BEIJING - BEIJING'S Bird's Nest stadium has been transformed into a motor racing track, with some of the world's top drivers gearing up to compete in the 2009 Race of Champions here on Wednesday.

LONDON - ENGLISH Premier League clubs and others must stop amassing huge debts and new regulations will be drawn up to regulate team finances, Uefa president Michael Platini said on Tuesday.

In an interview in The Daily Telegraph the Frenchman said a Uefa committee would meet next week to begin devising new rules to protect the financial welfare of European clubs.

LIVERPOOL - WAYNE Rooney and his wife Coleen were all smiles on Tuesday as they left hospital with their first baby, Kai Wayne.

The Manchester United and England striker and his childhood sweetheart left Liverpool Women's Hospital in north-west England the day after their son was born.