London, Nov. 4 : Chelsea coach-cum-manager Phil Scolari is so sure about Chelsea making the Champions League final, that he has already booked the team hotel.

The Blues have been staying at the 1,000-pound-a-night Cavalieri Hilton before tonight’s Champions League clash against Roma.

The final is back here next May and boss Big Phil said: “I like this hotel, it’s beautiful.

“If the hotel accepts, we’ll book it for next year. I will be very happy to come back here in May. It’s a fantastic hotel. We went for a walk today and it’s in a beautiful area with a great view,” The Sun quoted Scolari, as saying.

The hotel is situated in 15 acres of parkland and guests can even have ‘Gladiator Training’.

Madrid - Wednesday will be a very important night for Real Madrid.

That is when the Spanish giants will be trying to turn the tables on their Euro jinx team of recent years, Juventus of Turin, in the week's most high-profile Champions League game.

At the same time, Real will be trying to go back on top of Group H.

"The Old Lady", as Juventus are known in Italy, are currently top of the group, with seven points to Real's six - thanks to their 2-1 home win over the Spaniards two weeks ago.

New York, Nov. 4 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain has managed to narrow the electoral gap with Democratic rival Barack Obama in key battleground states, according to the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll.

But the overall results still leave Obama in a better position on the eve of the election.

Obama now leads in two of the battleground states while the candidates are tied or within a point of each other in four.

Los Angeles - Hours after losing Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess in a blockbuster trade, the Detroit Pistons went about their business as usual

Richard Hamilton scored 19 points and Rasheed Wallace had 15 to lead six teammates in double figures as the undefeated Pistons rolled to their third straight victory to start the season, by bashing the Charlotte Bobcats 101-83 on Monday night.

The victory wrapped up an emotional day for the Pistons, who sent their floor leader and three-time All-Star guard Billups, fan favourite forward Antonio McDyess and backup centre Cheikh Samb to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for the high-scoring guard Allen Iverson

Washington, Nov 4 : The oldest known Hebrew text, found in Israel, could lend historical support to some Bible stories, including the one about King David.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the 3,000-year-old pottery shard, with five lines of text, was found during excavations of the Elah Fortress, the oldest known Biblical-period fortress that dates to the 10th century B. C.

The Elah Fortress is above the valley where the biblical character of David is said to have battled Goliath.

It is the most important archaeological discovery in Israel since the Dead Sea Scrolls, according to lead researcher Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University''s Institute of Archaeology.

London, Nov 4 : English comedian Russell Brand is in talks for a five-million-pound role in the next Pirates of The Caribbean movie, as Captain Jack Sparrow’s brother.

Captain Jack Sparrow is a character played by American actor Johnny Depp, and in the fourth instalment, the swashbuckling pirate will also have a younger brother, Jonathan.

If the deal goes through, Brand, 33, will automatically end up on the Hollywood A-list, and that too in less than a week after resigning from his Radio 2 show over the Andrew Sachs phone row involving him and Jonathan Ross.