8 November 2005 Real Madrid Sign World Record Sponsorship Deal Real Madrid has signed a World record shirt sponsorship deal with Taiwanese company BenQ Mobile. The deal is worth €100 million over 5 years. Italy Close in on Euro 2012 Italy and joint bids from Croatia & Hungary and Poland & Ukraine have been short-listed to host Euro 2012. Bids from Turkey and Greece has been rejected. The final round of voting takes place next month. Jestrovic Banned for Three Games Anderlecht striker Nenad Jestrovic has been banned for three games by UEFA after being found guilty of 'a racially-motivated insult' against Liverpool midfielder Mohammed Sissoko. Jestrovic was sent off by referee Kim Milton Nielsen after the incident but later, predictably, protested his innocence : "I am not a racist but unfortunately I don't matter and the referee does." 7 November 2005 Rix Appointed Hearts Coach Controversial former Chelsea, Portsmouth and Oxford coach Graham Rix has been appointed coach of Hearts in succession to George Burley. Father of four Rix served six months of a 12 month jail sentence for having a relationship with a 15 year old girl. Mourinho Dismissive of Man United Challenge "I am not happy because we have lost but I am proud of the team because they deserved to win. Manchester United defended with great spirit and a lot of effort and their future is only looking better for them now but they are not good enough to be champions, only to finish closer to us and not drop quite so many points. There is still more pressure on them than there is us and if  you asked them if they wanted to change positions with us, they would do so in a moment." Jose Mourinho 3 November 2005 Sommeil Out Until New Year Manchester City defender David Sommeil is not expected to play again this year after fracturing his cheekbone in Monday night's victory over Aston Villa. Demichelis Extends With Bayern Bayern's Argentinean midfielder Martin Demichelis has signed a three-year contract extension tying him to the club until 2010. 2 November 2005 Rummenigge - Small Clubs Don't Need Money With the rights to Bundesliga matches up for auction, Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge claimed small clubs don't need money : "From a sporting point of view the smaller clubs don't benefit at all from the extra millions. It is the rich German clubs who need the extra money to be able to compete against even wealthier clubs in European competition. Juventus get €115 million from tv revenue, Real Madrid and Barcelona pick up around €100 million, Manchester United collect over €50 million and Bayern get €16.2 million. It is a joke."