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Clubs settle Tevez affair

Author: Rose Young
Date: 16/03/2009

West Ham have reached an out-of-court settlement with Sheffield United to bring to an end their dispute over the Carlos Tevez affair.

The two clubs have agreed an undisclosed compensation figure - reported to be in the region of £25million - to draw their near two-year dispute to a close.

Last year, Sheffield United were judged to be entitled to compensation after Tevez helped keep the Hammers in the Premier League in 2007 despite being signed ineligibly the previous summer.

An independent tribunal chaired by Lord Griffiths was scheduled to reconvene on Monday morning to discuss the next stage in the protracted saga.

Meanwhile, UEFA has pledged to do all it can to avoid scheduling a Champions League game for Liverpool on the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

At Friday's quarter-final draw, the Reds will discover whether they have been scheduled to play the second leg of their last-eight tie on the April 15 anniversary date.

Manchester United will be without defender Nemanja Vidic for their next two Premier League games following his red card against Liverpool.

The Serbia international had an afternoon to forget against the Reds after his mistake let in Fernando Torres for the equaliser before he was sent off in the 4-1 defeat at Old Trafford for a professional foul on Steven Gerrard.

The towering centre-half will now miss next weekend's trip to Fulham and Aston Villa's visit to Old Trafford on April 5, both games which the football betting experts believe the Red Devils will win.

Newcastle United boss Joe Kinnear remains on course for an April return to the St James' Park hot-seat following heart surgery.

The 62-year-old earmarked the trip to Stoke City on April 11 as his possible comeback date after he underwent a triple heart bypass operation in February and caretaker Chris Hughton claims the veteran coach remains on course to return as scheduled.

In cricket, captain Andrew Strauss blamed below-par batting for England's Twenty20 defeat to the West Indies.

England's disappointing tour in the Caribbean continued after they lost the limited overs game by six wickets in Trinidad.

Batting first, the tourists were bowled out for just 122 with debutant Stephen Davies top-scoring with 27.

France coach Marc Lievremont has resisted the temptation to make changes after keeping faith with the squad which lost to England for Saturday's Six Nations trip to Italy.

France's Six Nations dreams went up in smoke after a 34-10 defeat at Twickenham on Sunday.

But rather than make wholesale chances, Lievremont has decided to retained the same 23 players for the trip to Rome.

Meanwhile, full-back Andrea Masi has shrugged off a neck injury to return to the squad for Italy's Six Nations encounter with France.

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