Sports news today – 19th April

FOOTIE legend David Beckham will help inspire British school kids to take up sport – after joining Sky yesterday as an ambassador.

REIGNING champ GORDON SHEDDEN recons only total domination will do at Donington this weekend.

ALLAN McNEISH stormed to the top of the World Endurance Championship with stellar drive at Silverstone – and completed a remarkable hat-trick for DUMFRIES.

LIAM WALSH watched Scott Harrison’s ring skills with amazement when he was a kid growing up in Norfolk.

GRAEME DOTT is sick to death of being branded one of snooker’s slowcoaches – and insists Peter Ebdon is to blame.

LEWIS HAMILTON has turned Mercedes peacemaker by telling team bosses: Don’t sack Ross Brawn.

FORCE INDIA ace Paul Di Resta paid tribute to his “idol” Sir Chris Hoy yesterday – then backed the Olympic legend’s bid to go into motor racing.

ROBERT THORNTON’S McCoy’s Premier League hopes were delt another massive blow in Dublin last night.

Andy Murray was jeered off yesterday as he lost his No2 ranking with a quarter-final exit at the Monte Carlo Masters.

IF anyone can do anything to help fix our game it would be madness to turn’ em away.

PATRICK THISTLE hope to be roared on by around 4,000 fans for their crunch game at Falkirk.

I was voted into the greatest Rangers team in history along with Terry Butcher.

Stuart McCcall has been bitten by Friday night fever.

GARY LOCKE has challenged his Hearts stars to finish this season the best of the rest in the SPL – because their futures could depend on it.

PAT FENLON admits he regrets not putting Hampden heroes Alex Harris and Danny Handling in Hibernian’s first team sooner.

SCOTT BROWN is a boy who has matured into an excellent Celtic captain.

ANDY WALKER claims Celtic’s impending title triumph won’t be as satisfying as last year’s SPL success.

FOR Scott Brown, big games have too often ended in huge disappointment.

CELTIC were fuming last night after Neil Lennon was hit with a three-game touchline ban-ruling him OUT of the Hoop’s title party.

(Read the full article in today’s SUN)

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