Making the back pages this morning, Thursday August 21, 2008: 

THE SUN: Lost the plot, lost an ally and almost lost the game on another wretched night for English football. Also: Dimitar Berbatov faces a furious Spurs backlash after we snapped him signing a Manchester United shirt. Furious Cassie Patten led an explosive attack on Germany and Australia last night as the 10k open swim erupted into controversy.

DAILY MIRROR: Joe Cole saved England's blushes - but Fabio Capello's warm-up for the World Cup qualifiers ended in jeers. Also: Wales slumped to defeat against a passionate Georgia side as John Toshack's men failed to boost their World Cup build-up. Usain Bolt last night "blew the world's mind" as he smashed another world record to confirm his status as the biggest global star of the Beijing Olympics.

DAILY STAR: Fabio Capello is running out of time to get England's World Cup campaign on track. Also: Martin O'Neill has been handed £25m from owner Randy Lerner to help prise Roque Santa Cruz out of Blackburn. Roy Keane's crusade to transform Sunderland into a Premier League force went into overdrive last night when he swooped for Marseille striker Djibril Cisse.

DAILY EXPRESS: Brian Barwick was last night ruthlessly sacked as chief executive of the Football Association. Also: Phillips Idowu is set to become the first British man for eight years to win an individual Olympic athletics gold medal in Beijing. Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu has been warned that she will have to improve to achieve her target of a clean sweep of all four major titles.

DAILY MAIL: FA chief executive Brian Barwick is being dramatically ousted from Soho Square after just three years in the job. Also: Natasha Danvers repaid the faith of Britain's selectors when she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 400metres hurdles - an event for which she was fortunate to be chosen. Britain's Olympic medal-winning boxers were tainted by disgrace in the ranks last night when boxer Billy Joe Saunders was suspended for obscene and lewd behaviour.

THE TIMES: Brian Barwick was dramatically unseated from his position as Football Association chief executive last night after an irretrievable breakdown in his relationship with Lord Triesman, the chairman. Also: Despite the traumas, the poor judging and the nerves, Great Britain's boxers have done their bit for Team GB by beating their own medal target.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: England were so poor here that their sponsors took the unprecedented step of voting an opponent, Jan Polak, as man of the match for fear of any white-shirted recipient being booed.

THE GUARDIAN: The single achievement for England last night was the eradication of any complacency about the campaign ahead. Also: Milan are exploring ways in which they can cover Andriy Shevchenko's wages as they edge closer towards re-signing the Ukraine international on a season-long loan to end a dismal two-year spell at Chelsea.

THE INDEPENDENT: Joe Cole might have stolen the equaliser in injury-time last night but it was England who punctured the national mood after the heroics of Team GB in the Olympics. Also: Mikael Silvestre, the French defender, last night became the first player since Brian Kidd 34 years ago to move from Manchester United to Arsenal.