THE SUN: Manchester United turned up the title heat on Arsenal with a gritty Old Trafford win.

DAILY MIRROR: Kevin Keegan will be given £20million to make Manchester City great again next season by the club's new power brokers.

DAILY STAR: Newcastle's Premier title hopes went out of Africa last night.

DAILY EXPRESS: Aston Villa captain Olof Mellberg has revealed that referee Mark Halsey came close to abandoning the "Battle of Birmingham'.

DAILY MAIL: Michael Vaughan last night formally put himself forward to succeed Nasser Hussain as England's one-day cricket captain.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Kevin Keegan won his power struggle at Manchester City yesterday when chairman David Bernstein resigned, but the club's board will not mark his departure with a spending frenzy this summer.

THE TIMES: Just as Arsene Wenger was beginning to sit back and think that a three-horse race had been turned into a procession for his Arsenal team, Manchester United showed that, almost in spite of themselves, they remain contenders for the Barclaycard Premiership title.

THE INDEPENDENT: As the World Cup prepared to limp into its second stage it emerged yesterday that the international game might be remodelled to help it throw away the crutches in future.

THE GUARDIAN: Rumours of a takeover bid were swirling around Manchester United yesterday amid speculation that the Irish entrepreneurs JP McManus and John Magnier had increased their stake in the club.