Football's Hottest WAGs Get Early Jump on World Cup Headlines

And today's top story: Vicki Beckham had her knockers knocked down a peg. Seems the former Posh Spice and current Mrs. David Beckham has downsized from a 34D to help her fashion career get in gear. Really?

As far as WAGs go, Beckham's not even in the top 10 (20?) any more. I love dipping into the WAGs (I'm talking figuratively here, for the moment) because they give the best head(lines). Check out these gems:

• What sex with football stars is really like!
  
• XI at 11: Footballers' Wags (way to go Setanta, pulling out all the stops)
• Jermaine Jenas and his WAG can't keep their hands (or lips) off each other in hotel pool
  
• Theo Walcott and WAG Melanie Slade lead Arsenal stars at an oh-so-quiet footballer's bash
  
• Wagging their tails on our turf
• Meet the new Mrs. Fernando Torres

OK, so excuse me for turning Starting Eleven into a tabloid for today, but c'mon WAGs totally rock. I'm totally speaking out of jealousy here, because we just don't hound the WAGs here in the States the way the Brits do. I mean, we're totally burned out on Tom and Gisele, well, because they're the only story in town.

WAGs tales (tails?) are great because they kick up so many side stories of interest. I mean, does sex before a Confederations Cup match really weaken the legs? And just where, oh, where will the ladies bunk up in South Africa next summer? I mean, seriously, these are huge questions to be answered. We can't have the ladies too close to the boys!

Finally, my gift to you: Hours of fun clicking through English football's finest WAGs (a sticky site indeed)

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WAGs Won't Be Wagging England's Dogs Any Longer

WAGs, otherwise known as wives and girlfriends in football circles, gotta love 'em.

Well maybe not if you're Fabio Capello.

Rio Ferdinand said ahead of today's World Cup qualifier in Belarus that Capello has clamped down on the WAG culture surrounding the England team Ferdinand said the WAG scene, the fashion showdowns and see-and-be-seen atmosphere was particularly circus-like during the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

''We became a bit of a circus, if I'm honest, in terms of the whole WAG situation. 'It seems like there was a big show around the whole England squad. It was like watching a theatre unfolding and football almost became a secondary element to the main event. People were worrying more about what people were wearing and where they were going, rather than the England football team. That then transposed itself into the team."

England made the quarterfinals in Germany, but Ferdinand made it sound like WAGs were front-page news more than the players. No more under Capello.

"This regime is very water-tight. If I'm honest, it feels as if we're going in the right direction. I don't want to speak too soon, but you can see we're at the start of something and, hopefully, there'll be bigger rewards than what we've had in the past.''

Hard to argue with the results with England scoring 3, 4 and 5 goals a game in its qualifiers and leading its group. Today is a sturdy test for England, and if the come up short, they sure can't blame the WAGs.

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