What the back pages of the papers say - February 14

Dwain Chambers has been told that he would not be able to run on the lucrative grand prix circuit in Europe as a new row exploded over who coached him to World Indoor Trials glory.

Read Ian Cole's athletics report here

Also: The former chief executive of British Airways, responsible for bringing the concept of an international round to the Premier League, now doubts that his brainchild will get off the ground.

• Read Charles Sale's exclusive here

As accusations of greed engulf the plans to export English football around the globe, new figures have confirmed that the Barclays Premier League is already the richest in the world ... and getting richer.

• Read Matt Barlow's report here

THE SUN

Richard Scudamore was branded clueless last night - after vowing to press ahead with his barking idea to play Premier League games abroad.

Also: David Moyes hailed the magic of Leon Osman after his wonder strike set Everton rolling. Craig Pickering, who could lose out after Dwain Chambers' call-up for the World Indoor Championships, insists the drug cheat should have been banned for life.

DAILY MIRROR

Tottenham's players have been warned they are still too fat - and only halfway towards the weight-loss target set by the strict Juande Ramos regime.

Also: Football's 39th Step crisis took a new twist last night when Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone said he was ready to offer England's 'Big Four' clubs a way out of the mess Richard Scudamore has dragged them into.

Liverpool are poised to change hands again - by the middle of next month - as the club's US owners close in on a double-your-money offer from Dubai.

DAILY STAR

Tubby Tottenham were a staggering 16 stones overweight when Juande Ramos took over at White Hart Lane.

Also: Samuel Eto'o last night urged Barcelona to make a £25m move for Didier Drogba. England have been given a rollocking by coach Peter Moores after their double one-day hammerings by New Zealand.

DAILY EXPRESS

Premier League chief Richard Scudamore had to backtrack yesterday as the Daily Express crusade against his overseas plans hit the target.

Also: The shame of taunting Lewis Hamilton at testing in Barcelona will be brought home to fans when an anti-racism campaign is launched at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The iron grip of Italy on football in the British Isles tightened last night as the veteran Giovanni Trapattoni was finally named as the new coach of the Republic of Ireland.

THE TIMES

British Olympic authorities will risk offending their Chinese hosts at the Beijing Games this summer by allowing their athletes to wear masks while competing in order to contain the impact of air pollution.

Also: Blackburn Rovers are hoping that Benni McCarthy will sign a new contract as Mark Hughes, the manager, moves to secure the long-term futures of several key players in his squad. MCC, the most famous of all cricket clubs and for many years the governing body of the sport, is discussing merging with Middlesex, who since 1877 have played at Lord's as its tenants.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

The controversy over the Premier League's plans to take 10 extra matches a season abroad took a new twist last night after it emerged that Sir Rod Eddington, a senior director in Rupert Murdoch's media empire, had a hand in developing the proposal which has split English football.

THE INDEPENDENT

Tottenham's Spanish manager Juande Ramos has offered a startling insight into Tottenham's revival under him by suggesting that the squad he inherited from Martin Jol last October was seriously overweight and had some very bad eating habits.

THE GUARDIAN

Dwain Chambers' hopes of earning enough money to appeal against his Olympic ban looked in tatters last night after two of the world's leading athletics promoters said they did not want him back.