The Week in Review: Sport

THEY USED to play on grass, but now they prefer to exchange blows in the High Court. Gaining an injunction for wrongful dismissal within hours of being sacked, Terry Venables, the Tottenham Hotspur chief executive, plans to use the courts to force Alan Sugar to sell him his controlling interest in the club.

The on-field scrapping lacks such intrigue as Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday lay on a feast of gruel in the FA Cup final, drawing 1-1. Five days later, a header from Andy Linighan in the 240th and final minute of the debate sees Arsenal become the first club to complete an FA Cup-League Cup double.

Another phoney war begins at Old Trafford, where Australia win the first episode of the Texaco Trophy mini-series by four runs as Craig McDermott burns a good few reputations in advance of the summer's principal drama.