Man Utd poised to win top honour

Manchester United are the front runners to win the inaugural Most Athleticism Award. In a statement released by the awards committee, the judges are said to be extremely impressed by Paul Scholes' volleyballing exploits against Zenith St Petersburg last night. "That was sheer brilliance, magical!" a spokesperson said.

When interviewed, star performer in the divings category Cristiano Ronaldo backed his teammate for the "Golden Boot" award. "He deserved it, I have never seen anything like this before. Scholesy gave his all!"

However, that would not go down too well with the Chelsea camp; whom pundits had tipped for the award during the preseason; with Chelsea diver Didier Drogba understood to have branded Scholes a cheat after the latter's heroic showing.