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If he has a significant other, Gerhard Schiesser, winner of the Salzburg Open, may be tempted to return to his place of triumph tonight as the Salzburg Casino is hosting Ladies’ Day every Wednesday in April. He had a fairy-tale weekend after opening a poker treasure-chest and discovering €47,880, so he can more than afford the €25 entrance fee.

Not only does his lucky lady receive the amount in chips, she is automatically entered into a ‘shooting star’ competition, in which a lucky winner is awarded a professional photo-shoot. There will be a grand finale in December and a jury will announce the Casino’s ‘Palace Queen’ 2008. Maybe the enchanted Gerhard and his princess could be blessed with further happiness. …

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Arsene Wenger has ended up with oeuf on his face after his prediction that Arsenal could win the Champions and Premier League double hit the buffers at Anfield. But if that wasn´t bad enough the Gallic moaner is blaming refereeing decisions for Arsenal´s defeat over two legs to Liverpool.

It is a shame that one of the greatest and most dramatic matches in British football history has been tarnished by this ungrateful loser´s comments.

Wenger has been around long enough to know the score. You can´t expect every refereeing call to go in you favour all the time. Rather than accept his side were turned over by a very good side - who came back from a goal down to win …

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Seems like Man Utd aren’t the only team out there bemoaning their bad luck on the injury front, for now it’s Chelsea’s turn to suffer. In the space of two days, the title-hunting, Champions League-chasing Blues have managed to lose not only one, but two of their goalkeepers!

First up, Petr Cech. The poor fella’s been in the wars for the past couple of seasons and had only just returned to training following an ankle injury when he copped a smack in the chops – all accidental, mind – when he collided with team-mate Ben Haim in training. Result? A two-hour op and 50 stitches. Ouch!

Next, Cech’s back-up Carlo Cudicini, who’d probably walk into most other Premier League teams, pinged a …

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Occasional musician, jogger, scientologist and ex-druggie Pete Doherty is taking a break from live performances for 14 weeks.  Management have blamed overwork and exhaustion for the break. Oh hang on, sorry, our mistake, Pete will soon be looking for veins in a cell with Amy Winehouse’s Blake Incarcerated as he’s been banged up like a good-un for yup, you guessed it drugs offences and breaking his probation.

Now call us cynical but we weren’t really buying this clean cut Pete image – despite the numerous tales of jogging, marathons and scientology. In its murky past Beat has been acquainted with a bottle of Benilyn (Drowsy) and we recognise the signs. Falling into Amy Winehouse’s gaff at 4 am looking like you’ve …

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