Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier has hit out at club chairman Nicola Cortese, accusing him of having “a bit of an ego problem” and acting in a cowardly manner over the shock sacking of Nigel Adkins.

Under-fire manager Nigel Adkins today promised to turn things around at Southampton and talked up his relationship with executive chairman Nicola Cortese amid speculation he is heading for the sack.

ALAN PARDEW is expected to be confirmed as the new Newcastle manager today.

A VETERAN mobster was arrested after 17 years on the run, but a sympathetic crowd cheered him yesterday as he was escorted out of a police barracks and taken to jail.

More than a dozen mob suspects were arrested today in an area where Italians were recently involved in violent clashes with immigrant workers, police said today.

A MAN armed with a box cutter barricaded himself inside a day-care centre in southern Italy yesterday with 11 children and a teacher, but police captured him hours later and all the hostages were released unhurt.

BIARRITZ ensured hapless Viadana remained winless in Pool 4 of the Heineken Cup as they ran out 25-16 winners at the Parc des Sports Aguilera last night.

The reputed boss of the Italian Mafia Bernardo Provenzano maintained his prison silence today as forensic experts searched his hideout and police arrested three men accused of aiding Italy’s No.1 fugitive.