THE SUN: Sven-Goran Eriksson will escape showdown talks with the FA - because they do not want to push him out of the England job.

DAILY MIRROR: Gerard Houllier last night refused to accept Liverpool are in crisis - despite their embarrassing defeat at Birmingham which blew a massive hole in the Reds' Champions League hopes.

DAILY STAR: Gerard Houllier has admitted for the first time he is ready to walk out on Liverpool and return to France.

DAILY EXPRESS: England chiefs are divided over the future of Sven-Goran Eriksson according to a Football Association insider, who said the national coach was "too expensive" and many people would not shed many tears if he walked away".

DAILY MAIL: Manchester United will not be punished by the FA for their alleged attempt to recruit Sven-Goran Eriksson as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor.

THE TIMES: It is not often a century by Sachin Tendulkar can have been put in the shade, but yesterday the little master from India found himself utterly upstaged as John Davison plundered the fastest century in World Cup history.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Mutiny turned into bounty for West Ham United at The Hawthorns yesterday.

THE INDEPENDENT: Stung by West Ham's success against West Bromwich at The Hawthorns and inspired by the perpetual motion of Robbie Savage, Birmingham conjured an overdue and deserved win of their own yesterday to re-establish a six-point gap between themselves and the Premiership relegation zone.

THE GUARDIAN: Any fears Paula Radcliffe's brilliant form of 2002 would not continue into this year were dispelled in stunning fashion when she resumed her world-record breaking form in a 10km race here yesterday.