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Cesc refutes spitting claims

Author: Craig Williams
Date: 18/03/2009

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has denied claims made by Hull City boss Phil Brown that he spat at the Tigers' assistant manager Brian Horton after the Gunners' 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final victory on Tuesday evening.

Arsene Wenger's team upset the betting odds by scoring two late goals to set up a semi-final encounter with Chelsea at Wembley, but Brown was extremely unhappy with William Gallas' controversial winner.

Bolton Wanderers midfielder Mark Davies faces several weeks on the sidelines after injuring his knee during Saturday's game against Fulham.

Manager Gary Megson hopes the former Wolves star should return to action before the end of the season to help the Trotters in their bid to avoid the drop.

Blackburn Rovers defender Andre Ooijer will return to PSV Eindhoven in the summer, according to the player's agent.

The 34-year-old's Ewood Park contract comes to an end this summer and he seems certain to be heading back to his native Netherlands.

Croatia international Luka Modric could leave Tottenham Hotspur and move to Juventus in the summer, according to the midfielder's representative.

The Turin-based side are keen to find a replacement for Pavel Nedved who has announced that he will retire from the game in the summer.

Juve have identified Modric, who moved to White Hart Lane in a £16.5million switch last summer, as a possible target.

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill insists he has held no talks with the club's owner and chairman Randy Lerner about a new contract.

The former Celtic manager has been in charge at Villa Park for almost three years and recent reports suggested he was set to pen a new long-term contract with the club.

In cricket, Hugh Morris has criticised Kent for signing Australia fast bowler Stuart Clark.

Clark has agreed to spend six weeks with Kent before the start of the Ashes series, but managing director of England cricket Morris is unhappy with the move.

In rugby union, England manager Martin Johnson has named an unchanged starting line-up for his side's last Six Nations encounter of the season against Scotland at Twickenham.

Fly-half Toby Flood and flanker Joe Worsley, who picked up injuries in Sunday's impressive 34-10 victory over France, have both been passed fit.

Earlier in the week, Johnson had placed Olly Barkley and Tom Rees on standby for the Calcutta Cup clash.

There are also no changes to the England bench so Wasps fly-half Danny Cipriani once again misses out.

Meanwhile, Scotland's head coach Frank Hadden has made one change to his starting line-up for the game.

Scott Gray replaces John Barclay at flanker while captain Mike Blair has recovered from a back problem and starts at scrum-half.

Alasdair Strokosch and Thom Evans have also been passed fit.

Finally, England international Ben Cohen has penned a two-year deal with Sale Sharks after opting to end his spell with Brive for family reasons.

The 30-year-old joined Brive from Northampton in the summer of 2007 but will now buck the trend of English stars moving to France at the end of this season.

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