Gracious in defeat or what?

Mexico have been fined 10,000 Swiss francs (€8,672) after their supporters were found guilty of making "discriminatory and insulting chants" during the first half of their 1-0 win over Germany on Sunday.

JAMIE SPENCER and Cape Blanco hold a favourite’s chance of landing their second Grade 1 victory together in the States tonight when they team up in the celebrated Arlington Million.

SUNDAY’S dramatic All-Ireland SFC final between Dublin and Kerry attracted a peak television audience of 1.4m people, according to figures released by RTÉ last night.

FIFA will monitor reports emanating out of Nigeria that the country’s president has banned the national squad from international competition for two years after their disappointing World Cup.

PARIS HILTON was detained in the South African city of Port Elizabeth yesterday for possession of marijuana, police have said.

STRIKER Fernando Torres has denied putting country before club after having a knee operation which ended his Liverpool season.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has come out in support of French international Thierry Henry following the controversial hand-ball assist which helped Les Bleus qualify for the World Cup at the expense of the Republic of Ireland.

AS an external observer of the French and Irish soccer teams’ controversy I was bemused at the comments I read on the news.

SEPP Blatter is set to stand as president of FIFA until 2011 and will make suggestions to change the rules about offside at an International Board meeting next month.

BRAZILIAN club Corinthians have failed in a bid to sign Manchester United midfielder Kleberson, according to the player’s agent.

THE new owner of Foster’s lager in Europe wasted no time in unveiling plans for the brand’s first major launch in more than 10 years.

FORMER Birmingham striker Christophe Dugarry has announced his retirement from the professional game.

JAMES HEATH fired a four-under-par 68 to put England in a strong position after the first round of the World Amateur Team Championship in Puerto Rico.

ENGLAND have switched the kick-off time of their friendly against Jamaica to accommodate television coverage of the match and the Vodafone Derby.

TURKEY are set to take on the most powerful man in football to fight the severe punishments imposed for the violent clashes after November’s World Cup play-off defeat against Switzerland.