Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has lost his battle to be fit for his side’s decisive Champions League quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain.

Recovery teams removed the last charred bodies from the wreckage of a plane which went down in mountainous central Cuba, as officials vowed today to get to the bottom of what caused the crash and said they have the capacity to do it alone.

South Africa international Benni McCarthy would appear to have set a deadline of this week to complete a move to Blackburn.

Porto striker Benni McCarthy has revealed he is desperate to quit the Portuguese side, which could pave the way for a move he has long craved to the Premiership.

AFTER a morning in front of the television roaring on the Irish rugby squad, sports fans engaged in a very different pursuit for the afternoon yesterday.