PAOLO BERTINI is a nice guy.

HEARTS’ European hopes were hanging by a thread after losing 2-0 to Sparta Prague in their UEFA Cup first round, first-leg tie at Murrayfield.

AN event without precedent in world football begins today, when the Olympic Stadium in Rome is turned into a court of justice.

ZINEDINE ZIDANE will make an emotional return for France tonight as captain, but pleaded: “Don’t expect miracles.”