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Prove You Are Worth New Deal ; Wenger Calls On Adebayor to Become Best Striker in World

Arsenal 0 Juventus 1 ARSENE WENGER has challenged Emmanuel Adebayor to become the best striker in the world after he pledged his future to Arsenal.

Ferguson to Ignore Real Talk

SIR Alex Ferguson will welcome Cristiano Ronaldo back to Manchester United this week almost oblivious to renewed speculation that his Portugal superstar has been rocking the transfer boat again. The United manager is more mildly amused than angry at reports in a Real Madrid-motivated Spanish newspaper that Ronaldo will demand the double champions smooth his path to Madrid when the pair meet up again on Uniteds training ground on Tuesday.

Hot-Head Tevez in Red Card Escape ; Ferguson Relieved Not to Lose yet Another Striker

Manchester Utd 1 Espanyol 0 CARLOS TEVEZ escaped a red card and a possible three-match ban following an ugly clash with Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque during Ole Gunnar Solskjaers Manchester United testimonial at Old Trafford.

5days to Go Blitz On the Olympics Drug Cheats

OLYMPIC drug busters are targeting elite training groups of athletes in a last-minute blitz of tests aimed at rooting out as many cheats as possible before the Beijing Games begin on Friday. The renewed drive comes as the number of suspected drug cheats barred from the Games rose to nine and on the day the International Olympic Committee acknowledged the tainted past of the Games by stripping the United States 4x400metres relay team of their gold medal from Sydney 2000.

Pole for Bayliss in Brands Finale

MOTORSPORT TROY BAYLISS has the chance to bid Brands Hatch an unforgettable farewell after claiming pole position for todays World Superbike series.

Sorenstam Raps Lazy Europeans ; From Graham Otway

ANNIKA Sorenstam last night sparked an inquest into the failure of Europes golfers to make an impact at this weekends Ricoh British Womens Open. With the leaderboard at Sunningdale jammed by a new generation of Asians, Sorenstam warned the Europeans to improve their work-rate or risk losing out.

Morleys Magic Destroys Old Pals

Warrington 22 Leeds 12 ADRIAN MORLEY put in two barnstorming stints against the club where he made his name to send Leeds reeling to another damaging defeat last night.

Lewis: I Am Just As Good As Schu

FORMULA 1 LEWIS Hamilton put himself in pole position to score a hat-trick of wins in todays Hungarian Grand Prix and then declared himself as good as Michael Schumacher. Hamilton will become the first driver since the Ferrari legend two years ago to win three races in a row if he repeats last years victory on the Hungaroring track.

Murray Makes a Giant Slaying

ANDY MURRAY defied searing heat and the most thunderous serve in tennis yesterday to book his place in the final of the Cincinnati Masters in Ohio. Murray reached his first Masters series final with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivo Karlovic, the 6ft 10in monster who had overpowered Roger Federer in the third round.

Mi5mandidset - Up Mosley Sting ; 1.Exclusive: Woman E Breaks Cover to Reveal Her Extraordinary2. .He Knew Who Mosley Was and Made Phone Calls to Newspaper .Money Was to Pay Off [Pounds]20,000 Cost of Wedding . Panic Attack Meant She Did Not Give Evidence - Life As a Suburban Mistress and Her Spy Husbands Intriguing Role

THEY are perhaps the most intriguing and unconventional couple in Britain the crisply correct MI5 man and his wife, a whip-wielding dominatrix who purveys sado-masochistic sex to the suburbs. But here they are, in the sedate surroundings of a London tearoom, describing in matter-of-fact terms how an attempt by them to combine their careers ended in high farce, personal disaster and national scandal, with consequences that are genuinely destined to resonate down the ages. One half of the coup...

1 in 3 Say Brown Is Theworst Pm

GORDON BROWN is Britains worst post-war leader and should resign as Prime Minister, a Mail on Sunday poll has found. The findings vindicate Foreign Secretary David Milibands decision to break cover in the leadership race, indicating that he would do better than Mr Brown in a General Election. He is also the preferred Labour figure among voters.

'Lamentable Confusion of Tactics and Strategy ; New Pressure On Brown As Blairsmemo Reveals Dismay at Pms Performance and Mos Poll Records Latest Low in His Popularity

THE scale of the revolt against Gordon Brown was laid bare last night after six Cabinet Ministers failed to back his leadership despite being ordered to by Downing Street. In a Mail on Sunday survey, only 16 out of the 22 members of the Cabinet said the Prime Minister should still be in charge of the party at the time of the next General Election and of those, two had changed their answer from no comment after panicking Downing Street officials told them to respond.

We Have Dissed Ourown Record ; Exclusive:Astonishing Secret Memoinwhich Blair Accuses Brown of Hubris and Vacuity

TONY BLAIR has delivered a savage attack on Gordon Brown in a secret memo accusing him of playing into David Camerons hands by his lamentable and vacuous performance as Prime Minister. The former Prime Minister boasts that Mr Cameron was in trouble before he resigned a year ago.

I Could Not Have Killed Jill Dando, I Was Stalking Someone Else ; Barry George Offers New Alibi As Tv Stars Family Say: Close the Ca

LONER Barry George last night claimed he could have killed Jill Dando because he was stalking another woman at the time of her murder. An Old Bailey jury last week cleared him of shooting the BBC presenter seven years after was jailed for the crime.

Madjid: I Had Pen Out to Sign for West Brom

MADJID BOUGHERRA last night told the astonishing story of how he was within seconds of signing for West Brom before Walter Smith snatched him for Rangers. The Algerian centre-half had a pen in his hand and a contract in front of him at the Midlands club's training ground on Wednesday afternoon. But amazingly, Bougherra was informed that because chairman Jeremy Peace was absent the deal could not be concluded.

Miley Out to Make Waves

HANNAH MILEY is Scotland's brightest prospect for a swimming medal and with good reason. Her 400metres individual medley time at the British Olympic trials in April stands as the fourth-fastest ever and she has an impressive mental fortitude to go with it. The Inverurie teenager, who will be 19 on the day of the opening ceremony, has done all the hard training and now it is all about avoiding infections.

Christine Accepts Fate

CHRISTINE OHURUOGU fears that not even winning an Olympic gold medal would help shake off the shame of missing three drugs tests that earned her a ban from athletics last year and jeopardised her participation in Beijing. Ohuruogu, the 400metres world champion who provoked a storm of controversy when she returned from her one-year ban to win the gold medal in Osaka last year, is likely to have to run a British record to repeat the feat against American Sanya Richards in Beijing.

Hoy Just has No Intention of Settling for Second Best

WHAT does a sportsman do when the event he won an Olympic gold medal in is removed from the Olympic programme? In Chris Hoy's case, first struggle with motivation to even train, then become a double world champion in two, entirely new, events and a silver medallist in a third to boot. The irony of the IOC dropping the men's kilo the event Hoy won in such stunning style in Athens is that the Scotsman has arrived in Beijing as world champion in the individual sprint and keirin and world runner...

Stalemate Isn't Down to Danes, Claims Halliwell ; Round-Up

THE minds of the Queen of the South squad may have been on their Danish date with destiny but new keeper Bryn Halliwell insists thoughts of their UEFA Cup clash were not to blame for a sluggish start to the season. Gordon Chisholm's men tried to play attacking football in their opening-day encounter with Airdrie United but were faced with a defence tighter than your average High Street mortgage lender in a 0- 0 draw at Palmerston.

A Perfect Start As Dundee End Jinx

DUNDEE proved to be bloodied but unbowed as they opened their First Division campaign with a crucial victory at Victoria Park yesterday their first win away to Ross County in the 14 years since the Dingwall club joined the Scottish League. Dens boss Alex Rae went into the game without experienced new signings Colin Cameron, Jim Lauchlan and Darren Young, who were injured.