Source: Daily_Mail
What the back pages say: July 29
DAILY MAIL: Andrew Flintoff bowled with pace and hostility in the Edgbaston nets yesterday, then declared that he is determined to rough up Ricky Ponting's Aussies in all three remaining Ashes Tests.
Read more: Look out, Aussies: Freddie's fit and ready to lead England's attack at Edgbaston
Also: England's painfully long run of Dublin debacles ended in celebration last night at landing the richest prize in rugby history, the first £300million World Cup.
Read more: England win Rugby World Cup (again): RFU beat off Boks to secure £300m 2015 jackpot
THE SUN: Newcastle are set to start the season without Alan Shearer in charge.
Also: Fernando Torres has warned that selling close pal Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid would be disastrous for Liverpool's title hopes. Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is dismissing Real Madrid as no threat to his Euro ambitions.
DAILY MIRROR: Joleon Lescott is set to join Kolo Toure at Manchester City as Mark Hughes' spending spree continues.
Also: Owen Hargreaves could be ruled out until Christmas after suffering another setback in his recovery from knee surgery. Michael Schumacher will consider a return to Grand Prix racing in place of injured Felipe Massa.
DAILY STAR: Kolo Toure flew back to England yesterday and is on the brink of taking Mark Hughes' Manchester City mega summer spree to £94million.
Also: Chelsea are weighing up an £8.6m swap deal for playmaker Andrea Pirlo that would send Claudio Pizarro and Michael Mancienne to AC Milan.
Read more: Chelsea table Andrea Pirlo offer that would see Pizarro and Mancienne head to AC Milan
DAILY EXPRESS: Sunderland were last night on the verge of clinching their record signing with £14million target Darren Bent preparing for a medical on Wearside.
Also: Martin O'Neill predicts Manchester City's spending spree could win them the Premier League this season.
THE TIMES: England's efforts to bring rugby union's World Cup home yesterday went to the wire.
Also: Gemma Spofforth dedicated an historic victory at the Foro Italico last night to her late mother, Lesley, after becoming the first British woman to win the world 100 metres backstroke title and the first since 1958 to hold the world record.
Read more: Out with the old and in with a new world 100m backstroke record for super Spofforth
DAILY TELEGRAPH: The promised golden decade of sport for the United Kingdom continues to take shape.
THE GUARDIAN: The chaos over the controversial 'supersuits' that has engulfed swimming yesterday continued as Michael Phelps suffered his first defeat in five years in the 200m freestyle just after the world governing body announced it would ban the costumes.
Also: With the clock ticking at under three years before London hosts the Olympic games, some of Great Britain's top athletes, swimmers and cyclists are still refusing to sign a sponsorship scheme the authorities have designed to plug a £50m funding gap.
THE INDEPENDENT: Andrew Flintoff, who has already performed like a man hardly of this earth in the Ashes series, is using space technology to ensure his continued participation.
