Sports stars such as ex-footballer Lucas Radebe are to help South Africa's police officers get fit, the police chief has said.

Police Commissioner Bheki Cele admitted that some serving officers are overweight and even obese.

He said that all senior police managers would have to start going to gym sessions in January 2010.

South Africa hosts the World Cup next year and the authorities have sought to reassure visitors about crime.

A UK-flagged chemical tanker has been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, maritime officials have confirmed.

The St James Park, which had been sailing to Thailand from Spain, was seized on Monday, Andrew Mwangura of the East Africa Seafarers' Association said.

South Korean playmaker Ki Sung Yueng has told his new Celtic team-mates to just call him Dave to avoid confusion.

"Communication is so important if players are to be comfortable with each other," the 20-year-old said

Sir Alex Ferguson has turned up the heat on Roberto Mancini by saying that he believes he will be in charge at Old Trafford by the time Manchester City have gone through a further six managers.

The Manchester United manager has condemned as "unacceptable" City’s treatment of Mark Hughes, who was sacked last Saturday after only 18 months in charge, but he sees no end to the club’s revolving-door policy.

Mancini became the fourteenth permanent manager to be appointed by City during Ferguson’s 23-year tenure at United and the Scot, who turns 68 on Thursday, mischievously suggested that he expects to be around by the time that number hits 20, even though he has hinted that he will retire before his 70th birthday.