THE SUN: Under-fire Leeds boss Terry Venables is facing increasing pressure to give up his TV work.

DAILY MIRROR: Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson will make an £8million attempt to sign Chelsea defender John Terry when the transfer window re-opens.

DAILY MAIL: Sir Alex Ferguson last night made the baffling claim that Manchester United have played badly only twice this season.

DAILY EXPRESS: Peter Ridsdale has told friends he will consider making a bid for Adam Crozier's old FA chief executive job if he finds himself out of work on Friday morning.

DAILY STAR: Dennis Bergkamp last night claimed Double-winners Arsenal were being victimised because of their success.

THE TIMES: British journalists have been refused visas to accompany international cricket inspectors on their fact-finding tour of Zimbabwe this week, so plunging the 2003 World Cup, now only 75 days away, into further disarray.

THE INDEPENDENT: England's tour of Australia is in danger of becoming a farce after Andrew Caddick became the latest player to be struck down by injury and made doubtful for a Test match.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Confident of Sky's obsession with Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and the other elite clubs, the Premier League said yesterday that they expect the next television deal to equal the current £1.1billion contract, despite analysts' warnings that the rights bubble had burst.

THE GUARDIAN: The Princess Royal's daughter Zara Phillips looks likely to be given the opportunity to become only the second member of the royal family to represent Britain in the Olympic Games, thanks to the help of her mother.