If the last week has shown us anything — and we say this without any intended pun regarding the coming All-Ireland hurling final between Kilkenny and Tipperary — it is that there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to the tricky business of managing a team.

Ailing car giant Chrysler began a marathon bankruptcy court hearing to persuade a judge to allow its plan to sell most of its assets to Italian carmaker Fiat and save itself from liquidation.

Chrysler president and vice chairman, Tom LaSorda, is leaving the carmaker immediately, it has been announced.

Victoria Beckham, resplendent in a Los Angeles Dodgers windbreaker, filmed scenes for her upcoming US reality show before the New York Mets-Dodgers game last night.