LONDON - A knee injury to Brazilian mid-fielder Anderson has delivered a huge blow to Manchester United's chances of gunning for three titles in the 2010-11 season.

AHMEDABAD - Australian captain Ricky Ponting is reportedly in favour of reducing the number of teams playing the World Cup and the Champions Trophy to ten from 14 at present.

LONDON - Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti does not believe that the club's 2010-11 season is over, though he knows that he fighting an uphill battle to retain his job after overseeing the worst run of results in the Roman Abramovich era.

AHMEDABAD - Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that his team's pace bowlers hold the key to the side winning its fourth successive World Cup title.

LONDON - Arsenal and Barcelona are locked in a bitter bust-up over the former trying to snatch 16-year-old wonderkid Jon Miquel Toral Harper from their academy, just like they did with Gunners skipper Cesc Fabregas.