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London, Jan 14 : England must find another way to unsettle Australia in this summer''s Ashes series after opening batsman Matthew Hayden announced his retirement from international cricket to spend more time with his family.

Hayden had been unable to find his best form in his two series in England, and his average of 34.50 (with only two scores over fifty), being his lowest in any country other than New Zealand.

London, Jan 14 : Manchester City has offered a sensational 175million pounds in a bid to land AC Milan superstar Kaka.

City chief executive Garry Cook and deal broker Kia Joorabchian met Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani to make the world-record bid, The Sun reported.

Milan would pocket 100 million pounds and Brazilian playmaker Kaka almost 75 million pounds for a five-year deal worth 15 million pounds a season - or 280,000 pounds per week.

London, Jan 14 : Ace Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has committed his long-term future to the club, despite continued efforts from Real Madrid to unsettle the newly-crowned World Player of the Year.

Ronaldo said he is staying at Old Trafford to help them dominate English and European football for the next five years.

Portugal star Ronaldo, 23, said it would start with United winning everything this season.

Melbourne, Jan 14 : A poll conducted among Australian cricket fans has thrown up Phil Jacques to be the favourite to replace Matthew Hayden alongside Simon Katich at the top of the batting order.

Of the 1,384 people who voted, 38 per cent preferred the New South Wales batsman to Chris Rogers (15 per cent), Shaun Marsh (14 per cent), or any other opener (33 per cent), according to The Australian online poll.

Brisbane, Jan. 14 : Former Australian opener Mathew Hayden has said that his decision to retire from all forms of the game was not an easy one to take.

Speaking a day after his retirement, he recalled speaking with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for about ten minutes or so, discussing how both would love to work together to try to advance the well being and prospects of Aboriginal cricketers.

These are the two lives of Hayden, the public figure and the outdoors boy who might one day just disappear into the wilderness and not come back.