Madrid  - Florentino Perez does not speak, but he lets others do it for him - so much so that one gets the impression that his "entourage" is carrying out his campaign for the Real Madrid presidency, even if he has not even said he is a candidate.

Ramon Calderon resigned as club president on January 16, and since then a new electoral process is open at Real Madrid.

Scenic Silver carrying a weight of 53.5 kgs, looks the best bet among the eight runners who take to the starting gates for the Mayor's Trophy, the main event of the Mumbai's Special Day's meeting scheduled to be held at the Mahalaxmi Race course on Thursday.

This three-year-old filly, a Ontario off Silver Ore will be challenged among the others by Finfoot and River Rule in their maiden appearance in this sprint event of the day.

To be ridden by Bangalore champion jockey, YS Srinath, and coming from the yard of Mansoor Shah, this filly should take home the Rs 1,77,000, the winner's purse which is at stake in this race.

Selections

1. The Furioso Plate (2400m): 1. Highland Quest (1), 2. Es Sider (4), 3. Black Phantom (3)

`Dunkyard,' an inter college basketball tournament organised by the Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development Pune (IMED) will be held in their campus from March 5.

The present life of the first Polygras hockey surface of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is a story of wear and tear. And none of the officials concerned are aware of its poor condition.

Laid in 1992, the first-of-its-kind surface to come in the twin-town of Pimpri Chinchwad was last re-laid in 2006 for the Mayor's Trophy. But now it is worn out in the middle of the ground.

"Is it so?" is the first reaction of PCMC's education officer Vishnu Jadhav, who has been given the additional charge of the ground, when queried.

London  - Manchester United came from behind Wednesday to beat Newcastle United 2-1 and open up a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League table, with a game in hand.

"It's down to trusting your players and having the ability to win matches, and we had to do that against Newcastle," United manager Sir ALex Ferguson told MUTV.

"Being 1-0 down away from home isn't easy, but we came back to win thanks to a very gritty performance."

Madrid  - Barcelona edged past Mallorca late Wednesday in a dull Spanish King's Cup semi-final second leg and will meet euphoric Athletic Bilbao in the final.

Out-of-form Barca drew 1-1 at Mallorca and go into the final on a 3-1 aggregate, having beaten the islanders 2-0 in the first leg four weeks ago in the Camp Nou.

Earlier Wednesday, Bilbao powered their way into their first final since 1985 by thrashing dull Sevilla 3-0, to go through on a 4-2 aggregate.