Danish Cup: Brondby beat FC Midtjylland 3-2 to win the Danish Cup for the fifth time yesterday and stay on course for the domestic double. Midfielder Ruben Bagger scored the winner in extra time after Midtjylland's Razak Pimpong was sent off in the 66th minute for his second yellow card. Midtjylland, who also lost the Cup final to Brondby in 2003, will play in next season's UEFA Cup if Brondby clinch the championship.
Barca's oldest fan: Barcelona's oldest paid-up fan Miquel Botey has died aged 97, the club said yesterday. Botey joined Barcelona's members at the age of 10 in November 1917, 18 years after it was founded by Swiss businessman and football fanatic Hans Gamper. Botey was given a card bearing the number one in 2001 to signify the fact that he was the club's longest serving member.
Robinson: Tottenham Hotspur's England goalkeeper Paul Robinson has been ruled out of his club's final two games after injuring his knee against Aston Villa on Sunday. Robinson collided heavily with England team-mate Darius Vassell of Villa near the end of the 5-1 victory at White Hart Lane before being replaced by Czech Radek Cerny. Scans revealed that Robinson, England's first choice goalkeeper, had suffered knee ligament damage. Cerny will make his first start for the club at Middlesbrough tomorrow, where Tottenham will be hoping for a victory to boost their UEFA Cup qualification hopes.
Zagallo: Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning coach Mario Zagallo has been admitted to hospital suffering from nausea, vomiting and abdominal pains. The 74-year-old, who also led Brazil to fourth place in 1974 and second in 1998 and is currently technical director, has been kept at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro since Tuesday night. The spokesman said Zagallo would probably undergo a biopsy and added that his illness was not related to the irregular heart rhythm he has suffered in the past. Zagallo also won the World Cup as a player in 1958 and 1962.
South Africa's Olympic 10,000 metres silver medallist Elana Meyer has announced her retirement from athletics at the age of 38. Meyer's defining moment came in 1992 when South Africa returned to Olympic competition in Barcelona after years of apartheid-induced international isolation. She won South Africa's first Olympic medal since 1960 behind Ethiopian Derartu Tulu. Meyer holds the world records for the 15km (46:57), set in 1991, and the half-marathon (1:06.44), set in 1999.