Alex Ferguson has hailed the fantastic career of Dave Mackay as the tributes came in for the former Tottenham and Scotland midfielder, who died on Monday night aged 80.

The condition of soccer legend George Best is still improving and he could soon be moved out of intensive care, a hospital spokesman said today.

DENIS Law walks into the Westbury Hotel and old heads turn. It’s the sort of establishment that shrugs its shoulders when celebrities show up. But George Best has ambled in a while ago — and now Law.