Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has had surgery burns after a plane crash that killed four people, including two close friends, his spokesman said today.

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM are expected to fully recover from burns they suffered in a fiery South Carolina jet crash that killed the other four people aboard, one of their doctors said today.

Without naming any names this time Paul Azinger has once again made gamesmanship a talking point ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup.

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s agent Athole Still today claimed it is “looking odds against” the Swede still being manager of Manchester City next season.

Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has dismissed suggestions that former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson could be on his way to St James’ Park.

Sven-Goran Eriksson is “very close” to lining up his next job, but it will not be at West Ham according to his agent Athole Still.

IT has been a truly memorable two weeks for Irish sport.

Sven-Goran Eriksson remained tight-lipped as he arrived for work at Football Association headquarters in Soho Square, where an extraordinary day in the office lay ahead.

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson will today appear before the FA’s compliance unit following Sunday newspaper revelations which chief executive Brian Barwick admitted have “not been good for the game’s image”.

England manager Sven Goran Eriksson was today summoned to a meeting with the Football Association’s chief executive and the FA’s anti-corruption unit after further newspaper reports that he had alleged there was corruption in the sport.

England assistant manager Tord Grip insists Sven-Goran Eriksson did not lie to the Football Association about his affair with a staff secretary – because no one asked him about it.

THE younger generation may have gained the impression that the misbehaviour which marred the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline was the first sign of trouble in a competition launched by wealthy British seed merchant Samuel Ryder back in 1927 to foster good relations between the people of the United States and Britain.