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Iestyn Harris is set to resume his interrupted Great Britain career after being named in the squad to face New

Iestyn Harris is set to resume his interrupted Great Britain career after being named in the squad to face New Zealand in the Tri-Nations in Huddersfield tomorrow. “It was a major point because until then I thought we contained them ­ they didn’t create any real chances until Paddy went off.”For his part, Kisnorbo said the sending off was “the lowest point of my career”.Heart Of Midlothian (4-4-2): Gordon; Neilson, Webster, Pressley, Maybury; Hamill (Weir, 76), Hartley, Kisnorbo, McAllister; McKenna (de Vries, 66), Pereira (MacFarlane, 51). Substitutes not used: Moilanen (gk), Wyness, de Vries, Weir, Berra, Stewart.Schalke 04 (4-1-3-2) Rost; Ouide-Kamphuis, Waldoch, Bordon, Pander; Poulsen; Altinop (Kobiashvili, 60), Lincoln, Sand (Hanke, 86); Ailton, Asamoah (Varela, 60). Substitutes not used: Heimeroth (gk), Klasener, Rodriguez, Vermant, Varela.Referee: N Ivanov (Russia).. Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell helped to launch Aston Martin’s latest motorsport programme yesterday. The British company suggested a new future for sportscar racing when the former Formula One racers unveiled their new DBR9 contender which will race in the Le Mans 24-Hour endurance classic that Aston Martin won back in 1959.

However, Citro?and Peugeot announced yesterday that they will leave the series at the end of the 2005 season.. A killer touch was absent when Hearts made a great chance after 22 minutes when Jamie McAllister’s venomous shot was beaten out by goalkeeper Frank Rost only for Paul Hartley to hit the keeper with the rebound.Schalke, though, displayed a fluency of movement that befitted their status as second in the Bundesliga. Their two Brazilians, Lincoln and Ailton, combined well nine minutes before half-time for the latter to fire a just over. Then Lincoln conjured up a clever shot that Craig Gordon touched over the bar.Hearts’ prospects were not helped when Kisnorbo was sent off just two minutes into the second half. His attempt to win a penalty was punished with a second booking for diving, adding to a first for dissent, to become a petty dismissal.Schalke went for the jugular. Ebbe Sand hit one post and Niels Ouide-Kamphuis struck the other before Gordon made a great save from Ailton’s header. The Germans broke the deadlock in the 73rd minute when Lincoln robbed Hartley and hit a 30-yard shot past Gordon.Robertson said the sending off of Kisnorbo was a turning point.

John Robertson’s homecoming party was wrecked at Murrayfield last night as Hearts slumped to their second successive defeat in Group A of the Uefa Cup. Two of them are from England.” Mutu’s ban is a month shorter than that handed out to Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand last season for missing a drugs test. The comparative harshness of Ferdinand’s ban was because the FA did not want to give players an incentive to miss tests.Mutu has already started his rehabilitation at the Sporting Chance Clinic, run by the former Arsenal and England captain, Tony Adams.The player has also received support from his national association, with Romania’s coach, Anghel Iordanescu, saying he will keep his captain in his plans, “to [make him] feel that he is still part of [the] national team of Romania”.Chelsea’s aggressive stance ensures peace is unlikely any time soon.CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Suspensions for drug-related misdemeanoursDIEGO MARADONA1991 15-month ban (cocaine). Recently had cardiac treatmentLEE BOWYER1995 10 games (cannabis). Now with NewcastleCHRISTOPHE DUGARRY1999 Six months (nandrolone). Now plays in QatarEDGAR DAVIDS2001 Eight months (nandrolone, served four). Now with InternazionaleJAAP STAM2002 Ten months (nandrolone, served four) Now with MilanMARK BOSNICH2002 Nine months (cocaine) Looking for a clubRENE HIGUITA2002 Six matches (cocaine).

Now playing for Veracruz in ColombiaRIO FERDINAND2003 Eight months (missed test) Still with United. If only it was always this straightforward for Newcastle United. They disposed of Dynamo Tbilisi last night in a manner bordering on the contemptuous and disproved the theory that there are no easy games in European competition. Kluivert, in particular, contributed an accomplished performance.But there were wasted opportunities and Souness admitted: “I’m a wee bit disappointed we didn’t get more We had a lot of chances and only took two. But our approach play was good and hopefully we are saving the goals for another match.”It was surprising that Dynamo survived for 38 minutes before Newcastle broke through and scored for the 100th time at St James’ Park in European competition.

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