Celebrity Manchester United fan Fred Done has backed the Red Knights’ takeover bid – but insists he is not part of the consortium aiming to oust the Glazer family from Old Trafford.

IT’S stating the obvious Cork would have preferred not to have had their anticipated place in the All-Ireland football semi-final wrapped up at such an early stage in Croke Park yesterday.

CHELSEA’S season may be falling apart around them and Avram Grant’s job prospects disintegrating as we speak, but don’t rule out the potential of player power as the title race clicks back into gear this week.

The ICC World Cricket League Division 1 (WCL Div. 1) was officially opened in Nairobi this evening with the cream of Associate cricket about to face off ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 in the West Indies.