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The Morning Score: Wednesday

Spurs clinch a dramatic win in Italy, Contador gets off the hook and Tony McCoy faces a dilemma.

1. #CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Spurs earned a famous win at the San Siro last night as they beat AC Milan 1-0.

Peter Crouch scored the crucial 80th-minute goal after an electrifying run by winger Aaron Lennon. Read how the action unfolded in our minute-by-minute report.

2. #CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Tonight, Arsenal face Barcelona in a mouth-watering tie while AS Roma host Shaktar Donetsk.

3. #DOPING Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been cleared of doping.

The 28-year-old Spaniard reported an adverse finding for Clenbuterol on 21 July last year, attributing the result on the second rest day to contaminated meat and maintaining his innocence throughout.

4. #EUROPA LEAGUE Manchester City earned a scoreless draw in Greece. It was a bad game.

5. #SWIMSUIT ISSUE Russian model Irina Shayk is the cover girl for this year’s Sport Illustrated swimsuit edition. She also happens to be Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend.

6. #SIX NATIONS Rob Kearney is likely to miss the entire Six Nations championship. The Leinster full back underwent keyhole surgery on his knee yesterday morning.

7. #RACING Tony McCoy admits he faces a difficult decision whether to stick with Don’t Push It as his ride in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree in April.

Don’t Push It has been burdened with joint-top weight of 11st 10lb – 5lb more than he carried last year – when the weights were announced yesterday.

8. #NBA For no good reason, here’s the top 25 buzzer beaters of the season.

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