London, Nov. 25 : Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson says that he will always remember the night he stood up his hero Frank Sinatra.

The Manchester United manager had a London dinner date with Ol’ Blue Eyes himself but cancelled after seeing his Reds crash to a shock defeat against Charlton in April 1989.

Ferguson was so incensed by the 1-0 loss at Selhurst Park he bombed out the legendary crooner to start an immediate inquest on the coach back to Manchester.

It is an example of the passion that has kept him at the top for over 20 years.

London, Nov. 25: Manchester City has announced that it is ready to pay 20 million pounds to secure the services of Chelsea star Ashley Cole.

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Melbourne, Nov. 25 : Some officials of Cricket Australia and Australian rugby league and cricket players believe that beleaguered cricket star Andrew Symonds is too loud and arrogant, and therefore, prefer to keep their distance from him.

According to The Courier Mail, it happened to Symonds at Brisbane’s Normanby Hotel on Sunday when several Kangaroo players decided Symonds was an incident waiting to happen and moved on to other company.

Lahore, Nov 25 : Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has reportedly backed fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to play a crucial role in the home series against India in January, saying he still had a few years of international cricket left in him.

Shoaib returned to the Pakistan squad for the series against West Indies in Abu Dhabi but missed all three ODIs due to a calf strain.

Adelaide/Melbourne, Nov. 25 : Cricket Australia has said that he expects to make an announcement on Wednesday regarding the future of troubled Test batsman Andrew Symonds, who is under investigation following a clash with a member of the public.

According to The Age, a statement released on Tuesday shows Cricket Australia''s enthusiasm to move quickly on the incident which occurred at a Brisbane hotel on Sunday night as Symonds was celebrating Australia''s 149-run win over New Zealand in the first Test at the Gabba.