Babel has admitted that he still loves Liverpool, with the former Reds striker revealing he still keeps in touch with some of the members of the squad, despite leaving Merseyside for Hoffenheim at the beginning of the year. Get the latest sport scores...

Here players need to do considerably more than raise a finger before the authorities lift a finger. Take Twitter-based referee abuse: in January top-flight Liverpool's Ryan Babel was fined £10,000 for tweeting a picture of a referee in a Manchester...

32nd, shooting on goal instead of passing to one of three teammates facing only two Hoffenheim defenders. "It was 50-50. You pass or score. I decided to try and score and unfortunately it didn't work out," Sam said. Hoffenheim should have scored...

Previous second-string cup selections used to send shivers down the back of most Kopites, with the club’s deadwood often entrusted to navigate a safe passage into the next round. Serbian striker Milan Jovanovic, winger Ryan Babel and Frenchman David...

Even though he claimed it was a morale boosting act it could have gone horribly wrong but luckily Babel took it on the chin. The criticism itself was a bit harsh. The team has struggled as a unit and pointing fingers isn’t going to help change that. ...

Surprised by SpongeBob's smoking habit and apparent lack of understanding of the role required, Babel subsequently discovered the actor was a recently released criminal. Explaining the humorous story to his legion of followers, the former Liverpool...