Back pages of the nationals - December 7

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Monday, December 07, 2009
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Top sport stories from the national newspapers:

THE TIMES: A £300million deal to secure the future of the British Grand Prix is to be announced today after Bernie Ecclestone agreed to forego fees of a further £60million. Also: The ICC is facing a potential crisis over its controversial umpire decision referral system after Mark Benson, the English umpire, suddenly withdrew from the second Test match between Australia and the West Indies on the second morning... Graham Gooch will be back with a senior England squad for the first time in almost a decade this morning, but it is the bowling rather than the batting that concerns the tour management only nine days away from the first Test against South Africa.
THE SUN: Stoke boss Tony Pulis and James Beattie were involved in a fierce dressing room bust-up at Arsenal on Saturday. Also: England met the Yanks in a World Cup rehearsal at Goodison Park yesterday – and it ended all square... Amir Khan’s first thought after his lethal first-round world-title triumph was to get back his mobile.
THE INDEPENDENT: Bobby Zamora scored the goal that moved Fulham up to eighth place, but he was not a happy man. Also: Wayne Rooney has revealed he missed the World Cup draw, because he fell asleep... Confusion and distrust continued to plague the contentious referrals procedure in Test matches yesterday amid suspicion that it had claimed its first official victim.
DAILY MAIL: James Beattie’s future at Stoke City has been thrown into doubt after he came to blows with manager Tony Pulis during an amazing bust-up at Arsenal. Also: While England was gripped by the World Cup draw, the man who could make the difference to the nation’s hopes in South Africa was fast asleep... World Cup hostilities may still be seven months away, but Tim Howard struck an early psychological blow for the United States after winning a dramatic battle of wits with Jermain Defoe in the third minute of injury time at Goodison Park.
DAILY STAR: Everton boss David Moyes hailed keeper Tim Howard as the best in the business yesterday after his last-gasp penalty heroics. Also: Amir Khan is set to receive massive worldwide exposure by making the second defence of his world title in America next year... Michael Carrick is set to continue in central defence for Manchester United against Wolfsburg tomorrow.
THE GUARDIAN: The curse of the Premier League penalty taker struck Jermain Defoe last night as Tim Howard saved an injury-time spot-kick from the Tottenham Hotspur striker to secure a remarkable comeback by Everton. Also: Manchester United will ask Michael Carrick to continue in a defensive role to solve one of the worst injury crises of Sir Alex Ferguson’s 23-year reign at Old Trafford...Tony Pulis was involved in a row with James Beattie in the dressing room after Saturday’s defeat at Arsenal which is understood to have led to the stoke City manager and former England striker exchanging blows before a member of the Premier League club’s backroom staff intervened.
DAILY MIRROR: Wayne Rooney last night admitted he missed England’s World Cup draw – because he fell asleep. Also: Tim Howard saved Everton and then revealed the secret behind how the goalkeepers’ union has locked out the Premier League’s penalty-takers...USA star Jay DeMerit has warned Fabio Capello’s England team they will get no “superhero worship” at the World Cup.
DAILY EXPRESS: England are considering playing Mexico in their final home friendly at Wembley in May before heading off for the World Cup finals. Also: Amir Khan delivered on his promise to unleash greater power when he made a hapless victim of Dmitriy Salita, the mandatory challenger for the British tyro’s World Boxing Association light-welterweight belt, in Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena on Saturday...The British summer is saved. Following prolonged negotiations Silverstone is to be unveiled today as the home to the 2010 British Grand Prix.
DAILY EXPRESS: Wayne Rooney is so relaxed about the World Cup that the draw sent him to sleep. Also: Tim Howard became the fourth Premier League goalkeeper to save a penalty over the weekend to deny Tottenham the chance to move into third place...Michael Ballack refused to hit the panic button after Chelsea’s aura of invincibility was punctured by Manchester City.

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