The first I heard about this was when Bayern director Franz Beckenbauer

"The first I heard about this was when Bayern director Franz Beckenbauer rang me on my car phone this morning and told me not to be angry. Jrgen Klinsmann's decision to leave Tottenham Hotspur and head home to Germany at the end of the season left Alan Sugar "taken aback" despite his years of experience in the cut-throat world of big business. Only Peter Charles on Greystone came close to the winning time. Marie Edgar, who was fourth on Everest Winstar in the class that Stockdale won, had the satisfaction of defeating Michael Whitaker when she rode the nine-year-old Swedish-bred Aladdin to win the earlier Land Rover Grade A Jumping. Edgar plans to ride Winstar when she defends her women's national title today, while Aladdin is saved for tomorrow evening's Lancaster Landmark Grand Prix.Winstar is likely to have a further engagement in tomorrow's Land Rover British Horsemaster, in which four riders compete on their own and each other's horses.. Tim Stockdale repeated last year's victory when he rode Toggi Santa's Echo to win yesterday's Land Rover Classic on the second day of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, writes Genevieve Murphy from Windsor. Although heavyweight Josie Horton lost her first fight, she won the first repchage round, and is still in with a chance for a bronze.Today sees the second day of the preliminaries, with Nicola Fairbrother, the world lightweight champion, on the mat.. Birch had three, and relied on two armlocks and a throw.Diane Bell, 29, who won her first European title a remarkable 11 years ago, looked as strong as ever, winning her two light-middleweight fights briskly with a strangle and an armlock.

The day began with the two British light-heavyweights, Kate Howey - who has been in the medals since 1991, even though she is still only 21 - and Ray Stevens, fighting and winning. Britain's two European champions, the middleweight, Rowena Sweatman, and the light-middleweight Ryan Birch both won semi-final places Sweatman had two fights, winning with a throw and a hold. Worcestershire recovered from 18 for 3 to 78 without further loss against Middlesex.The rain did prevail at Bristol where Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire will try again to start today.. Of the eight British fighters who fought on the first day of the European Championships yesterday, five have won places in tomorrow's semi-finals, writes Philip Nicksan from Birmingham. He was lbw to the second ball by Jason Lewry.As play finished there - four o'clock - it was just starting at Worcester where Graeme Hick made another unbeaten half-century after another bad start by a batting side. David Ligertwood and James Boiling spent almost two hours together as Durham reached 235 for 8 at close.Ligertwood's unbeaten 38 was his highest first-class score to date while Boiling weighed in with a patient 18.Any hope the Championship leaders Glamorgan had of capitalising on their fine start were soon over as just 14 minutes play took place against Sussex at Swansea That proved more than long enough for Stephen James. Surrey had them at 45 for 4 but half centuries from Jimmy Daley (55) and Mark Saxelby (68 ) put on 83 and it was two former Surrey players who held them up further. They shared 153 in 42 overs to lead Somerset to a respectable 242.

That looked even better when Northamptonshire lost Alan Fordham, Russell Warren and Tim Walton for 40 which they advanced to 75 for 3 at close. Rose hit a six and 10 fours before he was bowled for 84 while Ecclestone's 81 was his highest score in first-class cricket.Durham were another side with a poor start. Andy Hayhurst chose to bat first and saw his side reduced to 68 for 6 as Paul Taylor, John Hughes and Kevin Curran took two wickets each before the pair, who put on 101 against Surrey in the Benson and Hedges match on Tuesday, rescued matters. Northamptonshire made all the early running on a cold day at Northampton but Somerset's seventh-wicket pair of Graham Rose and Simon Ecclestone foiled any further advances. They may have seen the back of Taylor when he swished at Alan Mullally outside the off-stump and was caught behind for 127, but Mark Benson, then on 60 and the stand worth 192, was simply biding his time.Benson next featured in a partnership of 134 with Aravinda de Silva, who wrapped up well and made a half-century, and the captain was still there having batted all day for his 159.. Though there was nothing exceptional in the strike rate, it was noted that the last Kent batsman to achieve the feat was Carl Hooper against Essex at Chelmsford last season, besides which only Peter Richardson, 31 years ago, had managed it for the county on the St Lawrence Ground.All this smash and grab could be regarded as the tip of the iceberg from Leicestershire's point of view.

Adrian Pierson's off-breaks came in for some tap, but it was Hanse Cronje's seamers that provided the essential acceleration and it was the South African who sent down the final over of the session, conceding two more loose ones for Taylor to feast on.Nowadays, a three-figure contribution before lunch - let alone in the first session - is a rarity and Taylor had reached his milestone off 119 balls. Millns, who tended to over-pitch, had six fours taken off him in two overs by Taylor, whose half-century included 10 boundaries.It was then a question of whether or not Taylor could keep plundering in similar vein as the clock ticked away. Millns, once the great white hope of English fast bowling until struck by an Achilles problem, may have wished he had not with figures of 2 for 100 off 18 overs by the close. He owed his chance to Trevor Ward's fourth-ball dismissal for a duck and some tinkering with the order, which had him listed in his regular championship slip at No 5.As Ward walked back, leg before to David Millns and fortunate to have survived that long after a big shout off the first delivery of the morning, Taylor walked out. Taylor's beef is that he cannot make the team for the one-day matches and it was just Leicestershire's luck to run into him in the sort of mood that left bowlers wondering where to pitch the next one. If Taylor had previously been considered a bit of a slouch, his 19 boundaries before the break suggested otherwise. As it was, Neil Taylor had a point to prove and a century before lunch on the first day here certainly made it.