The Dead Pool
‘GIVEN the condition of Gerard Houlliers heart, the death threat he received by letter might have its desired effect.
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In HOULL DEATH THREAT, the Sun says Houllier has been sent a letter in which he is invited to get out of Liverpool or be killed.
The missive claims that the would-be murderer knows the whereabouts and layout of the Frenchmans home.
British football has learnt a lot from the foreign game in recent years, and now its seems the spirit of the Colombian system has finally reached our shores.
But while Houllier sweats it out and Liverpool fans get behind their manager (so lulling him into a false sense of security), the Mail casts an eye at Englands cricketing preparations in the West Indies.
News is that in a match against Jamaica, Englands Mark Butcher has fallen victim to a freak fall, one the paper says appeared comical.
The incident occurred when bowler Steve Harmison was returning to his mark. Nasser Hussain tossed the ball to Rikki Clarke at extra cover.
Butcher, who had run round from point, back-pedalled and stretched to catch it. In doing so, he fell over and twisted his ankle.
The thought of taking a catch – any kind of catch is too tempting for an Englands cricketer.
It is painfully easy to get injured in sport, as Tiger Woods is hoping to prove as the Times watches him smack golf balls from the rooftop helipad of Dubais Burg Al Arab, the worlds tallest hotel.
In town for the Dubai Desert Classic, Woods can be seen standing 1,053ft above the ground, slamming golf balls into the distance.
Meanwhile, some thousands of miles away, Michael Vaughan has been knocked unconscious by an unidentified flying missile and Gerard Houllier’s stuck in a bunker ’
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