When East meets West

THE Kerry Centre, Manchester United’s five star hotel in Beijing, Monday afternoon.

Alex Ferguson, the United manager, is refusing to speak to the travelling British media because of a story about a training ground altercation between him and his captain, Roy Keane.

The story will blow over. It's more a positive charged reaction between two completely driven and focussed individuals, but such is Manchester United's standing that it still made back page headlines.