England star Rooney axed from Sky’s Scottish ads

By Michael MacLeod

SKY bosses have admitted they have relegated Wayne Rooney to the sidelines of an advertising drive in a bid to please Scotland fans.

England’s star striker is hidden at the edge of Sky TV’s posters promoting their World Cup coverage north of the Border.

But the posters sport a different line-up in England, with Rooney front and centre of a montage of the tournament’s major players.

Tartan Army fans slammed Sky for “not getting it” that Rooney’s skill is unlikely to make Scots switch off.

They claimed they love good football no matter who is playing and insisted England’s commentators, not players, were the biggest frustration when watching the World Cup.

Robots mimic football’s worst cheats

By Michael MacLeod

FOOTBALL daft boffins were studying last night’s Champion’s League final for tips on teaching their robotic dream team on how to milk it like Messi or roll like Ronaldo to gain an advantage on the pitch.

Diving to con the referee is commonplace in football and now the robots are being shown how to copy the game’s biggest fakers.

The mechanical stars of this year’s RoboCup will be tumbling like Tevez to help ease their way to victory.

And their creators will have been glued to the Man Utd v Barcelona match while training for the annual RoboCup this summer, when 2,500 scientists from 36 countries will clash Austria.