings might not be enough. 

The wind and the defender are still waiting to hear who the Dubious Goals Committee awards the goal to.

After his cracking goal in Newcastle’s 6-1 beating of Barnsley on the weekend, Jonas Gutierrez finally got to pull his Spiderman mask out from his pants, pull it over his face and web sling around St. James Park.

Here's the latest 2010 FIFA World Cup trailer from Gametrailers.

This part-funny, much bigger part-excruciatingly awkward moment was captured sometime during the England squad meet-up last week.

Hear that? That was the sound of inevitability, Mr. Owen. And your hamstring snapping.

In the long running saga of whether or not Michael Owen could make it into England's World Cup squad, the Manchester United striker has been written off on numerous occasions, by himself, by Fabio Capello, only to keep his feint hopes alive with a few glimpses of the old Michael Owen. Of course, there was really only ever one thing that could truly write him off, and that was his own injury prone body. And that's what has happened today, with the news that England's finest natural goalscorer will be out for the season, and in turn the World Cup.

Watch and decide whether Diego Maradona is intentionally giving the finger to a room full of journalists. If he is doing it on purpose, it's the best use of the middle finger face itch manoeuvre we've seen since primary school.

Producer Simon Humber has updated the 2010 FIFA World Cup blog, again talking about the new penalty kick system, which definitely sounds 'different', and the improved Captain Your Country mode.

Read the full post here.