Mancienne says "auf wiedersehen" to Chelsea

Chelsea's Michael Mancienne is on his way to Germany after Chelsea and Hamburg agreed a deal to take the 23-year-old to the Imtech Arena.

This is a significant transfer not just for the two clubs involved but for English football, as there are currently no internationals - apart from David Beckham - playing their club football for teams outside England.

Mancienne joined Chelsea as an eight-year-old and rose through the ranks, representing England at junior level all the way up to the under-21's, where he was captain. He earned a call-up to the full squad in 2008 for the game against Germany.

This move comes after the defender just finished the season on loan at Wolves, where he helped Mick McCarthy's men successfully avoid relegation on the final day.

As a Chelsea fan, it's sad to see a young talent leave but I like the fact a young English player has moved to Germany. It shows that Mancienne's not afraid to take on a new challenge and he's ambitious.

So, good luck in Germany Michael and thank you for your services whilst at Chelsea.

Some French Fun

So the French Open got underway this week and all looks well for Serbian World No.2 Novak Djokovic, who took his unbelievable winning streak to 40, after his opening round victory on Monday over Thiemo de Bakker of Holland.

To get you in the mood for the classic clay court slam, check out this electro-funk track from French artist Martin Solveig and the part-British, part-Canadian electro group Dragonette.

Look out for cameo appearances from the man of the moment Djokovic as well as Frenchman Gael Monfils.

New Look Wizards

The regular NBA season finished last month but the Washington Wizards have already unveiled their new uniforms for the 2011/12 season.

2011/12 Washington Wizards uniforms

The striped top-half is a throwback to the 'bullet days' of the 1980's and early 90's.

Guard's Jordan Crawford & John Wall along with forward JaVale McGee, model the new outfits below.

Jordan Crawford and John Wall

John Wall

JaVale McGee

After finishing bottom in the Southeast division, the Wizards will be hoping their fresh new look brings the team more wins next season.

Summer Kicks

Check out the new Nike Lunar Flow shoe released just in time for the summer.

The shoe comes in three colours and follows the tradition of the Lunar Mariah with the soft LunarLon cushioned sole.

If you want your feet to breathe this summer and you're not a 'toes-out' kinda person, these kicks are the one for you.

Retail at £84.99

LunarLon cushioned sole

Let your feet breathe

Raincheck

Pardon the title, do not sleep on J*DaVeY!

This two-piece duo made up of singer/songwriter, Miss Jack Davey and producer Brook D'Leau, make some really creative music.

Their latest video for the song Raincheck was directed by John Mazyck and like the music, the video is super fresh.

Raincheck is off Evil Christian Cop: The Great Mistapes EP and is available to download for free.

Check out the video and if you haven't already, download the EP.

Not all doom and gloom for Portugal

With Portugal currently in the news right now due to their depressed economic situation, the country's football club's are in the headlines for more positive reasons.

S.L. Benfica, S.C. Braga and F.C. Porto have all made it to the last four of the Europa League, Europe's second tier cup competition.

Villarreal C.F. are the other team left in the competition and the team from Spain are most peoples favourite to lift the trophy in Dublin on May 18th.

Semi-final lineup looks like this:

First leg 28 April 2011

S.L. Benfica v S.C. Braga

F.C. Porto v Villarreal C.F.

Second leg 5 May 2011

S.C. Braga v S.L. Benfica

Villarreal C.F. v F.C. Porto

Check out some of the pics from quarter final night.

Portuguese Champions progress defeating Spartak Moscow 10-3 on aggregate

Benfica beat PSV 6-3 on aggregate to progress

Braga celebrate defeating Dynamo Kiev on away goals

Victorious Villarreal beat FC Twente 8-2 on aggregate

Goiás F.C. Porto!!!

Something for the summer

Cool Kid Sir Michael Rocks released The Rocks Report back in March and if you haven't heard it yet, I suggest you download it right away.

One of my favourite tracks on the mixtape is Summer Song, featuring Latif...quite fitting for the season.

Peep the video and download The Rocks Report.