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Champions League last 16 second leg

Beckham was mobbed on his arrival at Manchester airport on Tuesday

AC Milan's David Beckham says he is excited to face Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time but maintains he wants them to lose.

The midfielder will line up against his former club in the Champions League last 16 second-leg tie, with Milan needing to overturn a 3-2 deficit.

But the 34-year-old, still revered by United fans, said: "I'm not nervous.

"Coming back to Manchester as a Milan player is exciting. It will be a tough game for us but nothing is impossible."

Doubt remains as to whether Beckham will start the match but if he does play at Old Trafford it will be the first time since he left United for Real Madrid in 2003.

He faces a United side boosted by the return to fitness of Wayne Rooney - who scored twice in the first leg - but that will be without Wes Brown, Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick through injury and suspension.

Beckham received a hero's welcome on his arrival at Manchester airport on Tuesday, but United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he was unsure whether his former player would feature and was struggling to predict Milan's team as a result.

"I am finding it difficult to pick their team, I don't know whether Beckham will start," said the Scot.

"I have not got that down in my conclusions about their team. He has not started a game since the first leg, so it is difficult to say what impact he will have on the game.

"But he will be there and the one thing you have to be aware of is his delivery of the ball, which is fantastic. That is the threat. There are a lot of threats in their team of course, but we are well aware of David's."

Asked whether Beckham had a chance of starting, Milan coach Leonardo skirted round the issue.

"For Beckham, it is obviously something special to have the opportunity to play against Manchester United given his history at the club," he said.

"When we saw the draw we knew it would be an unbelievable situation for him. But knowing David, and his attitude, I am sure he can cope."

Whether he starts or not, Beckham admits this is the first time he has ever wanted the club he supported as a boy to lose.

"I will always be a Manchester fan and this is perhaps the first time in my life that I want them to lose," he told the AC Milan website. "I'll meet up with many friends and all the people who supported me for many years on the night.

"I played in that stadium for many years and I know what it means to be a Manchester United player.

"But I also know what it means for opponents to play there. It is always difficult to win, especially 2-0. We know we'll have to go for it, play good passes and create many moves, we have many players who can score. We are aware of the fact that it will be a very difficult match, but nothing's impossible.

"Milan have a lot of experience in Europe, they're one of the best clubs in the world."

If selected, Beckham could once again line up against former team-mate and long-term friend Paul Scholes, who believes the return to Old Trafford of the ex-England skipper will ensure a cracking atmosphere.

"United fans still love him for what he did for this club and he will get a fantastic ovation," said Scholes, who made the United first-team alongside Beckham in the 1990s.

"He will need to be watched though. If you give him time and room on the ball there is no doubt he will pick players out. From free kicks as well, his delivery is as great as ever."

Milan will have to create history if they are to reach the quarter-finals - Manchester United have never been eliminated in Europe after winning an away first leg.

"We are very focused - the first leg has given us a good opportunity to come here and achieve something," said Milan captain Massimo Ambrosini.

"But we know it will be a huge battle and a huge achievement if we pull it off."

Ferguson, meanwhile, has urged supporters to keep their protests against the Glazer family's ownership of the club away from the match.

There has been some suggestion that fans will delay their entrance into the match by 10 minutes, but Ferguson said: "They won't do that, it is too important a game.

"Old Trafford will be rocking and I am sure whether they are wearing the traditional red and white or the protest green and gold scarves, the fans will be united and singing with one voice to get us through."

Endurance Idahor died during a league game in Sudan

Ghanaian football authorities have confirmed that a player has died after collapsing on the pitch during a game.

Bartholomew Opoku, 19, was playing for top-flight side Kessben in their clash league with Liberty on Sunday when he fell to the ground.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment but died on Monday.

"It's a massive tragedy and the whole club is in shock. There was no hint he was unwell," Kessben spokesman Fred Acheampong said.

The cause of death is unknown.

The news comes just three days after former Nigeria Under-23 international Endurance Idahor passed away during a match in Sudan.

The Al Merreikh striker collapsed and died during a league game with Al Amal.

It was later announced that he had suffered a heart attack.

The former U-23 international started his top flight career with Nigerian side Julius Berger before joining rivals Dolphins in 2004.

He clinched the move to Merreikh in 2006 and was sent on loan to Saudi side in 2008 before returning to the Sudanese side.

Idahor finished as top scorer during his first season in Sudan.

He scored 118 goals in 176 appearances for the Omdurman side.

The recording is the latest incident to hit Capello's World Cup plans

The Football Association is looking into a security breach after a tape emerged purporting to carry discussions between England coaches and players.

The recording, allegedly made at the England hotel as the squad prepared for last week's friendly with Egypt, has been offered to media outlets.

And it is unclear whether it was obtained through a bugging device or by the intercepting of phone calls.

It is the latest distraction in the build-up to this summer's World Cup.

The recording, believed to be several hours long, is alleged to contain conversations between coaching staff and players at the Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire ahead of the 3-1 victory over Egypt at Wembley last Wednesday.

The FA's solicitors have written to news outlets to state the recording was obtained illicitly and that any publication of its contents would be a breach of Press Complaints Commission rules.

Capello received sympathy from Sir Alex Ferguson, whose Manchester United side were the victims of a similar breach in 2005.

Listening devices were found in the home dressing room at Old Trafford after a crunch encounter against Chelsea.

"It happened to us once before," Ferguson said. "I would be concerned about it. You have to be.

"Preparation involves discretion and secrecy. I haven't revealed one bit of my tactics ahead of the match tomorrow. I haven't been asked. And do you know why?

"Because I wouldn't tell anyone. Why should I tell anyone?

"Capello may have been discussing some important issues about his team. All of a sudden someone else has got it. It is a concern."

The incident comes in the wake of the furore over reports surrounding Chelsea and England defender John Terry's private life.

Terry allegedly had an affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the former girlfriend of ex-Blues team-mate Wayne Bridge, who is now at Manchester City.

Chelsea skipper Terry was subsequently stripped of the England captaincy by national manager Fabio Capello, while Bridge announced he did not want to be considered for international duty, thereby ruling himself out of the World Cup plans.

"It's a nightmare for Capello, when you think about what he has had to deal with in recent weeks, particularly the way in which his team has been affected by the John Terry and Wayne Bridge affair," said BBC sports news correspondent Gordon Farquhar.

"Having got off quite lightly early on, the spotlight finally fell on him over Terry and he is finally beginning to realise how the media in this country can work."

Meanwhile, England and other countries at this summer's World Cup in South Africa have been promised 24-hour surveillance at their hotels.

At a recent summit held by football's world governing body Fifa, the 2010 Organising Committee informed security chiefs from every country about their planned security measures.

Teams will have their own training bases - England's is at Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus near Rustenburg - then will stay at "Venue Specific Team Hotels" before matches.

At those hotels, Fifa has promised that "the security services will monitor the floors occupied by the team on a 24-hour basis" and "cameras will be installed in the passages of the dedicated floors of the hotel".

Fifa has also given reassurances about travel to and from matches, saying: "Team buses will be checked and cleared on site by the South African Police Service Explosives Unit before each journey."

Portsmouth fans will be denied another European campaign

Crisis club Portsmouth will not be able to compete in Europe next season even if they win the FA Cup.

The club would be declined entry to the Europa League because they have not applied for a Uefa club licence.

Portsmouth went into administration last month and were not in a position to file their accounts - a criterion for entry into European competition.

Portsmouth beat Birmingham on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup - a competition they won in 2008.

That Wembley triumph led to the club's first ever European campaign, which gave fans memorable matches against AC Milan and Wolfsburg.

The FA Cup winners qualify for the Europa League, with the place given the runners-up if the winners have already qualified for Europe through the Premier League.

The club could submit a retrospective application for a Uefa licence, but their financial predicament makes it unlikely this would be granted.

Portsmouth, bottom of the Premier League, face either Tottenham or Fulham in the FA Cup semi-finals.

And the club's administrator Andrew Andronikou says he has been reassured by the Football Association that the club will not be thrown out of the competition.

"The FA are fully supportive of us and they want us to succeed and get to the other end," said Andronikou. "There is no chance of us being kicked out of the FA Cup."

Pompey are currently fighting a battle in the High Court over their right to go into voluntary administration.

Andronikou was appointed as the club's administrator on 26 February with the aim of cutting costs and finding a buyer for the Hampshire club.

The decision to go into administration came ahead of an scheduled winding up order from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.

HMRC have since challenged the move and questioned the validity of Andronikou's appointment.

Brown will be slightly anxious over making the World Cup in South Africa

Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown faces a lay-off of four to six weeks with a broken bone in his foot suffered at Wolves on Saturday.

The 30-year-old was hurt after a challenge with Matt Jarvis and left Molineux with his foot in a protective boot before having a scan on Sunday.

"It's just unfortunate," United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said. "He has had a career blighted by injury."

There had been fears the injury would rule him out of the summer's World Cup.

But the news will be concerning for England boss Fabio Capello as Liverpool right-back Glen Johnson is only just making his way back from a knee ligament problem which has kept him out since the end of December.

England's campaign in South Africa kicks off on 12 June against the United States.

Brown will miss Wednesday's Champions League last-16 return leg against AC Milan and a majority of United's end-of-season fixture programme.

However, with nine games remaining in the Premier League, as well as the ongoing Champions League campaign, Ferguson added: "We hope to get him back for some of the season."

It is another bad injury for the right-back, who has also slotted in at centre-back, and comes just over a year after breaking a metatarsal.

Brown won his 23rd cap for England against Egypt last Wednesday and is expected to be in Capello's squad for the World Cup.

United head to Old Trafford on the back of an impressive 3-2 win in Italy but with a growing injury list which already includes Anderson (knee), Ryan Giggs (arm) and John O'Shea (leg).

However, striker Wayne Rooney has overcome a knee problem.

Bolt broke Johnson's 200m world record in 2008

Sprint legend Michael Johnson believes Usain Bolt should consider moving up to 400m after an impressive relay display.

Bolt clocked a 43.58-second split in a 4x400 relay at a local meet in Jamaica 10 days ago.

American Johnson's world record from a standing start is 43.18 sec and his best split time in a relay - from a rolling start - was 42.94.

"He has the ability to be a world record holder. If it were me, I would move to the 400 now," said Johnson.

Bolt set world records for the 100m and 200m last year and was part of the Jamaica 4x100m relay team that set a world record and won Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.

However, no athlete has ever held the world record in the 100, 200 and 400 metres.

Last month, running the anchor leg for the Racers Lions team, Bolt collected the baton in fourth position, 20 metres behind the leader, and managed to close the gap to just 0.44 sec at the finish line.

Johnson recently visited Bolt in Jamaica while filming for a forthcoming BBC Inside Sport documentary.

"It's not surprising to me. He understands, though, that it will take a lot more work training for the 400 than for the 100 and 200," he said.

Bolt regularly runs the 400m as part of his stamina work early each season.

He has said in the past that he will only seriously consider attempting the event after defending his world and Olympic 100 and 200 titles.

But he dropped a strong hint last September that he may change his position on the event depending on what his coach advises.

"The 400, I don't want to do. But I think I'll do it in the future because my coach can be very convincing. And he'll find some argument for me to do it," he said at the time.

"I think I would be pretty good at it, as I have tried it when I was young, just messing around."

Johnson believes the man who beat his long-standing 200m world record at the Beijing Olympics, then lowered it to a staggering 19.19 at the World Championships in Berlin, would benefit from a new challenge.

"I think ultimately he will have to choose another event because eventually there will be no motivation to continue at 100 and 200 since he has already achieved everything there," he said.