A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

IT can be tough being a football manager, what with disgruntled fans, over-ambitious directors and the media constantly harping away.

So the last thing you need is to be sent off for tackling a pitch invader dressed in a mankini!

THE most dreadful aspect about the controversial goal scored by Nani for Manchester United in their 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday was not that it was allowed, because there are arguments both ways on that issue, but the pathetically weak behaviour of referee Mark Clattenburg.