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Leeds Lash Out at Twickenham After Losing Lancaster to England
Leeds' director of rugby Stuart Lancaster is set to become England's head of elite player development

Hodgson Leads Rout But Irish Eyes for Europe Are Squinting
Fans at the Madejski Stadium were treated to host of magnificent tries as London Irish overwhelmed Leeds

Bradford Blown Away By Magic Leeds As Charms of Cardiff Fade
Bradford endured another poor away day at the Millennium Stadium, but it could be Super League's last weekend in Wales

Kiwi Test Calls Leave Wigan and Leeds Riled
Leeds are furious about the RLIF's decision to make the club release Brent Webb for two weeks to play for the Kiwis

Leeds Fail With Appeal to Get 15 Points Reinstated
Ken Bates has called for FA chairman Brian Mawhinney to resign after Leeds lost their appeal against a 15-point penalty

Leeds Fail to Overturn Points Deduction
An independent tribunal has upheld the 15-point penalty imposed on Leeds by the Football League at the start of the season

Leeds Letter May Incur Judge's Reprisal
Leeds' letter to the FA outlining their grounds to challenge their 15-point penalty breached rules governing arbitrations

Leonelli's Hat-trick Helps Push Leeds to the Brink of Relegation
Argentinian wing Francisco Leonelli scored three of Saracens' ten tries as Leeds suffered their worst defeat of the season

Leeds Drop Out of the Elite With Pledge to Keep Playing It English
Gloucester's Fijian flanker, Akapusi Qera, scored a hat-trick of tries as Leeds were condemned to relegation for the second time in three years

Rivals Angered As Leeds Verdict is Delayed for a Fortnight
The panel arbitrating on the Football League's 15-point penalty against Leeds United will take another fortnight to give their decision

Bold Crusaders Hold Out Until Mcguire Bags Grail
Below-par Leeds overcame the plucky Crusaders 38-16 thanks to some star turns from their teenage debutants

Late Leeds Decision Set to Wreak Havoc
Sir Philip Otton may take several weeks to deliver a verdict on Leeds's 15-point penalty, which could cause chaos in League One

McAllister Gets New Leeds Deal
Gary McCallister has been rewarded with a one-year rolling contract for steering Leeds towards the League One play-offs

Leeds Make Warrington Pay for Ill-discipline
Leeds eased to victory against a spirited Warrigton side to stay top of the league

Date and Panel Named for Leeds Points Appeal
Digger: Leeds United's 15-point penalty comes to arbitration on April 14, with the panel headed by the controversial Sir Philip Otton

Ryan Driven Half Mad With Points Loss and Munster in the Offing
Rugby: Guinness Premiership: Worcester 17-14 Gloucester. The Warriors ground out victory at Sixways to move 14 points clear of bottom club Leeds

Leonelli's Hat-trick Helps Push Leeds to the Brink of Relegation
Rugby: Guinness Premiership: Saracens 66-7 Leeds. Argentinian wing Francisco Leonelli scored three of Saracens' ten tries as Leeds suffered their worst defeat of the season

Burgess Spies Route to Success As Leeds Show Their Title Mettle
Rugby: Super League: St Helens 10-14 Leeds. Luke Burgess's try sealed a hard-fought victory for the Rhinos which sent them clear at the top

The Uphill Task of Righting Leeds Wrongs
Big interview: A legend as a player at Elland Road, Leeds manager Gary McAllister is now on a mission to recapture former glories

Guinness Premiership: This Weekend
Rugby union: Harlequins v Newcastle | Leicester v London Wasps | Worcester v Gloucester | London Irish v Bristol | Saracens v Leeds

Burgess Spies Route to Success As Leeds Show Their Title Mettle
Rugby: Super League: St Helens 10-14 Leeds. Luke Burgess's try sealed a hard-fought victory for the Rhinos which sent them clear at the top

Can Anyone Stop the Rhinos? We'll Soon Find Out
Andy Wilson previews St Helens v Leeds, picks a formidable-looking England Under-21s team, and presents the panel's tips for the weekend

Rival Coaches Play Mind Games As Cayless Waits in the Wings
Rugby league: Leeds and St Helens prepare to square up in the most anticipated match of the Super League season so far

Wilkin in Danger of Joining Saints' List of Absentees
Rugby league: St Helens could be without Jon Wilkin against Leeds on Friday, after he was charged with tripping

Jones-Buchanan Helps Rhinos Sound Ominous Warning
Super League: Leeds 44-2 Bradford Leaders Leeds sent out an ominous warning to the rest of the Super League as they crushed their local rivals

League Tight-lipped As Leeds Take 15-point Penalty to Court
Digger: Leeds United have filed a claim in their high court case against the Football League

Burrow Hits Century As Harlequins Are Trampled
Rugby league: Leeds 48-0 Harlequins. Rob Burrow scored his 100th try for Leeds as they moved clear at the top of the Super League by thrashing Harlequins

Expansion Hopefuls Draw Tough Opponents in Cup
Rugby league: Celtic Crusaders will face Leeds Rhinos while Toulouse are up against Bradford Bulls

Leeds Count Cost of Storm
Rugby league: Danny McGuire will be out for up to a month while Clinton Toopi has suffered a dislocated shoulder

Another Harry is Back As Ellis Seeks Again to Be Prince of Scrum-halves
Rugby: Guinness Premiership: Leicester 34-21 Leeds. Harry Ellis made his first appearance in 10 months during Leicester's victory

Senior Agrees One-year Rhinos Extension
Rugby league: Leeds and Great Britain center Keith Senior has signed a fresh contract with the Rhinos

Leeds Seek Win and Respect From Australia
Rugby league: Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington has said victory over Melbourne Storm would finally earn respect from the Australians

Rampaging Rhinos in Fine Fettle to Face Gathering Storm After Overcoming Obdurate Dragons
Rugby league: Leeds 34-6 Catalans. Scott Donald scored two tries as Leeds brushed past the Catalan Dragons at Headingley

Melbourne's Excuses Are a Storm in a Teacup
Andy Wilson says the Aussies should give British rugby league some credit if Leeds win the World Club Challenge, plus our panel's predictions for this weekend's games

Thackray Hopes Month at Doncaster Will Boost Career
Rugby league: Jamie Thackray has joined Doncaster on loan from Leeds in hopes of getting his career back on track

Storm Preparation Hits Luggage Snag
Rugby league: Melbourne Storm's preparations for their game with Leeds Rhinos has been disrupted by luggage delays

Leeds Challenge League's Points Deduction in the High Court
Leeds United are seeking to challenge the Football League's decision to dock them 15 points for entering administration

Rhinos Punish Sleeping Giants
Super League: Huddersfield 10-30 Leeds. A ruthless performance by the Rhinos left Huddersfield looking second-best

Ellis to Leave Leeds for Sydney
Rugby league: Leeds second-row Gareth Ellis will join the Sydney Wests Tigers next season

Staunton to Assist Leeds' Cause
Soccer: Steve Staunton is to be named assistant manager to Gary McAllister at Leeds United

No Leeds Olive Branch As Bulls Fear for Future Over Harris Case
Rugby league: Bradford chairman fears Super League club could go under if row over Iestyn Harris goes on

McAllister Returns to Football at Leeds
Gary McAllister will replace Dennis Wise as Leeds United manager after over four years out of the game

Doubts Over Hooper Leave Leeds With Hangover After Lost Weekend
Guinness Premiership: Leeds 24-26 London Irish. The Exiles edged out Leeds to leave the home side five points adrift at the foot of the table

Leeds Not Throwing in the Towel
Rugby union: Wasps 25-17 Leeds

Wasps Denied Yet Another Bonus
Rugby union: Wasps 25-17 Leeds Wasps' march continued with a routine win but they could not grab a bonus point on a day dominated by more coaching speculation

Banahan Impresses Ashton and Helps Add Weight to Belief That the Glory Days Can Return to Bath
Bath 41-10 Leeds Rugby union: Bath's young winger Matt Banahan inspired a heavy defeat of visiting Leeds as the England coach looked on

Banahan Impresses Ashton and Helps Add Weight to Belief That the Glory Days Can Return to Bath
Bath 41-10 Leeds Rugby union: Bath's young winger Matt Banahan inspired a heavy defeat of visiting Leeds as the England coach looked on

Bath Move Top As Bristol and Wasps Share the Spoils
Rugby union: Bristol and Wasps battled to a bruising draw, while Bath thrashed Leeds Carnegie to move top of the Premiership

Guinness Premiership: This Weekend's Games
Bath v Leeds | Bristol v Wasps | Harlequins v Saracens | London Irish v Worcester | Newcastle v Gloucester | Sale v Leicester

Rhinos Keen to Play Storm at Home
Leeds are ready to recreate the magic of the first World Cup Challenge in its current guise with a game against the Melbourne Storm

Shepherd to Take Over Northern Club in New Year
Freddy Shepherd is poised to invest in a 'northern club' in the new year with Bolton, Leeds and Derby the most likely targets

Llanelli Turn on the Style to Mark Sad Passing of President Gravell
Llanelli Scarlets 59-19 Leeds Rugby union: Llanelli claimed a convincing bonus-point victory in an emotional night at Stradey Park.

Leeds's Baying Colosseum Revels in Ruthless Mauling of the Lions
League One: Leeds 4-2 Mill wall. Leeds continue their impressive home record after putting four past Mill wall to move into the play-off places.

Harris Courting Trouble As Bulls Threaten to Turn
Rugby league: Iestyn Harris is due to attend a mediation over his long-running contract dispute involving both Leeds and Bradford.

Governments Aren't Perfect, But It's the Libertarians Who Bleed Us Dry
George Monbiot: Northern Rock's former chairman liked to rage against regulation, until his bank had to beg £16bn from the detested state.

Fierce Baptism Faces New Leeds Coach Mcclennan
Rugby league: The Super League champions have a tough, congested start to next season, under new coach Brian McClennan.

Leeds Give Coach Perfect Leaving Present
St Helen's 6-33 Leeds Rugby league: In Tony Smith's last match in charge of Rhinos he saw them romp to a Grand Final win over Saints.

Leeds Provide First-class Leaving Do As Smith Bows Out
The coach and his club celebrate a Grand Final win reminiscent of their glory days, says Arindam Rej.

Leeds Are Too Strong for Overawed Saints
Leeds 33-6 St HelensSuper League grand final: Leeds romped to their second grand final win in four years against a subdued Saints at Old Trafford.

Bruised Peacock Gets Ready to Take Another for the Team
Leeds and St Helens's last match was fearsome but prop Jamie Peacock tells Andy Wilson why he wants to get stuck into Saints again.

A Close Call But Long Could Have the Drop on Leeds
The Super League final will be contested between 2007's best two teams and, says Andy Wilson, the game's too close to call.

Brilliant Peacock Helps Leeds Strut to Showdown With Saints
Leeds 36-6 Wigan Super-league play-offs Rugby league: Jamie Peacock helped inspire Rhinos to a runaway victory on the way to a grand final.

Bruised Leeds Looking to Buck the Noble Effect
Rugby league: Leeds must upset the form book and beat Wigan at Headingley if they are to save their coach's neck, says Andy Wilson.

Great Britain Will Not Face Webb in New Zealand Series
Rugby league: New Zealand and Leeds full-back Brent Webb said he will take a break at the end of the season.

Smith Kick Helps Saints Defy Leeds Onslaught to Secure Final Place
Rugby league: St Helens 10-8 Leeds: St Helens won thanks to a Matty Smith conversion but failed to impress in their laborious semi-final over Leeds.

Smith Kick Helps Saints Defy Leeds Onslaught to Secure Final Place
Rugby league: St Helens 10-8 Leeds: St Helens won thanks to a Matty Smith conversion but failed to impress in their laborious semi-final over Leeds.

Vainikolo Explodes With Five-try Blitz on His Debut
Leeds 24 - 49 Gloucester: Premiership: Lesley Vainikolo scored a spectacular 25 points on his Gloucester rugby union debut, almost breaking the Premiership's 11-year scoring record.

Bradford Poised to Catch Leeds
Rugby league: Bradford kept the pressure on Leeds in the race to finish second in the final Super League table with a 40-8 win against Catalans Dragons at Odsal

Bradford Snatch Share of the Points With Late Evans Try
Rugby: Bradford 16-16 Leeds: A James Evans try with two minutes remaining secured Bradford a valuable draw and the league lead.

Injury Puts Harmison Out of Durham's Prize-chasing
Cricket: Steve Harmison has been ruled out of the Friends Provident Trophy final as well as the rest of Durham's Championship campaign with internal bleeding.

Rhinos Rout Sends Salford Closer to the Drop
Rugby: Super League Leeds 52 - 14 Salford: Danny McGuire scored two of Rhinos' nine tries as they kept pressure on St Helens, while Salford seem relegation-bound.

Rhinos Rout Sends Salford Closer to the Drop
Rugby: Super League Leeds 52 - 14 Salford: Danny McGuire scored two of Rhinos' nine tries as they kept pressure on St Helens, while Salford seem relegation-bound.

Bates Won Back Leeds Without Making Biggest Bid
Soccer: Ken Bates regained control of Leeds United despite not making the biggest bid for the club.

Cycling: Gutter Tactics Leave Moreau's Dreams Bleeding
French favorite Christophe Moreau saw his chances disappear after a critical error on stage 11, won by Robbie Hunter.

Rugby League: Wigan 18 - 2 Leeds
Wigan sent Leeds the same way as the RFL with a crushing win to stop the Yorkshiremen from moving to the top of the table.

League Seeks Assurances Over Leeds Sale
Soccer: The Football League has asked for assurances regarding the sale of Leeds United to Ken Bates before they will reconsider handing the club its 'golden share'.

Rugby League: Wigan Face Battle on Two Fronts
Wigan get set to fight on two fronts, a grilling on the salary-cap affair off the pitch followed by a bruising encounter with Leeds on it.

Bates is Mr Leeds Again - But at What Price?
Digger: Ken Bates is back at Leeds, but questions still remain. By Matt Scott

Rugby League: Mcclennan 'honoured' By Rhinos Switch
Brian McClennan has quit as the New Zealand national coach in order to succeed Tony Smith at Leeds.

Rugby League: St Helens 10 - 22 Leeds
Leeds demolished St Helens with a hugely impressive performance at Knowsley Road.

Bates' Rival Enters Leeds Fray and Pledges to Restore Former Glories
Soccer: Businessman Simon Franks has emerged as a potential rival to Ken Bates in the unresolved Leeds United takeover.

Customs' Legal Challenge May Force U-turn on Leeds Takeover
Ken Bates has failed in his bid to save his takeover of Leeds United from a HM Revenue and Customs challenge.

Bates Offers Revenue New Deal
Soccer: Ken Bates has improved his offer to creditors to get HMRC approval for the takeover of Leeds United.

Rugby League: Super League: Leeds 14 - 38 Bradford
Lesley Vainikolo signed off from Super League in style as Bradford overpowered Leeds at Headingley.

Mps Urge Action Over Bates' Leeds Deal
Soccer: Three MP's have asked the Treasury to investigate Ken Bates' one penny takeover of Leeds United.

Rugby League: Hull Revive Spirit and Deny Leeds Chance of Returning to Summit
Super League: Hull 16 - 12 Leeds. The home team put some poor form behind them to beat their Yorkshire rivals in a tight contest.

Rugby League: Bulls Demand Points From Leeds After Ganson Apologises for Error
After Steve Ganson apologised publicly for the poor refereeing decision that cost Bradford victory against Leeds in Cardiff, Bradford want the points back.

Rugby League: Super League: Bradford 38 - 42 Leeds
Kevin Sinfield's late penalty rebounded kindly to Jordan Tansey who gave Leeds an unlikely victory.

Leeds Relegated After Entering Administration
Soccer: Leeds United have called in the administrators, incurring an immediate 10-point penalty which confirms their relegation to League One.

Rugby League: Bradford and Harris Get Boost From Lords
The battle between Leeds and Bradford over Iestyn Harris' controversial move could soon be resolved after a House of Lords ruling.

Desperate Leeds Appeal for Investors
Soccer: With relegation to League Two a certainty Leeds United are believed to be on the verge of filing for administration.

Super League: Leeds 38 - 19 St Helens.
Rugby: Daniel Anderson warned his St Helens players before the start of the season that it would be tougher to defend their Super League title than it had been to win it last year, but even the phlegmatic Australian coach must be surprised by the variety of problems that have piled up for the champions over the past couple of weeks.

Rugby League: Morgan Snub Leaves Leeds Searching for New Coach
Justin Morgan has signed a two-year contract extension at Hull Kingston Rovers to disappoint his admirers at Leeds.

Rugby League: Super League: Warrington 10 - 52 Leeds
Keith Senior scored his 200th career try as Leeds romped past Warrington.

Peacock Gets Better of Old Friends to Send Rhinos Charging to Top
Rugby: Super League: Bradford 14 - 18 Leeds: Former Bulls skipper Jamie Peacock assisted a Leeds score in the last three minutes to put them top of the Super League.

Rugby League: Smith Assumes Lions Top Job
Leeds head coach agrees deal to take charge of Great Britain.

Rugby League: Smith to Take Gb Job
Tony Smith will leave Leeds to become Great Britain's second overseas coach.

Guantanamo Inmate Waleed Bin Atash 'admits Attack on Uss Cole'
Waleed bin Attash, the suspected mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole, has reportedly confessed to his involvement during a US military hearing at Guantanamo Bay. The Associated Press said the Pentagon had revealed the confession today in a transcript it had released of proceedings at a military hearing at the US navy detention centre in Cuba.

Super League: Wakefield 26 - 32 Leeds
Rugby: Leeds maintain their unbeaten Super League record after withstanding a fierce Wakefield comeback.

Rugby Union: Leicester Docked Point for Fielding Ineligible Player
Leicester have been docked a point for fielding Ian Humphreys while the fly-half was registered with Leeds.

Rugby League: Anderson Backs Smith to Take England Role
St Helens coach Daniel Adamson reckons Leeds' Tony Smith is the ideal man to lead England at the World Cup.

Rugby League: Super League: Leeds 18 - 4 Hull Fc
Kevin Sinfield grabbed his first try for a year as Leeds weathered the conditions at Headingley to see off Hull.

Rugby League: £10m To Sponsor The Challenge Cup
Carnegie, the sports and education faculty of Leeds Metropolitan University, have pledged £10m to sponsor the Challenge Cup.

Leeds Poised to Buy Back Elland Road
Soccer: Leeds United say they will be in a position to buy back their ground as they can soon stop paying their players who have left the club.

Rugby League: Peacock Wins Best Forward Prize
Despite Great Britain's poor Tri-Nations series, Leeds prop Jamie Peacock has scooped the best forward in the world prize.

Leeds Join Cardiff in the Chase for Manchester United's Alan Smith
Soccer: Dennis Wise is hoping to head off Cardiff's bid to sign Alan Smith on loan and bring the Man Utd striker back to Elland Road.

Rugby League: Senior Targets Landmark Cap
Leeds centre Keith Senior hopes to hold off competition for his place to win 30 Great Britain caps.

Ridsdale 'on Brink of Cardiff Takeover'
Soccer: Former Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale is on the verge of completing a surprise takeover of Championship leaders Cardiff City.

Rugby League: Cullen Confident Ahead of Bulls Clash
After Lee Briers last-gasp drop-goal winner against Leeds, coach Paul Cullen feels Warrington are ready for Bradford.

Rugby League: Leeds 17 - 18 Warrington
Lee Briers struck a last-gasp drop goal to hand Warrington their first ever play-off win.

Rugby League: Leeds 18 - 20 Wigan
Wigan's resilience showed through as they won to end the week on the same number of points they started on.

Rugby League: Hetherington: Wigan Deserve Penalty
Leeds coach Gary Hetherington has joined the long line of people condemning Wigan for breaking the salary cap ahead of their clash.

Third Test: Inzaman Turns Leeds Air Blue
Cricket: Inzaman-ul-Haq might pray in Urdu but after a number of bad decisions it was clear that he most definitely swears in English.

Rugby League: Nero Helps Huddersfield Through
Challenge Cup: The Huddersfield underdogs' spirit was too much for a Leeds side without the free-scoring Danny McGuire.

Rugby League: Huddersfield's Paul is Leading Man
Challenge Cup: The resurgent Kiwi maestro, Robbie Paul is the key figure as Huddersfield chase their Cup dream against Leeds.

I Belong to Leeds
When examining the inner psyche, places of birth are a poor place to begin. By David Mckie

Rugby League: Warrington Set to Bring Morley Home
Warrington are set to land the signature of Adrian Morley seven years after he left Leeds for a succesful stint with the Sydney Roosters.

Rugby League: Leeds Anger Walker's Agent
Chev Walker's agent has accused Leeds of spinning an announcement about his player's impending departure from the club.

Big Guns Avoid Each Other in Quarters
Rugby League: St Helens and Leeds have been kept apart in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Powergen Challenge Cup.

Rugby League: Rhinos Face Losing Mathers and Walker
Rugby: Leeds Rhinos have been told that Richie Mathers is likely to miss the rest of the season through injury while Great Britain centre Chev Walker looks set to leave on a free transfer.

Rugby Union: Balshaw Joins the Leeds Exodus
England full-back Iain Balshaw has become the latest high profile player to flee the First division after he left Leeds for Gloucester.

Rugby League: Warrington 44 - 16 Leeds
The awesome New Zealand prop Paul Rauhihi was inspired as he helped the Wolves steamroller the Rhinos.

Rugby Union: Guinness Premiership: Leeds 7 - 31 Gloucester
Since their relegation was confirmed not a single Leeds player has signed a new contract, and this display was one of men with little left to play for.

Rugby Union: Davies Takes Leave of Leeds
Over ten years in charge at Leeds he took the Tykes from National League Three to the Heineken Cup, but relegation has driven Phil Davies from the club.

Sue Smith
Small Talk: England and Leeds winger Sue Smith is just as famous for her dodgy barnets as her football skills. She spills the beans about working for the Beeb, bus drivers and a cat called Susie Wong.

Tykes Accept Marshall's Transfer Request
Rugby: Justin Marshall has been "reluctantly" transfer listed following Leeds' relegation and a move back to New Zealand could be on the cards.

Rugby Union: Marshall Seeks Act of Good Faith As Leeds Go Down
London Irish 28 - 24 Leeds: Leeds are preparing for trips to the likes of Otley and Doncaster rather than Leicester and Wasps after defeat to London Irish and Newcastle's win confirmed their exit from the Premiership.

Rugby Union: London Irish 28 - 24 Leeds
An exciting match and a narrow margin offered little consolation to the Tykes, who are now as good as relegated from the Premiership.

Rugby Union: Doomed Leeds Confident of a Brighter Future
Though defeat at London Irish would all but condemn Leeds to relegation, the Tykes insist they can bounce straight back stronger for the experience.

Leeds United to Kick Off Digital Station
Soccer: Leeds United is to launch a digital radio station as part of a new media strategy due to be announced by chairman Ken Bates today. By Julia Day.

Rugby Union: Leeds 13 - 17 Saracens
Leeds Tykes' five-year stay in the Premiership is almost over. That huge commitment was insufficient to overcome a basic lack of quality was in many respects their season writ large, but they fought to the last and had the ball bounced their way in the final five minutes might have snatched victory...

Cricket: Headingley Rebranded in New Sponsorship Deal
Leeds Metropolitan University is hoping to play to a global audience with new Headingley deal which will see the ground redubbed Headingley Carnegie.

Rugby Union: Wales Set Their Sights on Davies
Leeds director of Rugby, Phil Davies, has become the WRU's latest target to succeed Mike Ruddock.

Rugby Union: Wasps 28 - 0 Leeds
Leeds's five year stay in the Premiership was all but ended by defeat to Wasps, who are gathering momentum as play-off fever takes hold.

Rugby League: Harlequins 0 - 60 Leeds
Rugby: Leeds humiliated a depleted Harlequins at The Stoop, running home four tries in an astonishing ten-minute blitz.

Rugby League: Warrington the Latest Club to Show Interest in Morley
Warrington have joined Bradford, Leeds and Salford in pursuit of Great Britain forward Adrian Morley.

Rugby League: Leeds 66 - 14 Castleford
The Tigers were mauled as the Rhinos ran riot with Chev Walker claiming a hat-trick.

Rugby League: Saints Seethe at Double Whammy
Saints have appealed over the bans handed out to James Graham and skipper Paul Sculthorpe after their game against Leeds Rhinos.

Rugby Union: Guinness Premiership: Leeds 21 - 15 Worcester
Leeds grabbed a vital home win as they attempt to avoid relegation.

Rugby League: Super League: St Helens 13 - 4 Leeds
St Helens continued their 100% start to the new season with an impressive display against Leeds.

Rugby Union: Bristol 9 - 9 Wasps
Bristol's ability to grind out a result against the champions took them seven points clear of bottom club Leeds in a game of few chances.

Guinness Premiership: Sale 35 - 24 Leeds
Rugby: Three late tries secured the points for Sale at Edgeley Park.

Super League: Wigan 16 - 24 Leeds
Rugby: Late tries from Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow helped Leeds overturn a 16-0 half-time deficit.

Rugby Union: Premiership: Northampton 21 - 18 Leeds
"How are your nerves?" asked the Saints announcer afterwards, which seemed a little cruel given the way Leeds had lost their heads in the ...

Rugby Union: Leeds 48 - 3 Cardiff Blues
Good, but not good enough. Leinster’s win at Bath nullified all that went on here, but that should not detract from a highly impressive performance ...

Heineken Cup: Leeds Cling to Remote Lifeline
Rugby: Sale's defeat at Munster has left Leeds and Cardiff to fight for the last quarter-final spot.

Rugby Union: Worried Blues Fear They Could Pay the Price for 'bizarre' Leeds Decision
The decision to give Leeds a victory and bonus point despite not playing a fixture has worried Cardiff Blues coach David Young.

Rugby Union: Leeds Given Points After Calvisano Farce
Leeds can still reach the last eight of the Heineken Cup after they were awarded the points from their twice postponed match against Calvisano.

Rugby League: Peacock Asked to Fill Ward Breach
Leeds Rhinos will ask Jamie Peacock to switch from second row to prop this season to help fill the gap left by the sacking of Danny Ward.

Rugby Union: Angry Leeds Fear Swift Italy Return
Leeds will be told today if they must return to Italy to play their Heineken Cup pool match against Calvisano - postponed last weekend because of a frozen pitch.

Rugby League: Leeds Cancel Contract of Great Britain Prop Ward
Danny Ward has played his last game for Leeds, with the Rhinos expected to confirm the Great Britain prop's contract has been terminated for misconduct.

Rugby Union: Leeds Tap Powell's League Skills
Leeds Tykes have appointed former Leeds Rhinos coach Daryl Powell as their new first team coach as they look to avoid relegation.

Premiership: Leeds 25 - 14 Bath
Rugby: Suddenly, the Premiership basement is a crowded place again, with just nine points covering the bottom six clubs after a near-perfect kicking display by the Tykes fly-half Gordon Ross enabled Leeds to close...

Sharon's Chances of Survival Slim, Say Doctors
· Second bout of surgery after new bleeding in brain · Colleagues comfort one another outside hospital

Rugby League: Leeds Rule Out Vainikolo Move
Leeds have finally dispelled the rumour that Lesley Vainikolo will join his former Bradford captain Jamie Peacock at Headingley this season.

Gloucester 31 - 7 Leeds
Rugby: There is supposed to something of the romantic about the last day of the year, but to be honest, it usually stays away from the rugby grounds of England. There was nothing out of the ordinary about this day here. Routine stuff: the odd spark of flint, but largely Neanderthal.

Rugby League: O'neill Doubtful for Start of Super League Season
Leeds new arrival Mark O'Neill is struggling to be fit for the start of the Super League season in February.

Rugby Union: Heineken Cup: Perpignan 12 - 8 Leeds
After this tight, tense affair, Pool Two remains a three-way Anglo-Welsh-French battle, hanging on Perpignan’s trip to Cardiff in mid-January and...

Rugby Union: Bath 12 - 16 Leeds
The Tykes held on for an unlikely victory as Bath knocked at the Leeds door but were not allowed in due to an incredible defensive display.

Rugby Union: Tomorrow's Rugby Union Premiership Games
Leeds v Northampton: Stuart Hooper returns after injury for the bottom club Leeds alongside Scott Morgan in the second row, and another...

Rugby League: Kiwi Vagana on Carpet for the Tackle That Laid Deacon Low
Nigel Vagana faces a disciplinary hearing in Leeds today for the alleged high tackle that left Great Britain's Paul Deacon with serious facial injuries.

Rugby Union: Faure Handed Six-week Suspension for Attack on Marshall
Sale prop Lionel Faure has received a six-week ban following his dismissal against Leeds for punching scrum-half Justin Marshall.

Rugby Union: Leeds 11 - 17 Sale
The Sharks grabbed another win with the French pair of Daniel Larrechea and Valentin Courrent scoring all their points against bottom club Leeds.

Rugby Union: Godman Ascends to Scotland's Test Squad
Scotland have promoted Edinburgh's fly-half Phil Godman into their senior Test squad in place of Leeds' Gordon Ross.

Rugby Union: Heineken Cup: Cardiff Blues 40 - 13 Leeds
Leeds still looking for first win after second-half capitulation.

Rugby Union: Cardiff 40 - 13 Leeds
Heineken Cup: Having trailed at half-time, Cardiff scored 34 unanswered second-half points as they romped to victory over unfancied Leeds.

Rugby Union: This Weekend's Games
Cardiff Blues v Leeds Today, Arms Park, 1pm, Sky Sports2 Cardiff remain the only side from Wales to have reached the final, when they played hosts to Toulouse a decade ago. While there is no chance of them repeating that feat this season, they look too...

Rugby League: Super League Grand Final: Bradford 15 - 6 Leeds
Bradford make it 12 straight wins to complete the most unlikely of Super League titles.

Rugby Union: Worcester 22 - 15 Leeds
Worcester once again failed to score the tries their pack deserves, but were still too strong for the hapless Tykes.

Rugby League: Yorkshire's Grand Final is All Thanks to Brian Smith
Brian Smith is guaranteed to be a winner at Old Trafford as his protégés lock horns in Leeds Rhinos' clash with the Bradford Bulls, says Andy Wilson.

Rugby League: Noble Art of Juggling Two Jobs Suits the Great Britain Coach Just Fine
As if managing Bradford for Saturday's grand final against Leeds was not enough, Brian Noble is also preparing to announce Great Britain's 24-man squad for the Tri-Nations series.

Rugby League: Leeds Feel Pain As Injury Keeps Senior Out of Final
Great Britain centre Keith Senior has been ruled out of the Leeds squad to face Bradford in the Super League grand final.

Howls in San Francisco and Leeds to Mark the Birth of Beat
This week, the birth of Beat half a century ago will be marked by twin celebrations in California and Britain, where Ginsberg became an icon for rebellious youth in the late 1950s and '60s.

Leeds 7 - 28 Llanelli Scarlets
Rugby Union: The Scarlets scored a morale-boosting away win over the Guinness Premiership's bottom club.

Rugby League: St Helens 16 - 19 Leeds Rhinos
The Rhinos withstood a dramatic late comeback from Saints to secure their place in the Super League grand final.

Rugby League: St Helens' Anderson Aims for Grand Finale Against Leeds
Defeat in tonight's Super League qualifying play-off against Leeds could leave St Helens coach Daniel Anderson prone to unfortunate comparisons with predecessor David Millward.

Rugby Union: Leeds 23 - 47 Wasps
Wasps overcame a slow start to beat Leeds at Headingley and move up to second in the Guinness Premiership.

Rugby League: Warrington 33 - 16 Leeds
Andrew Johns' much-hyped Wolves debut saw him score six goals and help secure their first victory in 10 matches against the Super League champions.

Rugby Union: Saracens 34 - 16 Leeds
Leeds's former scrum-half Alan Dickens dictated the play as Saracens convincingly demolished the early strugglers.

Rugby Union: Leeds 11 - 27 London Irish
London Irish ran in four tries yesterday at Twickenham, a seventh of their entire haul last season.

A Bleeding Heart is Not a Disease
Being soft about suffering is a sign of humanity, not weakness. Roy Hattersley

Rugby League: Burrows Puts Team Ethic First
Leeds scrum-half Rob Burrows puts team ethic before personal glory ahead of his side's Challenge Cup final against Hull in Cardiff.

Rugby League: Mcguire Ready to Play in Final
Danny McGuire should be fit to play for Leeds against Hull in the Challenge Cup final despite suffering a shoulder injury.

Rugby League: Peacock Blow for Bruised Bradford
Bradford captain Jamie Peacock is set to join Leeds Rhinos at the end of the season.

Rugby League: Poching a Major Doubt for Cup Final
Will Poching could miss the Challenge Cup final after suffering a suspected broken jaw in Leeds's 74-0 win at Leigh.

Rugby League: Leeds Put Paid to a French Uprising
Toulouse 18 - 56 Leeds: Leeds remain on course to add the Challenge Cup to the Super League and World Club Challenge titles, but only after encountering some stiff resistance led by a Toulouse traffic warden in their semi-final.

Bai runs in after Walker leads
Rugby League: Warington 22 - 46 Leeds. Leeds moved back to the top of the Super League table with an awesome display.

Rugby League: Rhinos Ahead in Court Battle
Leeds have won the first stage of their high court case claiming Iestyn Harris breached his contract when joining Bradford last summer.

Chemistry student held in Cairo
· Leeds PhD man seized · Met chief asks Muslims for help · 'Clear al-Qaida link' expected

Leeds Kept Waiting for Harris Hearing
Rugby: Leeds's case against Iestyn Harris and the Bradford Bulls in the high court has been deferred in the aftermath of last week's London bombings.

Rugby League: Leeds' Mcdermott Announces Retirement
Leeds prop Barrie McDermott has confirmed that he will retire at the end of the season, after a colourful career lasting more than 15 years.

Rugby League: Leeds 32 - 12 London
Captain Kevin Sinfield inspired his Leeds team to victory over the Broncos in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Cricket: Sutcliffe Sets Cat Among Pigeons
Leeds-born and schooled Iain Sutcliffe's 153 ensured that Lancashire did not entirely waste the serene batting surface at Headingley.

St Helens 38 - 24 Leeds
Rugby: Sean Long collected 18 points as St Helens roared to an emphatic victory over Super League champions Leeds.

Rugby Union: Powell Switches Codes to Side With Tykes
Leeds Tykes have appointed Daryl Powell, a former coach of their rugby league partners the Rhinos, to a role supporting coach Phil Davies.

Rugby Union: Zurich Premiership: Bath 6 - 10 Leeds
Diego Albanese sank to his knees at the end, head bowed, hands wiping away the tears and rooted to the spot as his team-mates celebrated an unlikely win brought about by Matt Holt's try in the dying seconds of a fractious encounter.

John Giles
Small Talk: Genial Leeds and Rep of Ireland legend John Giles tells us what it was like when football was played by real men.

Rugby League: Bradford Fear Peacock Leaving
Bradford Bulls face a battle to keep hold of captain Jamie Peacock, who is in the last year of his contract and has aroused interest from several clubs, including rivals Leeds.

Zurich Premiership: Leeds 21 - 10 Harlequins
Rugby: No one's fate is sealed yet, but defeat at fellow strugglers Leeds leaves things looking grim for bottom-placed Harlequins.

Rugby Union: Quins May Hear Knell From Their Very Own Bell
Ex-Harlequins centre and now England hopeful Chris Bell, aims to ensure Leeds' Premiership survival by sending his old club down.

Rugby Union: Bath 12 - 20 Leeds
Leeds won their first ever major honour, but may not be able to defend their title next year.

Rugby Union: Leeds 20 - 12 Bath
Relegation threatened Leeds threw themselves about with wonderful recklessness, tackling themselves to an unlikely Cup victory.

Powergen Cup: Leeds Must Put Safety First
Rugby Unioin: The Powergen Cup final is a welcome distraction at the beginning of the most crucial fortnight in the history of the young club, says Ian Malin.

Powergen Cup: Connolly Leaves Bath Which Bears His Mark
Rugby Union: As his side prepares to meet Leeds in the Powergen Cup final, the departing coach John Connolly says he has only one regret at Bath, says Mike Averis.

Super League: Wigan 14 - 38 Leeds
Rugby: Liam Botham, son of Ian, scored the try which secured Leeds victory after a compelling struggle to take them four points clear at the top.

Rugby Union: Gloucester 15 - 33 Leeds
Bottom club Leeds produced their best performance of the season to emerge from Kingsholm with a win and a bonus point.

Rugby League: Warrington Look to Australians
Warrington could be boosted by the return of Nathan Wood and Chris Leikvoll for their Challenge Cup tie at Leeds.

John Rawling: Lara is Dragging Windies Down
Cricket: Caribbean cricket is bleeding to death and the captain has played an unwelcome part in the crisis, says John Rawling.

Sinfield Proves a Point As Rhinos' Unbeaten Charge Continues
Rugby: Leeds emerged with surprising comfort from this passionate local derby, as a fired-up Bradford was unable to halt the Super League champions.

Harris Dodges Taunts As He Runs With Bulls
Rugby: Iestyn Harris has no regrets over leaving arch-rivals Leeds for Bradford or leaving Wales to come back to the league.

Rob Burrow
Small Talk catches up with all-action, try-scoring, goal-kicking Leeds scrum-half Rob Burrow, a cult hero to Rhinos fans and, at 5'5", the tiniest player in the league.

Robinson in the Clear
Rugby: Six Nations: England head coach Andy Robinson will not be disciplined for stating the bleedin' obvious about South African referee Jonathan Kaplan.

Powergen Cup: Leeds 15 - 6 London Irish
Rugby: Leeds have qualified for their first cup final, and it was a local teenager who scored the try that sent them to Twickenham.

Gloucester 19 - 24 Bath 24 (aet; 19-19 After 80min)
Rugby: A dramatic victory over local rivals Gloucester gives Bath an 11th trip to Twickenham where they meet Leeds.

Bradford's Move for Diskin Has Rhinos Riled
Rugby Football League: Leeds and Bradford are at each other's throats over the Bulls' move to sign Matt Diskin, the Rhinos' Great Britain hooker.

Super League: Leeds 30 - 18 St Helens
Rugby: Leeds showed why they are favourites to retain their title during a match of breathless excitement.

Smarting Saints Put Leeds on Alert
Rugby: St Helens will have the chance to topple the world club champions for the second consecutive year when they take on Leeds at Headingley.

Rhinos Open Defence With Wobbly Win
Rugby: Leeds opened their defence of the Super League title with a win over Hull which was never spectacular on an underwhelming night.

Rugby League, Super League: Leeds Look Ominous for Depleted Hull
Hull are set to face a full-strength Leeds side without the services of Stephen Kearney, the former New Zealand captain.

Rugby Union: Zurich Premiership: Worcester 22 - 15 Leeds
Worcester took a significant step towards Premiership survival by beating one of their relegation rivals.

Rugby League: Leeds Rhinos 39 - 32 Canterbury Bulldogs
After surviving a second-half comeback from the Bulldogs, the Rhinos can call themselves world champions for the first time ever.

Bulldogs Must Beware Rhino With a Sore Head
Rugby: Leeds Rhinos aim to restore some collective pride to the British game in the World Club Challenge after November's Tri-Nations defeat.

Rugby League, World Club Challenge, Leeds Rhinos v Canterbury Bulldogs: Dogs With a Title to Win and a Bad Name to Lose
The Canterbury Bulldogs will hope that being crowned World Club Champions against Leeds will help restore a somewhat battered reputation.

Rugby Union: Regan on Disrepute Charge
Leeds hooker Mark Regan faces a disrepute charge after admitting in a TV interview that he deceived a referee into sending off an opponent.

Rugby Union: Robinson Banned for 14 Weeks
Mark Robinson has been banned for 14 weeks after stamping on the head of Mark Regan in Northampton's Powergen Cup defeat to Leeds.

Rugby Union: Regan Prepares for a Twist in Lions Tale
Leeds hooker Mark Regan spat the dummy when England discarded him but Robert Kitson finds his international ambitions are not done yet.

Rugby Union: Northampton 19 - 24 Leeds
The Tykes won for the first time at the Saints, who had Mark Robinson sent off for stamping.

Robinson's nasty stamp scuppers Saints comeback
Rugby Union: Northampton 19 - 24 Leeds. Although it offers its winner the most direct route into the Heineken Cup, there is still a feeling that the Powergen Cup does not bring the best out of the English clubs, that they do not take it particularly seriously.

Regan prepares for a twist in Lions tale
Rugby Union: Leeds hooker Mark Regan spat the dummy when England discarded him but Robert Kitson finds his international ambitions are not done yet.

Rugby Union & League: Chilly Love-in Breaks Rugby's Ice
The England national squad are busily debunking 110 years of bitter cross-code division by training with the Leeds Rhinos.

Rugby Union: Callard Decides to Leave Leeds
Former bath and England full-back Jon Callard announced he will quit as coach of Leeds Tykes at the end of the season to look "for new opportunities".

Rugby Union: Coup for Leeds As Marshall Heads North
All Black scrum-half Justin Marshall will play for Leeds next season even if the Tykes are relegated in May.

Rugby League: Leeds Win Race to Sign Ellis
Leeds have beaten off competition from Bradford to secure the signing of Gareth Ellis from Wakefield.

Rugby League: Leeds Pair Fined for Positive Tests
Two members of the Rhinos' Super League winning team played for Great Britain in the Tri-Nations despite testing positive for ephedrine.

Eating Crow On Election Night
We have been relegated to the gutter of American politics. We are wounded and the rightwing zealots cannot decide whether to kick us or watch us bleed. We can be comforted that we have fought the good fight only to the extent that we keep fighting.

Zurich Premiership: Leeds 11 - 14 Sale
It was a soggy afternoon in West Yorkshire but nothing could rain on Sale's parade.

Echoes From The Field
Episode #17: Rise From The Dead
Swept by the Cardinals, my heart bleeding over the loss of a hero, I need a miracle and the Padres need to believe. Enter David Wells, who won't let us die, and a hero from the darkness who will bring us around again.

Leeds on course for final after Cas rout
Rugby league: Leeds only had to turn up to beat an ill-disciplined Castleford side as Chev Walker's four tries put them on the brink of the Grand Final.

Leeds United 1 - 0 Derby County
Leeds fans need to start getting used to ugly football and chanting the name of Frazer Richardson if this performance is anything to go by.

Country Diary: West Yorkshire
There is a good feeling to being out and about really early at this time of year. Dawn begins around 4am, and the bird chorus is awesome. Even in the suburbs between Leeds and Bradford - countryside, but only just - the wildlife is impressive.

Rugby Union: Wasps Fume Over 'stamp' on Shaw
April 22: Wasps lock Simon Shaw is struggling for fitness after an off-the-ball incident involving Leeds forward Colm Rigney.

Athens Calls As Morris Gets Serious
April 19: Leeds fun-runner Tracey Morris will be heading out to Athens after knocking an hour off her best marathon time.

Rugby Union: Connolly Stays Put at Bath As Balshaw Heads for Leeds
April 16: The Bath head coach John Connolly yesterday signed a new one-year deal, ending fears that he would be returning to Australia.

Feather wins place in heavyweights
Widnes will be looking to turn the Super League table on its head today when they take on Leeds Rhinos at the Halton Stadium. The Vikings, one of two teams without a point, face a difficult task against the unbeaten Rhinos.

Rugby Union: Sale 33 - 20 Leeds
March 15: Off-the-field problems continue to dominate at Sale despite the side marching into the Powergen Cup final.

Rugby Union: Tindall to Make Comeback in Powergen Cup Tie
February 26: England centre, Mike Tindall will make his comeback injury in Bath's Powergen Cup quarter-final at Leeds.

Rugby Union: Tindall Moves Closer to an England Return
February 24: England centre Mike Tindall could return to action with Bath at Leeds in the Powergen Cup quarter-finals this Saturday.

Rugby Union: Regan Ruled Out of Saturday's England Match
December 19: England's preparations have been further hampered by the news that Leeds hooker Mark Regan is injured.

Rugby Union: Toulouse 19 - 3 Leeds
Toulouse 19 - 3 Leeds December 13: Leeds' first taste of life in the European fast lane ended in a very damp squib.

Palmer Graduates in School of Hard Knocks
June 7: Having played for New Zealand, Tom Palmer, the Leeds lock is relishing facing old team-mates, writes Robert Kitson.

Zurich Premiership: Northampton 28 - 6 Leeds
May 12: Northampton's qualified for the Heineken Cup and set up a game with Wasps to see who will play Gloucester in the Premiership final on May 31after victory over Leeds.

Peter Aveyard: Watch out Saeed's about
"No absolutely no foul" Saeed would say, "Campbell was not where near Solskjaer, in fact Campbell wasn’t even on the pitch. .He plays for Leeds". Saeed’s lies are so outrageous and beyond the scope of any normal little lie you or I may tell that you automatically stop and think, is he right?

Sale Cut a Deal With Van Straaten
April 5: Braam van Straaten, who recently said he was returning to South Africa because he couldn't face another English winter, has now decided to swap Leeds for a place in the sun at Sale.

Leeds struggle to the summit
Surely no team has ever moved to the top of the Super League table in less convincing fashion than Leeds last night, as they were left clinging to a precarious lead against the pre-season relegation favourites. However that did not worry the Rhinos too much as they have not occupied such a lofty position for almost five years.

Leeds glee as Connolly escapes ban
Rugby league: Gary Connolly will be available for the Challenge Cup semi-finals after his "goody two-shoes" disciplinary record gets him off the hook.

Red-hot Furner puts steel back into Leeds
Slick and clinical in attack, solid and uncompromising in defence. They are not phrases that have often applied to Leeds, the game's great underachievers, for the past two decades, but the Rhinos could hardly have been more impressive yesterday in reaching their 10th Challenge Cup semi-final in 11 years.

Two-try Walker strolls in for Leeds
Injuries and a loss of form have checked the progress of Chev Walker in the past couple of seasons but a two-try display of great authority here yesterday underlined the huge potential of the young Leeds centre.

Bradford and Leeds suffer injury blows
Rugby league: Bradford and Leeds have lost players to injury in the run up to their Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Leeds trip to next round
Rugby league: The referee's failure to spot a sly trip by Gary Connolly denied the Broncos the chance to take the game into extra time and presented Leeds a place in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Connolly has Cardiff in his sights
Rugby league: Gary Connolly was convinced that he was finished with rugby league. But he changed his mind when Leeds offered him the chance of a last cup-final hurrah at the Millennium Stadium.

Pakistan v Holland: the Holland Innings
18th over: Holland 75-4 (de Leede 14, van Bunge 14) Holland need 179 from 31 overs. They're holding their own. 17th over: Holland 73-4 (de Leede 14, van Bunge 13) As if responding to my criticism, the batsmen suddenly pull their fingers out. There's a six through the...

Big Mac in pack puts the meat into Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos disposed of Widnes, their bogey team from last year, with considerable panache. The seven-try performance was a result of the sturdy platform provided by their pack, one in which the 6ft 7in Wayne McDonald was the star turn.

Team guide Super League VIII
For the optimist: Return to Odsal after exile at Valley Parade, signing of the powerful Kiwi Shontayne Hape and the versatile Karl Pratt from Leeds, and seething sense of injustice after last year's grand final defeat may well fire the Bulls to Old Trafford victory.

England v Holland: England's Innings
11th over: England 58-1 (Knight 23, Vaughan 19) Tim de Leede is the new bowler. Can anyone help me with a stylistic point? When I start a sentence with de Leede, do I cap-up the d of de thus: De? Anyway, Knight smacks him for another four to maintain this run-rate. 10th...

Palmer has world in his hands
"There is this kid, Tom Palmer, at Leeds, who is an outstanding player. He is going to get his chance this year. I get gut feelings about certain players, and I have a gut feeling about him. When he gets his chance, I don't know. This guy could be better than Martin Johnson, and he's got a year to show us."

England Injury Blow
The England prop Julian White faces being ruled out of next week's international against France at Twickenham after damaging a knee playing for Bristol against Leeds on Sunday.

Blame Culture Creeps Up on Sorry Ridsdale
Terry Venables decided to stick it out for now at Leeds after a mad day at Elland Road that saw supporters calling for chairman Peter Ridsdale's head.

Dacourt Joins Leeds Exodus
Olivier Dacourt is set to complete his transfer from Leeds to Roma today after undergoing a medical test in the Italian capital. He will become the second Leeds midfielder to leave the club this week following Lee Bowyer's switch to West Ham United. The 28-year-old arrived in...

Bargain Bowyer Heads for Basement
Lee Bowyer, for so long the unacceptable face of Leeds United, is expected to bring his occasionally brilliant yet frequently distasteful six-year spell at Elland Road to a close in the next 24 hours when he moves to West Ham.

Leeds look to lure Connolly
Rugby league: Leeds Rhinos and Sheffield Eagles have made audacious bids to lure Gary Connolly and Bobbie Goulding across the Pennines next season.

Leeds throw Venables a lifeline
Rarely has a pardon been delivered with such a flourish. Terry Venables' job is safe for the moment because his Leeds United team turned a supposed ordeal into a relaxed demonstration of talent.

Bradford coach keen to renew acquaintance with free agent Pratt
Rugby league: Karl Pratt has won his battle with Leeds for free agent status and Bradford Bulls are eager to offer him the chance to get his rugby league career back on track.

Leeds United 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
Leeds United's sixth Premiership defeat in eight at Elland Road was met with stunned disbelief as Charlton Athletic wrenched victory with two goals in the final 10 minutes.

Leeds 15 - 18 Wasps
December 2: Time was called on Leeds' season-long unbeaten home record by a Wasps side who now move decidedly closer to the pack contesting third place.

Malaga 0 - 0 Leeds
The ref can't take any more of this either, and ends the game with three shrill peeps on his whistle. Reg, a Dub in Sydney writes to say: "Half nine in the morning on - thank Crunchie it's - Friday.

Malaga 0 - 0 Leeds United
Well at least they didn't lose. Terry Venables' leather chair is at least safe until the weekend after Leeds managed to end this game exactly the way it begun.

Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Leeds United
Robbie Keane did his bit to deepen the crisis engulfing his former club Leeds United. After orchestrating Tottenham's opener he duly completed his day by adding a terrific second.

Gloucester 28 - 10 Leeds
November 25: Leeds enjoyed long periods on top but couldn't make their possession pay against the mighty Gloucester machine.

Reality Bites for Under-fire Ridsdale
Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale faces the distinct possibility of being forced out of office next week, a move which could have serious repercussions for the future of Terry Venables.

Tykes man the dykes to keep Saints at bay
It shows how far Leeds have progressed that the only surprise about yesterday's result was the small margin of their victory. The Tykes, who have lost fewer Premiership games than anyone else, shot into a 15-0 lead, albeit against a Northampton side missing a dozen injured first-teamers to international duty or injury.

Wanderers leave Leeds with no defence
"What on earth is going on?" chanted the Elland Road crowd, or words to that effect. Their anger was entirely justified. Five home defeats in seven Premiership matches, with none surely as abject as the one suffered against Bolton yesterday, leave Terry Venables's much trumpeted return to management in a state of deepening crisis.

Whistler whips up Wasps
Wasps' director of rugby Warren Gatland was so frustrated with the referee Robin Goodliffe after Leeds Tykes staged a remarkable comeback to steal a draw yesterday that he will lodge an official complaint with the RFU.

West Ham United 3 - 4 Leeds United
Booed off at the interval (when they were 4 - 1 down) but applauded at the end (when they lost) West Ham, led by the charging Paolo di Canio, proved that their fighting spirit is still alive.

Everything to Lose, Everything to Gain
Whose fault is the state of Leeds' season? Considering what he inherited, it is too soon to judge Terry Venables, says Paul Wilson.

Safehands Spunky and the sperm smugglers
A while ago I noticed that Leeds United's forward Mark Viduka bears a passing resemblance to Dick Shawn, the American comedian best known for playing the beatnik actor LSD in The Producers.

Axed by Leeds but Pratt is still good enough for Britain
Karl Pratt will pack for Great Britain's five-day training camp in Spain today knowing he is in the unusual position of being wanted by his country, but rejected by his club.

Tongan Bulls plan something hair-raising
It must rank as one of the more unusual preparations for a grand final: Tevita Vaikona and Lesley Vainikolo, Bradford's Tongan wings with a combined weight of 34 stone, spent last night doing each other's hair on the outskirts of Leeds.

Leeds discards threaten action
Leeds are facing legal action from at least three of the victims of their ruthless end-of-season clearout. Ryan Sheridan, Karl Pratt and Andy Hay, all internationals, have consulted the Rugby League Players' Association and are understood to have taken legal advice after being informed that they are no longer wanted.

Pork with added poke
This week's column is about pig racing. It was going to be about winding up Leeds fans. Perhaps I'd better explain. All Yorkshiremen end up as either Geoffrey Boycott or Alan 'Sniffer' Clarke. And if you don't know what the formerly greyhound-svelte and lithesome ex-Leeds striker has ended up like, then I can tell you. He's ended up like Geoffrey Boycott.

Powell survives cut as axe falls on Pratt
Leeds Rhinos have signalled that their players, rather than the coach Daryl Powell, will pay the price for another season of underachievement by informing the Great Britain wing Karl Pratt that he is not wanted for next year.

Doesn't smell like team spirit
When the plucky underdogs of England FC take the field against the mighty Slovakia this Saturday, I shall be both booing and cheering. Because there are "nice" England players, aren't there? Becksy and Oweny for instance. And there are "horrid" England players - like everybody who plays for Leeds.

New light on a lost world of shattered icons
Medieval religious images salvaged from the destruction wrought during Henry VIII's reign and the civil war go on show in Leeds. When the fragments of saints and angels were whole, lit by flickering candles in dim lofty churches, Stacy Boldrick thinks they looked not merely lifelike but alive, their cheeks flushed pink, their hair glittering with real gold, their painted pupils directly engaging the gaze of the awed devout.

Wigan and Leeds advance with the help of some video nastiness
Super League: Wigan advanced to the next round of the Super League play-offs with victory over Castleford but both teams questioned the performance of the video referee.

Zurich Premiership: Newcastle 27 - 20 Leeds
September 30: Jonny Wilkinson was in inspiring form as Newcastle ended their losing streak with a victory over high-flying Leeds.

Hull's balls can't stop Leeds
Super League: A devious trick by Hull's Lee Jackson led to the cheekiest try of his career but not, fortunately, to victory against Leeds.

Van Straaten kicks Leeds to the top
Rugby union: Leeds returned to the top of the Premiership, but only after Braam van Straaten's 84th-minute penalty scraped a thrilling draw with Sale.

Kewell turns tables
Premiership: Harry Kewell ensured that Rio Ferdinand's return to his old stomping ground was even more miserable than most Leeds fans could have hoped for.

Leeds defy all logic to hit the front
Leeds Tykes went to the top of the Zurich Premiership table yesterday after a well-earned win over Harlequins.

Leeds secure play-off spot
Super League: Leeds Rhinos dragged themselves back from the brink of disaster to book a place in the Super League play-offs with a thrilling fightback against London Broncos.

Leeds 41 - 16 London Irish
September 9: After skinning Leicester on the opening weekend, Leeds claimed the London Irish scalp with a 41-16 win that lifted them into third place.

Pryce pinches it for Bulls
Super League: Bradford left it late against Leeds. The Bulls' Leon Pryce came good with a score in the penultimate minute.

Leeds 26 - 13 Leicester
September 2: Leeds humbled the four-time champions Leicester - after 80 minutes the Zurich Premiership has already been turned upside down.

Leeds enjoy Scarbrough's pair
Zurich Premiership: Leicester Tigers were shocked by Leeds on the opening day of the new season. The champions stumbled again in their first outing, just as they did last year at Newcastle, while for lowly Leeds it was a repeat of their downing of Bath on the same day 12 months ago.

Hull victory comes at a price
Hull's 11-try romp was essential therapy in banishing the memory of last week's dismal performance at Leeds, but it came at a considerable price.

In holiday mood?
The Mean Fiddler company pulled off no mean feat this bank holiday weekend, entertaining vast crowds at the Leeds and Reading rock festivals with minimal inconvenience to others. Wandering - and wondering - around the biblical landscape of tents and picnics at Temple Newsam and Richfield provided a salutary reminder of how often time pulls the rug from under the world's pessimists.

West Bromwich Albion 1 - 3 Leeds United
Lee Bowyer was the inspiration behind a magnificent display that saw Leeds go top against the admirably dogged, but ultimately careless, Premiership new boys.

Senior service sends Rhinos charging home
Rugby league: Leeds continued to show their enigmatic side as they secured an inevitable victory over Wakefield which did little to raise hopes of them proving a force in the title play-offs.

Barmby's boost
Football: This was a tale of two managers as the Terry Venables Midas touch worked its wonders for Leeds and while Kevin Keegan reminded us all why he should never been England manager.

Hull sink Vikings and hit top four
Rugby league: Hull's victory takes them above Leeds into fourth spot in the Super League.

Rampant Bulls take derby spoils
Rugby league: Bradford Bulls restored the standing of their grudge match with the Leeds Rhinos as the biggest derby in Super League with a resounding victory last night.

Vowles doubles up for Wakefield
Rugby league: Wakefield have appointed Adrian Vowles, the former Castleford captain who joined Leeds this year, as player-coach.

Forward-thinking Leeds Hook Regan
July 23: Leeds expect to unveil the England hooker Mark Regan as their latest recruit having pipped Cardiff for the Bath forward's signature.

Sinfield kicks in to take pressure off Rhinos
Rugby league: This was the pick-me-up Leeds needed after their fall from grace in the last five weeks.

Drama's queen
At 16 she was a working-class girl pushing a pram on a Leeds estate. Now she's one of Britain's most successful television writers. As ITV screens her latest series Kay Mellor tells Simon Hattenstone where it all went right.

Ferdinand wants out - but Leeds say no
Football: Leeds United have rejected an official transfer request from Rio Ferdinand.

Lorimer: It's not the end of the world
Former Leeds player Peter Lorimer insists it won't be the end of the world for the Elland Road club should Rio Ferdinand leave.

McClaren on his way to Leeds
Football: Steve McClaren will leave Middlesbrough to become Leeds United manager this week if, as expected, he is offered the the job.

Irani takes a cheap and cheerful approach
Ronnie Irani has not always been tight-fisted but now he has taken parsimony by the hand and bowled it merrily between Nottingham, London and Leeds.

Celtic Fight to Keep Hold of O'neill
Martin O'Neill will be offered a new, improved contract when he returns from the World Cup early next week, with Celtic determined to stave off the advances of Leeds United and retain his services. O'Neill flew to Tokyo yesterday afternoon, where he is part of the BBC's summary team for...

Callard Joins Leeds As Coach
John Callard, sacked by Bath last season, has been appointed Leeds's first-team coach.

Hatton Ref Receives Magee Body Blow
Eamonn Magee has criticised the choice of Leeds referee Mickey Vann as the man to take charge of his light welterweight title fight against Ricky Hatton on Saturday. It will be the seventh consecutive Hatton fight in which Vann has officiated and Magee described the situation as "ludicrous"...

Leeds and Wigan in Bulls fight
Rugby league: Leeds and Wigan turned up the heat on Super League pacesetters Bradford Bulls as they prepare to meet each other at the JJB Stadium next Saturday.

Lively Leeds looking bullish
Rugby league: Leeds' fans will have forgiven their team's recent misdemeanours after their second win over neighbours Bradford this season.

Sale hit back after poor start
Zurich Premiership: Despite another gallant display, Leeds remain four points off the bottom of the Zurich Premiership.

Zurich Premiership: Sale 35 - 20 Leeds
May 9: Despite another gallant display, Leeds remain four points off the bottom of the Zurich Premiership.

London Irish 32 - 36 Sale
May 6: Victory over Leeds on Wednesday will ensure financially-strapped Sale's qualification for next season's Heineken Cup.

Quins nearer safety on the relegation tightrope
Zurich Premiership: Harlequins moved within sight of Premiership safety with an emphatic win that leaves Leeds staring relegation in the face.

Old Friends Turn Best of Foes
May 3: Tonight's match between Harlequins and Leeds reunites former team-mates Tony Copsey and Phil Davies in the most costly relegation game British rugby has seen.

Top jockey's heavy fall
Dean Gallagher was taken to Leeds General Infirmary after sustaining head injuries in a heavy fall from Storm Tiger at Wetherby yesterday.

Barkley Gives Bath That Blissful Feeling
Bath 23 - 12 Leeds: A drowning man will clutch any piece of driftwood and Bath can finally sense salvation.

Barkley warms Bath
Bath 23 - 12 Leeds: One day between now and the season ahead the club owners of the land will sit down and try to ring-fence their investments.

Everitt Keeps Irish Buzzing
April 11: An away win of any description still eludes Bath and they remain equal on points with Leeds and Harlequins at the foot of the table after this clash with third-placed London Irish.

Saints maintain salvation habit
St Helens 30 - 26 Leeds: The latest in St Helens' long line of great escapes has produced some unusual advice for Leeds ahead of next Sunday's Challenge Cup semi-final rematch: let them score earlier.

Leeds Called to Task Over Racist Abuse
Police are planning to arrest the Leeds United fans who are suspected of chanting racist abuse during the Premiership match against Leicester City at Filbert Street last Saturday.

Woodgate Kept Out of England Squad
Leeds United defender Jonathan Woodgate is not in the England squad announced last night for Wednesday's friendly against Italy, and he will not going to the World Cup in Japan and Korea.

If Eriksson had his way, the Leeds defender would be in the squad
Sven-Goran Eriksson's recent observation that if England were to lose all three games at the World Cup finals this summer he might get the sack, showed that even a Swede who has spent 20 years in southern Europe will never quite lose that gloomy introspection born of moonlit winter days and sunlit summer nights.

Dacourt Wary of Lazio Move
Leeds United have opened talks with Lazio about a summer deal for Olivier Dacourt, despite his desire to stay put.

Saracens 15 - 37 Leeds
Watford on a raw, soaking February afternoon offers little to raise the spirits, and the gloom deepened around Saracens yesterday after they lost their fourth consecutive home match. The future now looks black for the men in black.

PSV Eindhoven 0 - 0 Leeds United
A display of technical and behavioural discipline against the Dutch champions arrested Leeds' plummeting self-esteem, even with a lack of goals.

Leeds 18 - 28 Wasps
There are still more than four months of the league programme to go but Wasps left the tundra of West Yorkshire last night confident that their ill-starred season is finally on the turn. Of all their games in 2001 this was the one the Londoners could least afford to lose and the onus is now on...

Geordies make up the Lee-way
Lee Bowyer a goal in his first game for eight weeks, but mercifully it was Bobby Robson's spirited Newcastle United who stole the headlines, coming back from 3-1 down to win the game in injury time and stay on top of the table. Had Bowyer helped Leeds United overtake them at a snowy...

Money is football's fatal flaw
The most haunting detail in three trials of two Leeds United footballers - two at the crown court and now a third in the kangaroo court of British journalism - is the claim made in some newspapers that Jonathan Woodgate, aged 21, set fire to £250 in banknotes in the pub to amuse his mates....

Najeib to launch civil action against Leeds
Sarfraz Najeib, the student badly beaten in an attack in Leeds city centre two years ago, has launched a civil action for damages against Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer, alleging they were both involved in a "violent and racist attack" which nearly killed him. The Najeib family...

Leeds 3 - 2 Everton
Leeds United moved into third place in the Premiership last night, to within a point of Newcastle United, the side they meet here on Saturday. Robbie Fowler scored his first goals of his Elland Road career along the way as Leeds secured only their second win in six league games. They survived a...

Leeds place Bowyer on transfer list
Leeds United footballer Lee Bowyer has been placed on the transfer list with immediate effect after refusing to accept a fine imposed by the club. Bowyer was last week found not guilty of affray and grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to an assault on Asian student Sarfraz...

Woodgate freed over street attack - but handed £1m bill
Leeds United stars Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate walked free from court yesterday, almost two years after a vicious, drink-fuelled street attack on an Asian student. Woodgate, 21, an England international, was sentenced to 100 hours' community service for affray - using or threatening...

Bowyer fit for World Cup squad
The immediate reaction from Elland Road was that the club will not get a better result all season. Neither Jonathan Woodgate (diagnosis: mental strain) nor Lee Bowyer (hamstring injury) will turn out for Leeds at home to Leicester tomorrow but they will be back soon and, when that moment arrives,...

SOCCER: The Viduka Show Leaves Liverpool In Tatters
Life after Liverpool's match with Leeds United on the weekend.

SOCCER: Hapless Harry To Undergo Surgery
Harry Kewell, the Leeds United star is set to undergo surgery.