Ronaldo to miss start of season

as United's medical staff decide his ankle needs operating on.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/07/05/sfnman105.xml

Ronaldo is up to his old tricks, getting another member of his family to speak to the press this time saying he wants to stay at United. Trying to keep his options open as it looks like his dream move is doomed to failiure. Not very edifying really.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/07/05/sfnman105.xml

Real Madrid's allies in the media still playing games
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/07/05/ufnmanutd105.xml

Abramovitch admits to shady financial dealings in amassing his fortune according to Berezovsky court case papers.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4272509.ece
The murky world of post communist Russia revealed

The obituary of Charles Wheeler in the Independent, i saw the documentary that followed his life a couple of years ago, and it was excellent. He came across as a decent man with a nose for bullshit.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-charles-wheeler-distinguished-foreign-correspondent-who-exemplified-the-best-in-bbc-reporting-for-more-than-60-years-860524.html

Tristram Hunt on new liberalism, sweden and the lack of social democracy in this country.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/05/9

Polly Toynbee argues that higher education levels don't affect social mobility overall.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/05/education.communities