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Fergie in the thick of it

The Manchester United manager last week proved once again that no matter how long you spend in football or how many great successes you achieve, you can never quite have enough. Not content with publicly defending Wayne Rooney’s blatant violent conduct at Wigan the weekend before, Ferguson last week found the gall to accuse Martin Atkinson of being neither “fair” nor “strong” as his side went down 2-1 to Chelsea. And his ‘in-for-a-penny...’ attitude has seemingly compelled him to attempt an appeal of the subsequent FA charge of improper conduct. Perhaps the man responsible for excusing Rooney’s offence, and also, if you remember, for allowing Nani’s ridiculous goal against Spurs to stand earlier this season– referee Mark Clattenburg – should take charge of all Manchester United’s matches?

Klitschko vows to return to his Haye day

The fight many boxing fans predicted would never happen has been scheduled. WBA heavyweight champion Brit David Haye will fight the younger Klitschko brother Wladimir in Germany this summer. Announced for either the 25th of June or the 2nd of July the fight will finally bring together the pair who have been on and off more times than Ross and Rachel. On Saturday, Kiltschko withdrew from his title defence against Dereck Chisora seemingly paving the way for the agreement of the Haye fight. Haye described it as “the fight every boxing fan has to see” and The Journal only hopes every boxing fan gets a better show than the Hayemaker’s last fight against Audley Harrison.

Fallout from Old Firm derby continues

Rangers duo Madjid Bougherra and El Hadji Diouf are likely to face further punishment following their dismissals against Celtic last Wednesday as their behaviour has been mentioned in referee Calum Murray’s match report. Bougherra appeared to restrain Murray’s arm as he attempted to show him the red card, while Diouf ignored his dismissal after the final whistle and went over to the Rangers fans and threw his shirt into the crowd. Old Firm managers Ally Mccoist and Neil Lennon also face disciplinary action with the ex-Question of Sport captain looking at a two match touchline ban, while Lennon could spend up to eight matches away from the dugout due to previous bad behaviour. Since Wednesday’s game calls have been made to play the derby outside of Glasgow due to the trouble caused.