München  - Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are set to hire Brazilian right back Rafinha from Schalke 04, the Sport Bild weekly said in the run-up to the teams' league match.

Citing Schalke management sources, Sport Bild reported in its latest issue published on Wednesday that Rafinha has agreed terms to terms with Munich.

However, a transfer fee is yet to be determined as Rafinha has a contract at Schalke until 2011. It is also unclear whether Schalke will let him go.

Rome - Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri has said he'll ask his team to leave the pitch in case of racist chants from the stands, the la Repubblica daily reported on Wednesday.

Juve were on Monday sentenced to play a home game behind closed doors because of racist slurs and chants that their fans aimed at Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli during the teams' Serie A game on the weekend.

"I'll call (Alessandro) Del Piero, our captain, then the other side's captain, then the fourth official and of course the referee," Ranieri said.

Rome  - Brazilian midfielder Emers

London, Apr. 22 : Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has said that he is as hungry as ever to return to top flight cricket.

Anyone who thought Vaughan would be consumed by regret and self-doubt since tearfully resigning from the England captaincy last summer, needs to think again.

London, Apr. 22 : Unlike last season’s Australian Open, when a match at Melbourne Park was stopped due to bad light, this year’s Wimbledon will not face problem of poor lighting thanks to retractable roof over Centre Court.

The All England Club have said that the retractable roof will allow matches at this summer''''s Championships to be played after dark and into the night under the artificial lights.

London, Apr 22 : Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for the Manchester United club, has vowed to watch Britain's most loved TV sitcom `Coronation Street'.

Ronaldo revealed that he did not know what is Coronation Street until he was told that the Brit population is absolutely obsessed with it.

Thus, he has vowed to watch it in a bid to know what is so dazing about it.