Chelsea-Inter Milan: Forget Tiger Woods or Cheltenham, This Is the One To Watch

On a day when everyone is meant to be ranting and raving about the return of Jose Mourinho to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea host Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League, for some reason there seems to be more pressing matters in world sport.

Such matters being the return of Tiger Woods to golf, and his forthcoming appearance at his favourite comeback event, the US Masters in Augusta.

After the whole extramarital affairs saga with Mr. Woods having sex with 10 million women and holding a laughable press conference in Florida last month, it seems that naughty Tiger yet again craves the limelight.

But his ego-boosting announcement of a return to professional golf has to make do with a 50 percent share of the sporting spotlight, as there's other big news.

March is the one time of the year when sports fans actually seem to take some vague interest in horse racing, as the Cheltenham Festival begins.

And for those who care, Binocular (the name of the race-winning horse) was right back to his best as he blitzed the field to win the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in devastating style.

He travelled in sublime style throughout under jockey Tony McCoy and could be called the winner a long way from home.

Oh, and in case you really wanted to know, Menorah stayed on to hold off Get Me Out Of Here in a thrilling finish to the opening race of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival—the Spinal Research Supreme Novices' Hurdle—with red-hot favourite Dunguib coming home third.

But for those who don't care, here's a colossal story that is slowly being degraded to the archives only hours prior to kickoff.

Carlo Ancelotti will again be up against his Milan nemesis, Jose Mourinho, aka The Special One, as Chelsea host Inter Milan in the second leg of the Champions League first knockout round.

Inter won 2-1 at the San Siro, and the current Serie A leaders will hope to finally beat an English team after failing against Manchester United and Liverpool in seasons past.

The Nerazzurri will be without fiery frontman Mario Balotelli, who hasn't travelled with the squad following a reported training ground bust-up with manager Mourinho.

As for Chelsea, the players and manager will be looking to do one over their former boss/archenemy, as the Blues (and billionaire owner Roman Abramovich) look to win Europe's ultimate sporting prize for the first time in their history.

However, they could well be rather shaky in goal, as both Petr Cech and stand-in goalkeeper Hilario are ruled out injured, meaning former Middlesbrough man Ross Turnbull will make only his second appearance for Chelsea, after featuring against West Ham United at the weekend.

The likes of Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, and Goran Pandev will therefore be looking to attack the Chelsea goal as much as possible, giving yet another reason as to why the Stamford Bridge showdown is looking like a potentially epic encounter.

So forget that massive ego-pusher who goes by the name of Tiger Woods, and please take your mind off the Cheltenham Festival for two seconds.

There's only one big event in town, and that's the clash of the titans at the Bridge, where the front-runners of the two greatest football leagues on earth go head-to-head.

It's the Premier League against Serie A, and it's Chelsea against Inter Milan. Two of the most prestigious clubs in World Football, battling for its ultimate club prize, the UEFA Champions League trophy.