What the back pages say: Ronaldo grovels to United fans, Smith row at Newcastle, Wenger and Mourinho collide... Gavin and Pietersen

Steve Harmison yesterday set himself up for another crack at Australia after taking two crucial wickets in a superb comeback to leave England in control of the fourth npower Test. 

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho collided in the Amsterdam hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono once staged their love-in and the old foes were intoxicated by the mood of happiness.  

THE SUN

Cristiano Ronaldo sank to new depths of hypocrisy yesterday with a shameless display of blatant grovelling.

Also: Frankie Gavin's Olympic KO has been branded criminal by his trainers.  

DAILY MIRROR

Mike Ashley has broken his silence to insist Newcastle United is not for sale and set Kevin Keegan a top-four target. Also: Chelsea last night made a formal £21 million bid to land Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Robinho - but they will need to pay at least £5m more to get their man.   

DAILY EXPRESS

Steve Harmison capped a brilliant Test comeback for England with heartfelt thanks to new captain Kevin Pietersen for retaining faith in him when others had given up on his Test career.

Also: Frankie Gavin's club coach has hinted at a row over the decision to send the boxer home from the Olympic Games. 

DAILY STAR

Alan Smith was last night reeling after being caught in the crossfire of the latest power struggle at Newcastle.

Also: Kevin Pietersen's career as England skipper got off to a dream start against South Africa at The Brit Oval yesterday.   

THE TIMES

Captaincy must have seemed very easy to Kevin Pietersen as his first day in charge of the England team coincided with the return of a rejuvenated Stephen Harmison and perfect conditions for swing that were superbly exploited by James Anderson.

Also: It would be exaggerating to suggest that Liverpool's Champions League triumph in 2005 has hung like a noose around Rafael Benitez's neck since, but the manager admits that, in one respect, he could have done without the problems that the "Miracle of Istanbul" inadvertently created for him.  

THE GUARDIAN

The England bowlers' collective, led by a rejuvenated Steve Harmison, gave Kevin Pietersen the sort of start to his reign as captain for which two days ago he would have traded all his tattoos and his earring. 

Also: Sir Alex Ferguson has urged the game's ruling bodies not to rush into introducing a quota system rationing the number of overseas players that English clubs could field.  

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Great Britain's Olympic campaign got off to the worst possible start yesterday when boxer Frankie Gavin, one of our best hopes for a gold medal, was sent home because he could not make the weight.

Also: Ashley Giles has come under pressure to step down as an England selector following a complaint that it is a conflict of interest with his day job as Warwickshire's director of cricket. 

THE INDEPENDENT

Kevin Pietersen's first action as England captain was to lose the toss, but thereafter almost everything the new man tried bore fruit as England enjoyed a dominant opening day of the fourth and final Test here yesterday.

Also: Andy Murray likes a challenge and yesterday's draw for the Olympic tennis tournament presented the British No 1 with the toughest task imaginable.