Stephen Froggatt, who Richardson helped sign for Aston Villa, will be next for audition. Naturally gifted left-footed players are treasured by scouts and coaches alike "They usually catch the eye," says Richardson. "They always have a little something about them, their gait or movement. If we had a player who was able to go around

JORG ALBERTZ has just brought out a video of the ferocious free- kicks which have illuminated his three years at Ibrox, but the German will have to launch another compilation now to showcase the one he struck yesterday. Neil McCann's performance at Wembley proved he must be a permanent part of Brown's thinking, as does

Spartak will miss their suspended top scorer Andrei Tikhonov. Ex-Brit flops Peter van Vossen (Rangers) and Jon Dahl Tomasson (Newcastle) will be eager to prove a point.UEFA CUPSPARTAK MOSCOW V LEEDS UNITEDA SECOND trip to Moscow will see a much harder task for David O'Leary's team. The labouring Dutch champions are at the centre of

"People know me as Ben Johnson now, except my wife, who insists on calling me Gary. I stuck by him and by his name in the hope that one day he would be cleared. Things have just gone from bad to worse but I'll keep his name running. I'll probably take it all the way

He hit 21 boundaries but it was an innings dedicated to survival, achieved through a high level of concentration. CRICKET: Rain ruins Atapattu's day Heavy rain yesterday interrupted the Sri Lanka opening batsman Marvan Atapattu when he was 22 runs short of a double century on the third day of the first Test against

Her father, John, was the 1968 European Touring Car champion and successfully raced Mini- Coopers. "All of my childhood memories are of race circuits and going to race meetings," she said. She is just as sure that they have a distinct advantage in temperament "Men are a lot more hot-headed," she said. "They feel that

Behind them Peter Baker and Mark James have laboured diligently but without great reward and when they too frittered shots away around the turn their hopes of defending the title Nick Faldo and David Carter won last year evaporated.Phillip Price and David Park would not perhaps have had great expectations of becoming the second Welsh

They were a good team, with some talented players, and we heard that they'd had seven warm-up games. We were supposed to play New Zealand in the next group match but both sides were so battered we decided to go for a drink instead.It was no surprise that Argentina and Canada met in the final

We stood up with the ovation, limp with physical and emotional fatigue. We had just been taken to the edge, riding a turbo-charged monocycle on a tightrope.But what a memento This would be the one I would play to my grandchildren. I would sit them on my knee and, if they could still hear after

Two days after his release from Elmley jail, Jonathan Aitken had finally broken cover to attend the Sunday service at his local Catholic church in Westminster. As he left his £1.5m, five-storey Georgian home in Lord North Street and strolled towards St Matthew's in the winter sunshine, the snappers couldn't believe their luck. Could it