Briefs

Injured: Milan will be without veterans Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluca Zambrotta for Saturday’s final game before the Italian winter break against Roma. Gattuso has a thigh problem while Zambrotta has picked up a knee injury.

Friendly: England are to play Denmark in a friendly in Copenhagen on February 9. There had been speculation England would play Argentina in the Danish capital that day but that fixture foundered. England manager Fabio Capello was keen to play away from Wembley prior to the Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, which like Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium has a retractable roof, on March 26.

Borriello: Roma’s Marco Borriello has been diagnosed with a facial injury but will be able to play against Milan by putting on a protective mask. The striker required treatment during Sunday’s 1-0 win over Bari, but was able to carry on the game.

Estudiantes: Estudiantes won their fifth Argentine league title on Sunday after beating Arsenal 2-0 with Uruguayan international Hernan Rodrigo Lopez scoring both goals. Estudiantes finished on 45 points, two ahead of Velez Sarsfield who ended their campaign with a 2-0 win over Racing.

Serie B: Triestina vs Torino 0-1.

Primera Liga: Valencia vs Osasuna 3-3.

Cricket: Australian spin bowler Shane Warne confirmed he had split from his ex-wife, amid reports of an alleged “affair” with British actress Liz Hurley. Warne and his former wife Simone Callahan, who have three children together, divorced some time ago but had rekindled their romance and shared a home together in his home town of Melbourne. But after video and photographs of Warne and Hurley apparently kissing and cuddling together in London last week were published, the 41-year-old was forced to issue a statement on his relationship.

Motor Racing: Former Benetton F1 team boss, and Gloucester rugby union chief, Tom Walkinshaw has died at the age of 64 after losing a battle with cancer, the English club announced yesterday. During his career Walkinshaw ran the Ligier and Arrows Formula One teams and was also instrumental in bringing future world champion Michael Schumacher to Benetton. His Jaguar cars won three World Sportscar titles, and triumphed at Le Mans in 1988 and 1990. Walkinshaw became Gloucester owner in 1997.

Basket, NBA: Kobe Bryant scored 25 of his 32 points in the second half and delivered two key assists in a late scoring run on Sunday to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-92 victory over New Jersey. The triumph gave the Lakers a sixth victory in their last 11 games, but even though the two-time defending NBA champions boast a 17-7 record, Bryant said they aren’t playing well enough. “We have to muster up the energy and muster up the motivation to play every night... we’re not doing a good job of doing it,” he said.

Golf: Peter Senior outlasted Geoff Ogilvy in a sudden-death play-off to seal his third Australian PGA Championship title yesterday, 21 years after his first win. Senior, 51, won with a par on the second extra hole after Australian Open winner Ogilvy missed his par putt. It was Senior’s 28th title, his 20th on the Australasian PGA Tour. Despite his age, Senior is not the oldest winner of an Australasian tour title. That achievement belongs to Kel Nagle, who won the New Zealand Open at 55, and celebrates his 90th birthday next week.