A week ago, Chelsea were not Champions League winners, Kevin Pietersen had a little bit more money and David Cameron's personal view on John Terry was a mystery.

Seven days on, here are the highlights from a bumper week of sporting quotes:

Farewell, Didier

"The spirit you saw in the dressing room after the match was unbelievable: the camaraderie ... they were sitting and talking for the longest time. They didn't get back to the hotel until almost three o'clock in the morning. Didier, of course, was dancing on the table, praying to the Cup. It was almost a religious experience." — Bruce Buck

It is rare that a player is outshone in his own testimonial, but that is exactly what happened to Russian football legend Vadim Evseev.

Evseev secured his place in Russian football history when he scored a goal against Wales in 2003 to ensure his country qualified for Euro 2004.

Following retirement, he was awarded a testimonial at the home of his former club Lokomotiv Moscow - and scored a consolation for Russia, who were losing 4-0 to a Rest of the World side at the time.

But the biggest cheer of the day came once he had been subbed off five minutes before the end of the 35-minutes-each-way

Barcelona have released pictures of their new home and away shirts — both of which are sure to cause plenty of debate.

Kit designers Nike say the new orange-and-yellow away shirt, which looks strikingly like the American sweet Candy Corn,  is an "explosion of bright colour to celebrate the club's effervescent style of play".

The choice of colours is said to "pay homage to the city's mixture of culture, art, style and architecture".

Nike have also taken a risky move with their new home kit, which does away with the club's famous blue and red stripes.

The press release to accompany the design

Peter Schmeichel often displayed during his Manchester United days that sometimes the best way to launch a counter-attack is with a quick throw-out from the goalkeeper.

But he had nothing on this guy:

With Cameroon trailing Egypt 2-1 in stoppage time of a friendly in Sudan last week, the Indomitable Lions' goalkeeper Alan Tshoumi Tiko knew he needed to get the ball upfield.

He came up with a novel way to get the attack going, performing a somersault before launching an incredible long throw that landed deep in the Egyptian half.

Unfortunately for Tiko, the throw was in vain as a Cameroon

A jersey worn by baseball legend Babe Ruth has sold for $4,415,656 (£2.79 million) at auction — making it the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold.

The auction house Lelands purchased the shirt which is the earliest jersey worn by Ruth known to still exist, a circa 1920 New York Yankees away shirt he wore in his first season after coming over from the Boston Red Sox

The jersey's price surpassed the $4,338,500  (£2.72m) paid in 2010 for Dr. James Naismith's founding rules of basketball — called the "Bible of Basketball" — making Ruth's the most expensive sports memorabilia in

The 1981 Ashes series is considered among the best ever and one of the unsung heroes of the team was bowler Chris Old, who helped England come from behind to beat Australia 3-1.

Old played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs for England between 1972 and 1981, while he also had a successful county career, most notably at Yorkshire.

However, he now spends 24 hours of his week in the rather less glamorous surroundings of Sainsbury's in Truro, Cornwall working for £6 per hour in the newspaper and magazine section.

Nevertheless, Chris happily gets on with his job and makes no big deal about his former profession

CHAMPIONS!

"We had the best and worst five minutes in our lives... To win it like this is incredible. I don't think I've ever seen a finale like this." - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini on the extraordinary end to the Premier League season which saw City crowned champions.

"You want to say it's the best moment of your life but, if I'm honest, please never again this way." City captain Vincent Kompany admits that winning the title with two goals in injury time took years off his life.

"I congratulate City on winning the league. Anybody who wins it deserves it." - Alex Ferguson starts

The ugly spectre of hooliganism looked set to blight Dutch football on Sunday when fans of NEC Nijmegen were on the verge of a riot.

But NEC's club captain, goalkeeper Gabor Babos, stepped in to save the day in astonishing scenes.

NEC's fans were furious after they had seen their hopes of securing a spot in Europe disappear: they'd just beaten Vitesse Arnhem 3-2, but it was not enough to overturn their 2-0 first leg deficit in the battle for a Europa league berth, which in Dutch football is decided via a play-off.

Looking to vent their rage the NEC fans were trying to break down a wall and