A round-up of today's other sports news
Soccer
The studios of British architect Norman Foster have been selected to carry out the remodelling of Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium, the Primera Liga club have said.
Foster was responsible for designing the new Wembley but Barca's director of capital resources Joan Franquesa was keen to stress the Nou Camp project was completely different. "The proposal will not be similar to Wembley in terms of aesthetics but will reflect its modernity and functionality," Franquesa said.
They said they hoped to transform the stadium into "an iconic element of the city". The estimated cost of the project is around 250 million and it will reportedly increase the capacity to around 104,000.
Foster's other projects have included the restoration of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Millennium Bridge in London.
Formula One
The bitterness of the divide within McLaren was confirmed yesterday when it was revealed Fernando Alonso had not spoken to team boss Ron Dennis for six weeks.
According to Dennis, the Spaniard is unhappy he does not get the preferential treatment over rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton he believes he deserves as world champion.
Dennis admitted he had not talked to Alonso since a row at the Hungarian Grand Prix in his evidence at a World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris on September 13th, the transcripts of which have been published today.
Dennis said: "We are not on speaking terms, but that does not matter. In Fernando's mind, there is the firm belief that our policy, whereby each driver receives equal treatment, does not properly reflect his status as world champion." Cricket
England hit six sixes in a row
Yuvraj Singh became the first player to hit six sixes in an over at the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday, spearheading India to an 18-run win over England in a Super Eights match in Durban. Yuvraj smashed Stuart Broad for 36 runs in the 19th over sending India to a total of 218 for four from their 20 overs. England, who were eliminated for a semi-final place when South Africa beat New Zealand in yesterday's earlier match, replied with 200 for six.
After reaching his half-century off a record 12 balls, Yuvraj was eventually out for 58. He hit three fours and seven sixes. India's innings was kick-started with a stand of 136 by Gautam Gambhir (58) and Virender Sehwag (68).
England's Darren Maddy (29) and Vikram Solanki (43) shared 53 for the first wicket and the best of the rest was Kevin Pietersen's 39.
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Under-17s Soccer
Hourihane the hero for Ireland
Republic of Ireland 1 Slovenia 0
The Republic of Ireland grabbed an injury-time winner to ensure their third successive victory in the Uefa Championship qualifiers in Longford last night. Sunderland midfielder Conor Hourihane was the hero when he volleyed home.
Seán McCaffrey's side progress to the elite qualifying stage with a 100 per cent record after victories over the Ukraine and Denmark earlier in the week.
Slovenian goalkeeper Azbe Jug denied Karl Sheppard and Aaron Doran before Hourihane found the net in the 81st minute.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND:Hanley (Salthill Devon); Byrne (Shelbourne), Dunleavy (Wolves), Connolly (Wolves), Gunning (Blackburn), Doran (Blackburn), Towell (Celtic) (Sullivan (Crumlin) 40 mins), Hourihane (Sunderland), Power (Aston Villa) (Holohan (Chderry Orchard) 40 mins), Sheppard (Everton) (Murphy (Ipswich) 63 mins), Cunningham (Man City).
