The Champions League semi-final first leg between Inter Milan and Barcelona is about to kick-off at the San Siro Stadium.

CARLO ANCELOTTI is hoping to use Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan as an opportunity to end his feud with Jose Mourinho.

GIOVANNI Trapattoni believes that the days when managers like himself and Alex Ferguson could rule by fear are long gone.

DAN CARTER’S disciplinary hearing has been postponed until today, at the request of the New Zealand team management. The case will be heard in London.

Celtic supporters were today definitively warned that home sections of the San Siro will be out of bounds to them for next week’s Champions League showdown with AC Milan.

Former Celtic captain Tom Boyd believes the Scottish champions must sharpen up their finishing to stand any chance of causing an upset against AC Milan.

CELTIC chief executive Peter Lawwell claims a policy of “smarter spending” lies behind the Parkhead club’s financial rejuvenation.

UEFA have confirmed Celtic’s Champions League tie against AC Milan will be played at the San Siro Stadium on March 7 in front of a limited number of spectators.

UEFA are now confident that Celtic and their supporters will get the go-ahead to travel to Milan for next month’s Champions League crunch match. The Scottish champions are due to face AC Milan at the San Siro stadium on March 7, a fixture which at one stage looked set to be moved out of Italy.

Italy’s players and club officials have reacted with dismay to the decision to declare all bar six venues closed to supporters on security grounds.

The Rolling Stones will begin their European tour in July after Keith Richards was given the all-clear following brain surgery.

CHELSEA will discover today if they have been successful in their pursuit of AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko.

Chelsea will discover tomorrow if they have been successful in their pursuit of AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko.

The leaders of Zimbabwe and Venezuela today denounced US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as “unholy men”, and blamed the US and other developed countries for world hunger, pollution and war.

Rangers striker Nacho Novo has been ruled out of the Champions League game against Inter Milan with an ankle injury.

Rangers manager Alex McLeish believes fate saw his team drawn alongside Artmedia Bratislava in the Champions League group stages.

WALES assistant manager Roy Evans has suggested that the door is still open for Robbie Savage to return to the international fold.

Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor described the violent scenes on the terraces during the 2-0 defeat in Italy as the worst he had witnessed in 20 years.

INTER MILAN and Porto have had an extra week to prepare for tonight’s Champions League knockout round second leg but neither has used it well.

Alex Ferguson refused to make goalkeeper Roy Carroll the scapegoat for defeat by AC Milan and insisted Manchester United have already proved what a threat they can be in Italy.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has targeted six points against Celtic in the Champions League to ensure top spot in Group F.

AS ROMA and AC Milan leapfrogged Juventus to the top of Serie A with comfortable wins over Lecce and Modena respectively.

LINGUISTICALLY and culturally, Arsene Wenger feels at home in Europe. If only his premiership leaders could acclimatise so effortlessly.

Inter Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni insists his team do not fear tomorrow’s Champions League opponents Arsenal.

ARSENE WENGER will resist the temptation to call on the services of golden oldie Dennis Bergkamp in Arsenal’s vital Champions League clash with Inter Milan.

ALBERTO ZACCHERONI has been named as the new coach of Inter Milan following the sacking of Hector Cuper, club vice-president Giacinto Facchetti said yesterday.

Inter Milan 1 AC Milan 1 (Agg: 1-1, AC Milan win on away goals)

If David O’Leary had picked up a newspaper to wile away the journey as he crossed the Irish Sea to join Arsenal as a callow and coltish teenager exactly 28 years ago tomorrow it’s a fair bet the back page headlines would have been all about Leeds United.