Longting District People's Court in Kaifeng City sentenced Wang Songlin and Guo Shouhai to two years in prison and imposed jail terms of 12 to 18 months on Ding Zhongqiu, Luo Mingzhu, and Zhou Minghan.

Despite Shearer's insistence that he intends to hang up his scoring boots at the end of the season, Souness has pledged to keep pestering him to change his mind. Whether the Iron Laddie is for turning remains to be seen, but the pressure to bend his will is being applied from within the Newcastle dressing-room as well as from the manager's office.

He brought me also a Box of Sugar, a Box of Flour, a Bag full of Lemons, and two Bottles of Lime-juice, and abundance of other Things: […]

Roger came through, rustling up four shirts and trousers, two belts, pointed out the underwear selections, where Alex riffled through the boxers, boxer-briefs, and trunks, choosing a package of each.