Arrested: Turkish police have detained two people suspected of involvement in an attack on Fenerbahce’s team bus, a governor said yesterday. The bus driver was taken to hospital after being wounded in the incident which took place as the team were travelling to Trabzon before flying back to Istanbul. Fenerbahce were going to the airport after a 5-1 away win against Caykur Rizespor. The two suspects, one of them 38 years old and the other 27, were detained early yesterday.
Gift watch: After nearly 10 months of legal wrangling, English FA chairman Greg Dyke has returned a £16,000 watch to FIFA. Dyke was one of 65 officials who received the Parmigiani watches as presents from the Brazilian Football Confederation before last year’s World Cup. He claimed he was unaware of its value but when he was told keeping it broke FIFA’s ethics rules he offered to donate it to the FA’s charity partner Breast Cancer Care. He has now sent it back, however.
Bale: Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale has a foot problem and could miss today’s La Liga game at Rayo Vallecano when Real will look to keep up the pressure on leaders Barcelona. Bale’s absence, if confirmed, would allow Ancelotti to put off having to make a tough choice between James Rodriguez or Isco in midfield alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric. James played for the first time after a two-month injury layoff in Sunday’s 9-1 drubbing of Granada.
Schweini: Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been ruled out of today’s German Cup quarter-final against Bayer Leverkusen after failing to recover from an ankle injury. “Bastian Schweinsteiger is not going to be there, definitely not,” coach Pep Guardiola told reporters, with the holding midfielder joining an already long injury list.
CAF vote: Tarek Bouchamaoui of Tunisia and Constant Omari Selemani of the Republic of Congo were voted in yesterday as new members of FIFA’s executive committee to represent Africa. Bouchamaoui swept in with an un-precedented full house of 54 votes while Omari got 34 to 20 for incumbent Jacques Anouma of Ivory Coast, now ousted from the committee he has served for the last eight years.