Bolt upbeat ahead of first start

SYDNEY: Sprint superstar Usain Bolt looks set to make his first start as a professional footballer Friday, a challenge he said could determine if he has a future in the sport of his boyhood dreams.

Bolt said the coach of his Central Coast Mariners, Mike Mulvey, had indicated he would be in the starting line-up in a friendly against Macarthur South West United in Sydney. “For me, that’s always a good step, when the coach is satisfied with your fitness to put you in the starting line up — that’s always a big step,” Bolt said on Wednesday. attracted an investigation from the Football Association (FA) after the Old Trafford club’s come-from-behind 3-2 win over Newcastle United.

Reflecting on the same, the Old Trafford boss said, “As a friend of mine was saying to me this morning: if tomorrow it is raining in London it is my fault. If there is some difficulty to have the agreement of Brexit, it is my fault. And I have to be ready for this.”

BALE OUT OF SPAIN GAME: GIGGS

CARDIFF: Wales forward Gareth Bale will miss the chance to face Spain and his Real Madrid teammates in an international friendly on Thursday after coach Ryan Giggs said he had been ruled out through injury.

“Gareth has got a little bit of muscle fatigue and he won’t be involved against Spain,” Giggs said on Wednesday.