Manchester United soccer great Eric Cantona has joined the chorus of opposition to Malcolm Glazer’s intended takeover of the club. With Glazer reportedly putting together a second takeover offer some time this week, the French star told Man United fans on their own television station that Glazer should ”stay in America and buy Coca-Cola”.

Argentinian Oscar Fullone is most likely to rejoin South Africa’s most expensively assembled football outfit, Mamelodi Sundowns. This follows speculation current coach Paul Dolezar is on his way out following a series of poor results in the past few days. Most recent was a shock 2-1 defeat by Black Leopards on Saturday.

Sol Campbell scored a rare goal from 25 yards on Sunday as Arsenal captured a 1-0 victory at Portsmouth to regain second place in the Premier League and cut Chelsea’s lead to five points. Everton dropped two points on Saturday when they were held 0-0 by struggling Blackburn.

Simon Jones, with an impressive spell of four wickets for 18 runs in seven overs and one delivery, put England in command of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Monday. The afternoon session turned into a nightmare as Jones cut a swathe through the South African batting order.

Bloemfontein Celtic added woes to the troubled Jomo Cosmos when they beat them 2-1 in a Premier Soccer League match at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Phokeng on Sunday. Cosmos are hanging at second from the bottom of the log after they suffered their sixth defeat.

Mamelodi Sundowns on Monday sacked coach Paul Dolezer. In making the shock announcement, Downs president and owner Patrice Motsepe named Argentinian Angel Cappa as his successor and also appointed fellow Argentinian Oscar Fullone as his new technical director.