Sports Articles January 2009



Fitzgerald the Big Gun in Cardinals Arsenal

Wolves Clear Leaders of Pack After Win Over Watford

Secret Out of Man Who Tamed the Beast

Beleagured Inverness Hope for a Butcher Bounce

Local Heroes: Kelly Smith

Local Heroes: Christine Ohuruogu

Local Heroes: Denise Lewis

Local Heroes: Ricky Hatton

New Faces But Still Old Rivalry

January Window Offers Ideal View of Economic Reality

Saganowski Rescues a Point

Worcester Succumb to Sharks Attack After Loss of Latham

Botha Bites for Quins

Balshaw Steals Unlikely Victory

Nevland Double Tightens Adams Noose

KP Back to His Disdainful Best

O'Neill Frustrated As Wigan Rearguard Keep Villa at Bay

Rare Clean Sheet Small Comfort for Listless Middlesbrough

Hull Left to Rue the One That Got Away

City Produce a Horror Show That Verges on the Shameful

Beattie Makes Light of Delap Misdemeanour to Sink Sorry City

Final Finish for 'ingo's Bingo' As Ingemar Johansson Dies Aged 76

Robson Comes Up Short in Junior Final

Bolton Offer Club Record Fee to Lure Veloso

Wrestling With the Wisdom of Salomon

Failure Could Mean Loss of Van Persie and Walcott Admits Wenger

Hard-hitting Mallett Hopeful of Catching England Off Guard

Hines Ward Set to Play As Steelers Hit Full Strength

McCoy 14-1 Outsider to Reach Milestone Today

Will Moyes Ever Get the Chance to Fulfill His Potential?

Five-year-old's Chelsea Scoop

Spurs Suffer Defoe Blow As Foot Injury Puts Striker Out for Weeks

From the Salford Lads' Club to the Tyne-wear Derby

Scolari Rages at Referees for Hurting Chelsea As Terry Hails Mourinho

David Pleat's Key Clashes

Kinnear Pleads for Leniency As Ashley Plans Derby Return

Heskey's Reinvention Makes the Case for Wrinkles in the Rush

Fulham Close in on Barnes Loan Deal and Seek Further Signings

Butcher Seeks to Rebuild His Managerial Image in Picturesque Inverness

Bruce Says Sorry to City, But Relations With Hughes Remain Frosty

Lampard Carrying Chelsea Squad and Their Title Hopes

Villa's Sting Has O'neill Licking His Lips

Abandoned Test Still Haunts Kingston's Fallen Groundsman

IPL Billionaires Get Their Wallets Ready, But Do They All Want to Buy Dominic Cork?

Loeb Masters Wet Conditions to Take Rally Ireland Lead

Harmison Offers Hope As Simmons Makes England Toil in the Field

Test Match Special's Frindall Dies at 69

Grounded Robson Benefits From Support As Second Major Final Beckons

NFL Commissioner Suggests He's Open to the Idea of a London Franchise

Cardinals Coach Says His Team Won't Be Intimidated By Steelers Fans

Eight Transfer Issues to Be Resolved By Monday Evening

Ward Steps Up Training Ahead of Super Bowl

Arshavin Accepts Lower Wage in Order to Push Through Arsenal Deal

Collins Given New Contract By Sunderland

Blackburn Reject City's £18.5m Bid for Santa Cruz

Blackburn Reject City's £17m Bid for Santa Cruz

Manchester City Make Final £18.5m Bid to Lure Roque Santa Cruz

Tevez Considers a Future Beyond Old Trafford

London Faces Battle to Pay for Athletes' Village

Resurgent Kalou Says Goal Celebration Was 'non-political'

Injured Soldiers Vie for Paralympic Duty

RFU Dismisses Proposals to Stage Extra League Matches

Tensions Threaten a United Front As England Launches Push for 2018

Villa Emerge From Off the Radar to Mount a Genuine Title Threat

With Zola's Help Cole is No Longer Tangled Up in Boos

Crocker Refused Visa to Join Hull's Super League Challenge

Fun in the Sun Leaves England Bonded But Still Short of Stamina, Says Reddin

Rally Ireland in Danger of Veering Off Course

The New Breed of Coach-accountants Shall Inherit the Fa Cup

Trendspotting

Nolan Set for Switch As Newcastle Agree Fee With Bolton

Yorkshire's Fallen Clubs Attempt to Relive the Dream

Pietersen Valued at $1.35m for Ipl Auction

Sugar Shane Takes Shine Off Golden Boy

Clough Meets Sheen: 44 Days Compressed Into Just Two Minutes

Tincu a Suitable Case to Be Rugby's Version of Bosman

Thursday's Football Transfer Rumours: Manchester United to Lose Out on Antonio Valencia?

McDonald Seizes on Flood Failure

Fast Track to Recovery: Honda F1 Team Seeks State Bail-out

Sponsor Search on for King George

Montgomerie Begins Campaign to Win Back Ryder Cup

Booze-addled Symonds Deserves Sympathy Not Scorn

Maybe Eriksson Was Normal and the Rest of Us Are Odd

Wrestling With the Boundaries of Taste

Montgomerie As Captain is Good for Sport, Commerce and Communication

Clean-sheet Record a Tribute to United Defence, Says Van Der Sar

Cahill and Everton Rise to the Occasion But Are Robbed at the Last

Di Michele Runs Riot As Hammers Nail Hull

Chelsea Lack Invention But Benefit From the Wisdom of Salomon

Clean-sheet Record a Tribute to United Defence, Says Modest Van Der Sar

Young in the Frame As Meyer Confirms Leicester Departure

Ben Roethlisberger Defends Pittsburgh's Maligned Offensive Line

Full-contact Training the Cardinal Rule for Play-off Success

Video Referees Told to Speed Up Decision Making

Symonds Urged to Admit Drinking Problem at Cricket Australia Hearing

'Heartbroken' Kinnear Resigned to Losing Given As Keeper Swerves City Trip

Meyer Resigns As Leicester Coach

Unheralded Watson Follows Robson's Lead

Given Omitted From Newcastle Squad

Should Southgate Be Replaced?

Quote of the Day (warning: Not for Those of a Sensitive Nature)

Olympian Efforts Starting to Bear Fruit at 2012 Construction Site

Australia Board Block Move for Meninga

Wednesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Luka Modric on His Way to Inter?

Former England Coach Moores on Lancashire Short List

Betfair Takes a £35m Punt on American Racing Channel

Heated Debate Stirred Up By Soaring Temperatures

Robson Joined By Watson in Last Eight As Melbourne Hots Up

Cardinals and Giants Escape Media Day With Dignity Intact

Modric Inspires Rampant Tottenham to Victory

Collins Suffers an Off Night As Reading Close Gap on Wolves

Modric Helps Inspire Rampant Tottenham to Victory

Van Der Sar Keeps on Keeping Them Out and Opponents Concede Defeat

Carsley Boosts Blues and Leaves Clough Still Seeking First Win

Digger: Marland Campaign Forced on to the Back Foot

Plain-speaker Griffiths Leaves Worcester

Bliss Makes the Doumen Gloom Vanish

McCoy Blank Leaves Jockey Needing Three to Reach 3,000

Benítez Coy on Keane Future As He Urges Striker to Show His Worth

Stanford Still Undecided on Commitment to Super Series

Bellamy Vows to Leave Bad Name Behind

Armitage Among England Trio Sent Back to Their Clubs

Robson Defies Melbourne Heat to Reach Last 16 in Girls' Event

How a Future Leader Became Overnight Favourite

Novo Double Takes Rangers Into Cis Cup Final

Jones Celebrates New Deal at Sunderland With Priceless Goal

Heskey Turns Back the Clock to Prove His Worth to Aston Villa

Ronaldo Runs Amok As United Go Three Points Clear

Ashley and Kinnear Discuss Given Sale

'Despicable' Murphy Found Guilty of Throwing Race

Paul Favourite for Reds Captaincy After Alker is Sacked

Redknapp Revolution Relies on Not-so-new Faces

Griffiths Leaves Worcester After Mid-season Coaching Review

Rugby Has to Deal Robustly With This Spite for Sore Eyes

German Investor Eyes 'friendly' Chelsea Takeover

O'Driscoll Keeps Ireland Captaincy for Six Nations

Hughes Promises to Punish Robinho for Walk-out

Tuesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Sergio Ramos to Manchester United?

Can Roddick at Last Live Up to His Potential?

Ward Determined to Play in Super Bowl for Steelers Despite Injury

Armitage's Call-up Gives England Band of Brothers

Marland Warns of Test Burnout As He Eyes the Big Prize

Marland Backer Embarrassed By Company Fine

If Mccoy Wants Due Credit for 3,000 Wins, Timing is All

Was This Round of Anti-climaxes the Fa Cup's Lowest Point?

Scouting Report: Jason Demetriou, Leyton Orient

Arshavin's Demands Put Arsenal Deal in Doubt

Cudicini Off to Spurs for More Playing Time

England's Armitage Brothers Set to Make Six Nations a Family Affair

'I Dream Up Things and Then Convince Myself They're Possible'

Redknapp Accuses Sunderland of Unsettling Bent

Resurgent Young Backing Villa for Big Title Push

Upbeat Hull Kr Coach Targets Grand Final Place

Southgate is the Man to Stop the Slide at the Riverside

Inverness Offer Manager's Job to Butcher

Jones Handed Complete Control of Team Affairs at Sale

Football League Review: the 10-point Guide to the Weekend Action

Edinburgh Hope Cup Upset Will Set Them on the Road to Professionalism

Monday's Football Transfer Rumours - Robbie Keane to Everton?

A Junior in Name Only, Robson Readies Herself for the Big Time

Robson Through in First Round of Girls' Singles

Fulham Feel Bullard's Absence But Survive on Rocky Road to Fifth Round

Paterson Rescues Burnley's Wembley Dream

Tottenham Close on Cudicini and Move for Old Boy Chimbonda

Warnock Rails at Young Referee But Watford See the Light

Carrick Shows Listless Tottenham the Real Meaning of Endeavour

Jones the Only Bright Spark on Dark Day for the Oldest Trophy

Parker is Paramount As Hammers Strike

Narrow Win at Diluted Wolves Strengthens Southgate's Spirit

From Sweaty Melbourne to Soporific Hopton

Outplayed and Outfought But Coventry Progress to Next Round

Tottenham Are Working to Pave the Way for Cudicini Move

Cardiff Scorn Late Chance to Test Arsenal's Mettle After Matching Them Man for Man

Benítez Draws Little Comfort From Stalemate

Bath Top Pool and Toulouse Stay Afloat in the Deluge

Sackey Injury Annoys Edwards As Castres Give Wasps the Bum's Rush

Arsenal Rue Profligacy As Resolute Cardiff Earn a Trip to the Emirates

Cardiff Hold Uninspired Arsenal

Unorthodox Bartoli Hammers Clueless Jankovic to Reach Quarter-final

No Cup Refuge for Charlton As Sheffield Return Extends Poor Run

Veteran Brave Inca Bids to Land Huge Gamble in Irish Champion Hurdle

Quick-fire Celtic Punish Hibs

Outstanding Parker Drives Hammers Into Fifth Round

Curtain Falls on Man City's January Slapstick

Dokic's Troubles Obscure New Talent

The Kaka Saga Conclusion? Kick Morals Out of Football

Sheffield United Inflict More Pain on Charlton

Bath's Other Big Matt Up for Toulouse Test

Wing in Revealing Mood As Johnson Looks for Dressing-room Leaders

Ordinary Joes Rally Bravely to Beat Big Shots

Torquay Dreams Go West As Ward Puts Coventry Through

Welsh Rambo a Perfect Gunner

The Voice of Reason

Why It Still Matters to Be a Derby Winner on Merseyside

Said and Done

The Day the Magic Walked Out of Anfield

What's in Your Basket?

Paterson Strikes Late to Keep Burnley Bubbling

United Progress As Irate Redknapp Stays on the Defensive

Losing Ugly Proves Enough for Leicester

Peel Shows Polish to Give Selectors a Jolt

Late Winner From Emnes Avoids Replay Headache

Ballack Double Helps Chelsea Plaster Over Deficiencies

Kettering's Artisans Fall at the Last in Survival of Richest

Dull Draw Fails to Separate Premier League Strugglers

Attwell's Decisions Helps Hull Down Millwall

Doncaster Hold On-form Villa to Force Fourth-round Replay

Swansea Knock Holders Pompey Out of Cup to Increase Their Woe

FA Cup Tie Brings About Remembrance of Things Past

Papac Moves to Defend Referee

Drinks Will Be on Hennessy If the Rookie Trainer Can Pull Off Champion Double

Banter and the Odd Bouncer As Players Put on Show of Unity

Talk is in Fashion But Who's Listening?

Money Talks As South Africa Axe Fifth England Test

Gerrard Denies Assaulting Dj in Bar Brawl

Sardinian Zola Savours Cup Magic That English Managers Disdain

Wenger Insists Fa Cup Matters As Arshavin Transfer Reaches Impasse

Moyes Seeks Big Impact From Anichebe in Merseyside Derby

New Signings Unlikely As Chelsea Bank on Reborn Deco

Unheralded and Unloved, It is Defenders Not Strikers Who Decide the Title Race

Jones the Lock Prepares to Lay Down the Law for Ospreys and Wales

McLaren's New Team Principal Cannot Wait to Direct Hamilton's Title Defence

Lloyd Launches Play-off Idea to Decide Britain's Team Against Ukraine

Blair Opens Floodgates for Blues to Cruise Through in Top Spot

Moody Out Until April

Thrilling Win Helps Dokic Banish the Years of Hurt

Aston Villa Agree £3.5m Fee With Wigan for Heskey

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Keen to Appoint Archie Knox

Scottish Football Needs Summer Matches or a Winter Break

Harmison Puts Himself Up for Ipl Auction

Stevens' Drug Admission Makes Two-year Ban Almost Certain

Olazábal's Whim Threatens to Derail Monty's Foregone Conclusion

Cancer Survivors Harris and Duke Lead Battle Between Lions and Tigers

Perez Leads the Way After Breaking Pga Halfway Record

Violence Erupts Between Serbs and Bosnians After Djokovic's Win

Venus's Gloom Allows Top Seeds to Start to Bear Fruit

Why Craps Systems Do Not Work

De Kock Poised to Open New Front From Historic Newmarket Stables

Late Goals Leave Bookies Feeling Blue

No Split Loyalties As Clough Jr Faces Forest

Cricket Set for Free-to-air Return in Review of Sporting 'crown Jewels'

She is on Her Own Against the World and the Elements. The Other Sailors Like Sailing Boats, She Loves Being at Sea

Cricket to Be Centrepiece of Tug-of-war Between Broadcasters

Patched-up Spurs Squad Feel the Wrath of Exasperated Redknapp

Away Wins Offer Value in Fa Cup Markets

Alves Afflicted By the Curse of The Bear

Scolari Refuses to Risk Terry's Back for Fa Cup Clash With Ipswich

Bullard Set to Join Hull After Stalling of Wage Demands at Fulham

Turner Insists Hartlepool Can Slay More Giants With Concentrated Effort

Grey-Thompson's 22 Anti-doping Moves Adopted By Uk Athletics

Robinho Attracts Record Fine From City But No Public Criticism

Arsenal Made to Wait to Find Out Fee Required to Capture Arshavin

Knee Injury Rules Hipkiss Out Until March

Coltart Leads Way at Qatar Masters With Stenson and Jiménez

Eduardo Ready for Arsenal Comeback

Mido on His Way to Wigan After King Joins Boro on Loan

Zenit Say Arshavin Deal Could Be Completed Within Two Days

Giannakopoulos Leaves Hull for Larissa

Anelka: Chelsea Have to Beat Liverpool to Maintain Title Tilt

Zola Reassures Fans Fearful of West Ham Departures

Stevens Has Been a Right Charlie, But He Needs to Earn a Living

Robinho Insists He is Happy With City Life

Jamie Murray Suffers Opening-round Defeat

Why Britain Will Never Emulate France or Russia When It Comes to Tennis

Nadal Moves Ominously Into Last 32 With Emphatic Victory Over Karanusic

Brave Baltacha Runs Out of Steam Against Mauresmo

City Must Learn to Live With Robinho's Need to Party

Where Will the Big Bucks Go When the Bubble Bursts?

Redknapp Attacks His Players As a 'mish-mash'

Ladak Hopes to Show Itv What They're Missing

Too Many Problems Stem From Past for Flower to Blossom As Coach

Emma Jane Looks Gem of a Bet at 10-1 for Thyestes Chase

Deal That Confounded Football's Naysayers

Great or Not, Continuity Was the Key to Hayden's Top Order Reign

England's Flight of Fancy to St Kitts is a Pain for Passengers

I Considered Leaving Glasgow for Good, Says Celtic Coach Lennon

Alcott Upbeat About Return to the Slopes

Cheers to Chris Chelios, the Iceman Who Won't Give Up

Middlesbrough Keen on Swapping Mido for Marlon King

Redknapp Hopes for Bite From Palacios As Clubs Criticise Spurs' Transfer Policy

Panesar Unruffled By Mugging in Johannesburg

Meet Tyson Fury, Britain's New Heavyweight Contender

Keothavong Eases Pain of Singles Defeat With Progress in Doubles

Djokovic's Title Defence Remains on Track

Safina Survives Scare to Book Place in Round Three

Desjoyeaux Crosses Equator As Davies Stalls in Vend?e

Swiss Diplomatic Incident Looms for Triesman

How the World's Biggest Transfer Fell Apart

Stevens Provides Cautionary Tale of a Generous, Breezy and Lonely Man

Barbers Hopes Are Too High, Says Henderson

Do England Even Need a Head Coach? This Tour Will Tell

Arshavin Talks on Hold As Zenit Demand Arsenal Raise Their Bid

Wakefield Still Haunted By Death of Watene

The Earl of Goodison Closes His Wallet

Great Victories Are the Ones Earned the Hard Way

Everton Chase Almeida to Bolster Striking Options

McGeechan Confident That Wasps Stars Will Stay

Kaka Snub Must Prompt Sheikh Mansour to Re-evaluate His Priorities for City

Finally a Buzz Returns to the Bees

Delay Over Heskey Return Makes Little Sense in Liverpool's Search for Spark

January Draft is Crucial for Nba Managers

Pybus Believes He is the Man to Unite Divided England

Huddersfield Unsuccesful in Pursuit of Half-back Nathan Fien

Trio Plead Guilty to Abusive Chants Against Footballer Sol Campbell

Further Surprises to Be Anticipated in a Tournament Confounding Expectations

'I Wish I Could Have That Time at Manchester City Again'

Simon Avoids Early Exit With Straight Sets Win Over Andujar

Benítez Clings to Positives As Cahill Leveller Denies Liverpool

Manchester City Stunned After Kaka Move Collapses

The Green Grass in City's Garden is Richer Than a Sheikh's Gold

'Big Players Want to Win Trophies and City Are Not in the Race'

Defeat Dashes Gb Women's Hopes of 2012 Games Berth

Marland's Declaration May Have Come Too Late

Dwain Chambers Sees Chink of Light After Depths of Despair

Australian Visa Problems Hit Crusaders' Plans

No Point in a Racecourse Without Proper Grandstand

Scouting Report: Nathan Clyne, Crystal Palace

When the Bacall of Duty Was a Double Delight

Cahill Pounces to Punish Wasteful Reds

Kaka Move Falls Through As Brazilian Opts to Stay at Milan

Marland's Ecb Challenge to Clarke Falters at the First

No Return to Handicap Status for Victor Chandler

FA Feels the Heat As Spain and Portugal Agree Joint 2018 World Cup Bid

British Trio Left Grasping for a Winning Mentality

Butcher Could Take the Reins at Caley

Gatland Finds No Room for Spare Parts in Wales' Tight Squad

Arsenal Officials Go to Russia for Arshavin Talks After Zenit Reject £12m Bid

Kaka Decision Over City Move Depends 'on Team They Intend to Put Together'

Leeds Criticise Bradford Over Signing of Bird

Uncertainty Swirls Around the Drop Zone

Leighs Sale Puts Managers Arena in Pole Position


Smith Hails the Master in a Very Weak Division

Aussies Suffering From Self-doubt As the Happy Slam Gets Underway

Roddick Lays Down Marker With Thumping Win Over Rehnquist

Jankovic Sweeps Into Second Round

Pompey's Wide Boys Show Spurs Must Wise Up

Runners Race Day Focus

New Boy Rashid Stays Steady While England Dressing Room Spins

Sports Law is Now Big Game

Few Positive Points for Clough in Derby Debut and None for Club

Jones Takes Disappointment With Warning It is No Three-horse Race

Ulster Breeze Past Harlequins in a Stormy Cup Encounter

Wenger Toys With a Different Route But Van Persie Proves the Pathfinder

Powell Plots Final Appearance for England Team

'I'm Not Bulletproof' Admits Southgate After Boro's Hawthorns Horror Show

With Luck on Their Side Villa Are Quick to Push Top-four Ambitions

Wasps and Leinster Fear Citings on Top of Injuries

Last-gasp Berbatov Helps Calm and Courageous United Hit the Summit

Keothavong and Co Benefit From Increased Lta Investment

Wolves Denied at the Death But Still Extend Their Lead at the Top

Boo Boys Fail to Take Shine Off 'rock-solid' Campbell's Day

Gloucester Have No Answer to Heroic 14-man Blues

Tigers Triumph in Final Demolition

Diamond Double Leaves Celtic Stunned

Dragons' Fire Finally Rouses Bath Who Veer Between Bad and Beautiful

Defoe Strike Silences Crowd and Puts Pay to Pompey's Party

Hammers Receive Timely Boost As Zola Faces Uncertainty Over Bellamy

So What Abuse is Acceptable to Hurl at Footballers?

Casey Keeps Cool to Claim Long Overdue Victory

Defoe Hauls Spurs Off Bottom in Pulsating Match at White Hart Lane

Police Presence Ensures Campbell Abuse is Restricted to Boos and Cheers

Armstrong Back in the Saddle and the Peloton on Racing Return

Orient Part Company With Ling

Tudgay Leads Wednesday Rout As Charlton Slump Deepens

Redknapp's Shopping Spree is As Daft As Man City's

Tour to Rein in Ryder Cup Captain in Wake of Faldo Fiasco

Kaka: Deeply Reluctant to Join City

Furious Scolari in 'tapping' Outburst

Ex-hero Paatalainen Becoming the Villain of the Piece

Eloquent Arteta Makes the Most of Central Role

British Quartet Climb Out of Men's Shadows

King's Counsel Can Save Spurs

Fulham's Little Deuce Coup

Murray Muscles in on Grand Slam Dream

Beech Looks Sunday Best

Walsh Leads Cheers After Master Class

This Retiring Type Finally Has the Chance to Reveal His Inner Fan

Armstrong Back on the Attack

Gunners Backlash Tame Tigers

Casey Gets Closer to Cracking It

Johnson's Men Must Follow Mantra of Liberation

Lessons Learned in the Wake of Packer

Late Villa Double Leaves Black Cats Licking Their Wounds

Dunne Sees Red But Zabaleta Strike Hands City Victory

Bowyer Leaves It Late to Get Even With Cardiff

West Brom Scent Another Escape After Koren Double

Berbatov Gives Bolton Some Cantona-style Medicine

Mellor on the Spot to Give Preston Victory Over Burnley

Redknapp is Not the One-dimensional Caricature the Press Would Have You Believe

Hull's Chameleons Gripped By an Identity Crisis

Zonal Defending Vs Man-marking – Which is Best?

Kinnear Offered 'lucrative Contract' to Stay at St James' Park

Is Zonal Marking Right or Wrong?

Ferguson Says It is Time We Gave United's Centre-backs Centre Stage

Rafa's Rejection Shines Light on Backroom Power Plays

Dennis Moves Aside As Mclaren Unveil New Dream Machine

Waldouck Relishing Chance to Beat O'driscoll in Generation Game

Grayson Grabs Chance to Lead His Boyhood Club Up Promotion Path

My Mentor

O'Connell Opens the Munster Floodgate and Sale Sink Without Trace

Smith Blasts Critics Who Hide Behind Computers

Dennis to Stand Down at Mclaren

Five Consecutive Centuries Illuminates Quarter-final As Maguire Progresses

City's Spending Clouds Villa's Ascent to Top-four Spot, Admits O'neill

Greening Spies Chance to Increase 'boro's Relegation Worries

Levein's Style Revolution at Tannadice Should Alert the Old Firm

Ancelotti Concedes 'huge' Offer Could Lead to Kaka Leaving Milan

Veteran Promoters Still Packing Powerful Punch in Fight Game

Andy Hodge

Coy Montgomerie Says 'wait and See' Over Ryder Cup Captaincy

Benítez Rejects New Contract Offer Over Control of Transfer Policy

City's Obscene Posturing is Enough to Make a Grown Fan Cry

Henry Makes Stand in Face of Spanish Inquisition to Prove He is Real Deal

Friday's Football Transfer Rumours: Tevez to Chelsea?

Montgomerie in Frame for Ryder Cup Captaincy

Two Chiefs and Too Many Jobs at Mclaren

Wenger Blasts Manchester City Slickers 'living in Different World'

Meet a Gentleman Bookie Who Started a Betting Revolution

Brown Got Up My Nose With His Ranting Says Kinnear As He Shrugs Off Yet Another Flare-up

Selby and Higgins to Meet in Wembley Semis

One Man's Quest to Find First Black Winner of the Tour De France

RFU Signals Its Opposition to Premiership Expansion Plan

Rod Laver at 70: 'i Enjoyed It. I'm Proud of What I Accomplished'

Wigan Target Hunt As Bruce Seeks a Left-field Solution

Hughes Draws Up Kaka Battle Plan As City Close in on Milan Playmaker

Topless Jockey Blunder Costs Two Super7 Punters £200,000

New Rivals Look to Step Into Garcia and Harrington's Shoes

Future Bright for Britain As Youth Team Triumph in Sydney

No Apologising for Allardyce's Abysmal Tenure at Newcastle

Wenger Still Confident of Securing Arshavin Deal

Khan's Career on the Line As Barrera Presents Toughest Challenge Yet

Thursday's Football Transfer Rumours: Andre Arshavin to Pay Part of His Own Transfer Fee to Get to Arsenal?

Bruce Fears Loss of Palacios But Spurs' £10m Offer is Rejected

Davies Sets Cracking Pace Despite Tangle With Kelp

Warriors' Quota Solution Opens Up Spot for Roberts

Crouch Reveals Adams Pledge Over Player Sales

What Price Scruples? New Order is Sheikh It or Leave It

Garcia Makes Turnberry His Priority in 'important Year'

Kaka's Decision to Stay Put is No Loss for Manchester City

Who is the Quickest Bowler of Them All?

Dangerous Liaisons All in the Mind for Ferguson and Benítez

Palace Progress in Cup at Expense of Leicester

Relieved Scolari Gets Some Breathing Space in Stand-off With Players

Chelsea Intact But Southend Expose Familiar Sores

Kinnear Puts Up More Fight Than His Team As Hull Breeze Through

Spurs Fail With £10m Palacios Bid

GB Boxing May Suffer at London Games, Says Deposed Edwards

Respect Campaign Has Been a Success, Claims Referee Webb

An Awful Lot of Scoffing in Brazil Over Kaka-manchester City Link

O'Neill Perplexed By Mowbray's 'non-football' Allegation

National Glory is What Keeps Pipe Dream Alive

Hoy Glad to Be Back in the Saddle After Post-beijing Hype

McCaffrey Own-goal Helps Rangers Forget Their Troubles

Swans Serene As Histon's Heroes Head Back to Their Day Jobs

Clubs to Discuss Measures for Weathering Harsh Economic Climate

Shock As Approach is Rated World's Joint-top Racehorse in 2008

Tuesday's Football Transfer Rumours - Manchester City to Splurge £100m on Kaka?

Selby Beats Walden 6-5 to Reach Masters Quarter-finals

'I'm Not Sure Scolari Even Knows What His Full-strength Side Is'

American to Become New Head of the Men's Game

Ding Knocks Out Murphy to Reach the Quarter-finals

Newcastle Sale Scuppered By Americans' Hedge Fund Losses

No One in Charge As Tracks Gamble With Tv Coverage

Tilson Tells Southend to Make Set Pieces Count

Healy Hopes His Sunderland Days of Woe Are Over

Chelsea's Clumsy Squad Needs Makeover to Find Road Back to the Summit

Lyle in the Frame As Players Debate 2010 Ryder Cup Captaincy

Athletic Success Can Come Down to Sheer Bloody-mindedness. And I Think Steph Twell's Got It

Danny is Taking Care of Business for Quins and England

All the Stars Once Signed Up for Me

ECB's Management Systems Shouldn't Disbar Outsider Ford

Ohuruogu Keen to Work With 2012 Organisers

Control-freak Benítez Needs to Cast His Caution to the Wind

British Ice Skater Gave Birth Two Days After Fatal Brain Haemorrhage

Key Backs Favourite Ford for the England Coaching Job

Beckham Proves a Big Draw But Fails to Make Major Impression on Milan Debut

Calls for Rule Review As Pierse Punters Frustrated

Poignant Win for Spencer on Dishdasha

ABA Sacks Golden Coach Edwards

Davies Reaches Atlantic at Front of British Challenge

Chelsea Empty Midfield Minefield and Berbatov Explodes Into Action

Ronaldo Trickery Leaves Boys in Blue Looking Like a Mangled Wreck

Villa Capitalise From Carson Own-goal

Fulham and Portsmouth May Face Premier League Sanctions Over Postponements

Downing Secures Vital Point Towards Boro Survival and a Summer Exit

Irate Davies Returns Fire to Accuse 'screaming' Arsenal of Cheating

Hearts Inflict More Cup Pain on Hibs in Edinburgh Derby

Preston's Elliott Turns Molineux Into Happy Hunting Ground

Walk Down Shankly Memory Lane Puts a Smile on Everyone's Face

Brown Blames Hull Damage on Official Errors

Spurs Lack Strength for Survival Fight, Says Redknapp

Newcastle Heave Sigh of Relief After Gale-force Win

It's the Taking Part That Counts

Sunday's Football Transfer Rumours: Shay Given to Join Manchester City for a Knockdown Fee?

Dodgy Darts and the Damien Hirst of Football

Said & Done

Must Do Better is Simple Message for Celtic Giants

Smith Plans Attack on the World to Pass Next Test

Mullins Has Ammunition to Call Shots at Festival

Williams Shows Cup Dream is Not Ayry Fairy

Elliott Slays Wolves to Send Preston Sixth

Shelvey Stars But Forest Prevail

Chelsea Ditch Expensive Foreign Kids

Bendtner Finds Warm Glow in Big Freeze

First Diarra, Then Defoe, Now All the Rumours. This is the Strangest January in Football I've Ever Known

United Hold the Keys to Tevez Loan Shackles

Accident and Design Make Bruce's Wigan Global Players

If You Want a Great Leader, Don't Promote a Celebrity

The Balance of Power

Scolari Still Needs to Impose Winners' Stamp on Chelsea

Review: United We Fall

Thrilling Saints Dodge Leicester's Daylight Robbery

Cold Bath Sees Wasps Game Postponed

Meehan Refuses to Change Bath's Attacking Philosophy

Chess

Tongan Sam Moa Set to Move to Kc Stadium

GB Guard Boyd Joins Riders for First British League Spell

Rejuvenated Davies Ready to Make Forest Fire

Gazza's Sad Role As a Celebrity Big Brother

Scolari: We Must Go for Jugular at United to Keep Title Hopes Alive

This Weekend's Guinness Premiership Matches

No Inspection As Ayr Tries to Beat Big Freeze

Has the Chelsea Dream Gone Sour for Absent Abramovich?

Defoe Defies Bruised Hearts of the Spurned

Clough Keeps His Message Streamlined and Simple

Bellamy Holds Out for Tottenham Move in Face of Hughes Interest

Tindall Prepares to Come in From the Cold

Ferdinand Finds Common Ground at No10 Downing Street

Luton Guided By 2020 Vision and in Search of a Miracle

Second-half Goal Glut Keeps Reading on Heels of Leaders

Stewart Expects a Weary War in the Meeting of Hearts and Hibs

Allardyce Wants Sturridge or Big Money If City Sign Santa Cruz

Mido Vents Anger at Southgate and Boro

Friday's Football Transfer Rumours: Valencia to Move Lock, Stock and Belltower El Micalet to Madrid?

Moores Could Be Offered Lancashire Coaching Role

Ince Hits Out Over Lack of Blackburn Support

Hodgson and Geraghty Have Chance to Show They Hold Keys to No10

Donington Gets Go-ahead for Redevelopment

Park Looks Just the Ticket to Be First Goalscorer for United on Sunday

Ospreys Hoping to Work Out Share Deal for Johnson

Downing Should Aim for Bigger Club Than Spurs, Says Southgate

Bradley Wiggins

Redknapp Offers Buy-back Guarantee

Six of the Best Needed to Improve Play-offs

Clarke in a Position of Strength As Re-election for Ecb Chairman Nears

Santa Cruz Demands Move After Blackburn Reject £18m City Bid

Le Cam's Rescue Boat Loses Mast Near Cape Horn

Bath Will Stick to Their Adventurous Principles But Can They Handle the Pressure?

Education Buried Under Money-spinning Mountain of Us College Sport

Century Ride Training: How to ride a fast century

Super Pocket Bikes Are All The Rage

Edgerrin James Erases Bad Season

Legal Wrangle Looms for Defoe Over Mother's Role in Move

Hard to Pine for the Days of Deadly Doug and His Ilk

Pride Park's New Jewel is More Than a Chip Off the Old Block

Search for New Coach Brings Some Old Faces Back Into View

Spat Sets Stage for Clean Sweep Ahead of Ashes

Liverpool Can Stretch Lead, Says Benítez

No Cold Shoulder for Steve Bates As Bath Call in the Heaters

Does the Ecb Even Realise That the Ashes Are in July?

No Knickers at Twickers Makes Us Mills & Swoon

'OK, Maybe It's Slightly Dangerous ...'

Warwick Under Threat From Frost

Turner Keeps Her Feet on the Ground After Aeroplane Lift-off

Halcon Can Pay the National Debt at 33-1 If Denman Runs

Commons Touch Helps Rams Turn the Tables on the Old Trafford Aristocrats

Morris the Man Left Standing Amid the Wreckage of England Team

Soaring Blackhawks Symbolise a Sport's Resurgence

Huddersfield Fear Defeat in Attempt to Sign Carney

Le Cam Relives 'great Moment' of Dramatic Rescue After Capsizing

Vaughan's Exclusion From Windies Tour the Catalyst for Pietersen's Discontent

Wednesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Gareth Bale to Boro to Secure Spurs' Move for Stewart Downing?

The Rich List - Another League Abramovich is No Longer Top of

Tote Defends Super7 Bet Withdrawals

Wembley Seat Licences Just the Ticket - for Now

Rees Out of Six Nations

Defoe Will Add Balance to Lop-sided Line-up, Says Redknapp

Allardyce Hopes Santa Cruz Will Stay But Lines Up Diouf As a Fall-back

Capsized Sailor Rescued By Vendée Race Rival

Ball Boys Given the Best Seat in the House

Teenager Twell is Fast Following in Radcliffe's Footsteps

Financial Nightmare Has Disrupted Dream of Club Ownership

Agentless Defoe Did His Own Bargaining With Tottenham

Transformed Tottenham Put Themselves on Verge of Wembley Return

Australia Struggle With Letting Go of Fading Hayden

Tevez Ready to Leave As United Manager Tries to Unsettle Benítez

Redknapp's Market Genius Spurs on Great Expectations

Fuming Hughes Keen to Dump Three Manchester City Rebels

Hughes' Hands Are Full With City's Local Politics

Melandri Without a Team As Kawasaki Leave Motogp

Papua New Guinea Forward Chan Signs for Crusaders

The Only Gay on the Pitch

England Bid Team Play Cautious Numbers Game

Scouting Report: James Henry, Reading

Hammers Resist As Wenger Targets Upson to Shore Up Arsenal Defence

Saracens' Jones Ready to Lure Cipriani Away From Wasps

City's Spree Will Be Last Before English Game Takes a Pounding

Honours Are Fine But True Glory Lies in Honest Endeavour

Sheer Drop and Sheer Fear of the Famously Crazy Cresta

Wenger Targets Upson to Shore Up Arsenal's Defence

Tottenham Confident of Bringing Back Defoe Despite Pompey's £20m Pricetag

Cricket Rallies Round Seemingly Doomed Moores

Downing Not for Sale, Middlesbrough Tell Suitors Tottenham

Merseyside Cup Derby in Need of More Spice and Less Poison

Arsenal a Likely Beneficiary As Arshavin Confirms His Western Wanderlust

Alves Double Enough to Kill Off Barrow's Hopes of Upset

Adams' Strikers Go Missing on and Off Pitch As Portsmouth Head for Troubled Waters

Ambitious Kettering Look Forward to Fulham Fixture on Way Into Football League

Noble Effort Compensates for Depleted Force As Hammers Win Easily

London Irish Expose Extent of Falcons' Fall From Grace

Johnson Worth His Price in Relief for Hodgson

Poor Draw With Bristol City Adds to Adams' Woes As Fans Threaten Defoe

Baggies Keep Mediocrity of the Cup Alive and Ferguson Jr Takes Full Advantage

For Keane, 73 Minutes of Fumbling Failure; for Torres a Two-yard Tap-in

Moyes Avoids Potential Upset But Now Faces Liverpool in Fourth Round

Sport for Simpletons at a Dozy Time of Year

Wenger Says Arsenal Cannot Afford to Pick and Choose Competitions

Gillingham's Best Efforts Undone By Lack of Midfield Thrust

Butler Leads Fightback As Great Britain Tame Finns

Arsenal to Lose Forwards Carney and Fleeting

Merseyside Derby a Poignant Way to Mark Hillsborough Anniversary

Milner's Late Spot Kick Steals Gillingham's Thunder

Downing's Expected Transfer Request May Spark Auction for Winger

Warrington Enlist Goulding the Younger

Taylor and Barney Line Up a Final Rematch

Turner Still Has Plenty of Hurdles

Hughes Eyes Move for Leeds Youngster Delph

McGeechan Needs a Noise As Now is the Time of Haste

The Critical Moment

Give Us an 'eh?'

The End of the Golden Age

The View From Spain

My Friend Seve

A Day in the Life of a Football Mascot

Manager of the Month

On the Nose

England Clones Set to Mimic Australia

Boo Just Having a Blast

Said & Done 2008 Awards

A Bridge Far Enough for City As Reality Bites

Desjoyeaux Ready to Unleash Secret Weapon

Blackpool Rocked By Green Goal As Gulls Upset the Odds

Peterborough Rue Missed Chances

Johnson Relishes Second Chance Against Faltering Holders

Second-string Hull Hold Magpies

Van Persie Settles Nerves But Arsenal Fail to Convince

Torres Has the Final Say As Keane Can Only Stutter

Birthday-boy Clarke Gives Southend a Reason to Party

Fulham Cast Fragility Aside to Sink Brave Wednesday

Osman Prevents More Cup Distress

Barrow Boys Are Brought Back to Earth

Life After Gazza at Rockingham Road

Rampant Irish Top the Table

Gloucester Find New-year Resolve

Magical Nine-dart Finish Lifts Roof Off Palace

Rovers Won't Relish Experienceing Blyth's Spartan Existence

Redknapp Recoils at Defoe's £20m Price Tag

Guinness Premiership Team News

Mowbray Warns Bolton Off Morrison

Holders Begin Their Defence — But So Much Has Changed at Portsmouth Since Their Wembley Glory Day

Gerrard the Icon of Liverpool's Drama

Giant-killing Memories Cannot Mask Savage Southampton Decline

'Dracula' Beck Puts the Lifeblood in Histon

Non-league Presence in Third Round of Fa Cup Breaks All-time Record

City's Sultans of Bling Dance to Different Beat in Dire Straits

Pavlyuchenko is Spot on But Bent Injury Puts Further Strain on Spurs

Wolves Will Keep Hold of Key Players, Says Mccarthy

McGeady Returns From Celtic Suspension to Warm Bench

Kettering Chairman Supports Palestinian Plight

South America Ready to Take Dakar Bow

Nothing Quite As It Seems With the Winter Classic

Wales Can Cope With Great Expectations

Old-Evertonian Alan Irvine Hopes Liverpool Tie Will Gauge His Quiet Revolution at Preston

The Pestilence Preying on Our Managers

Bridge Set to Be First in at Eastlands

Portsmouth Pave the Way for Defoe Auction

Roxy Gathers Speed to Move Into Sixth Place

England Team Management in Turmoil As Morris Faces Moores Sacking Dilemma

Sandown Set to Beat Frost

Calgary Jumps Into Big Time But Knight Will Be Careful With the Targets

Scarlets Climb to Third As Dragons Are Left Kicking Themselves

Marcos Senna Cool on Manchester City Move

Redknapp Keen to Get Wigan Cup-tie Out of the Way

Portsmouth Would Sell Jermain Defoe for the Correct Price

Injured Graeme Smith to Miss One-day Series

Rafael Benítez

Rising Sons, Sinking Fathers

Ronaldo is Spot on As United Stay in the Driving Seat

Its Nadal v Federer Again As Spaniard Progresses to Australian Open Final

Friday's Football Transfer Rumours: David Beckham to Buy Leyton Orient?

RFU Warns of Job Losses and Cuts As Crunch Puts 2015 Bid in Doubt

McFadden Injury Blow for Birmingham and Scotland

Stubborn Benítez Has Become the Embodiment of Liverpool's Flaws

Benayoun Confident of Getting Liverpool's Title Bid Back on Track

Six Nations Standards Must Rise for the Lions to Roar in South Africa

Bookies Doubt Liverpool Will Last the Course As United Attract £40,000 Bet

Williams to Meet Safina in Australian Open Final

Robson Reaches Semi-final After Opponent Retires

Flintoff Injury Confuses England's Fast-bowler Shoot-out

Debutant Mido Puts Benítez Back on the Spot

Funding Cuts Threaten 2012 Medal Hopes

Fired-up Nadal Blazes Past Simon Into All-spanish Semi-final

Beckham Has Chance to Impress Watching Capello at Milan

Strauss Finds Form As England Enjoy Win and Flintoff Boost

Broad Turns His Back on India's Riches As England Team-mates Clamber for Ipl Berths

Capello Hints at Beckham's England Inclusion

Roddick Talks Up Federer After Djokovic Bows Out

Flintoff Could Be Fit for Jamaica Test After Scan Shows No Major Damage

Gough and Udal Join England Brigade on Provisional Ipl Player List

'Me and Dugarry Had the Biggest Impact on Birmingham Since Trevor Francis'

Reg Gutteridge

Long Road to London 2012 Starts in Glasgow

Great Scot? Steve Bierley's Guide to How Andy Murray Can Improve

Wisdom of Ages for Strauss to Follow

Strauss Makes Haste After Slow-hand Panesar Delivers

England Fret After Sending Flintoff for a Scan

Keane the Victim As Benítez Battles for Control of Transfer Policy at Liverpool

Armstrong Back – But 'softer Lance' Approach Not Always Appropriate

Murray's Melbourne Dream Fades Away As Verdasco Wins Five-setter

Ballack Shines But Chelsea's Defence is Still Not in the Zone

Federer Faces Towering Encounter After a Czech Scare

'Softer' Armstrong Confident After Promising Performance Down Under

Nadal, Injury and Illness – the Threats to Murray Slam Hopes

Birmingham All at Sea As They Lose to Blackpool

Sacrifice the Solution to the Non-stop Slog

Manchester United Second Xi v Tottenham Hotspur U-12s - Live!

Brilliant Murray Strolls Into Last 16 After Mauling Melzer

Hicks and Gillett Face Up to Sale of Liverpool at Knockdown Price

Sir Alex Admits: I Wanted to Use Obscure Fa Rule in Order to Avoid a Replay

A Peek at the Diary of ... Kevin Pietersen

England Stars Pledge 10% of Their Ipl Fees to Their Counties

Liverpool Sale Would Cost American Owners Dear

Federer Follows Djokovic and Roddick Through to the Last 16

Armstrong Backs Landis Comeback

Steven Gerrard Pleads Not Guilty to Nightclub Assault

'I'll Never Swim Eight Events Again,' Says Phelps

Hatton-Pacquiao Fight Could Be Back On, Claims Promoter

Get Details About The Schwinn 231 Recumbent Exercise Bike

Pipe Dreaming of Another National Success

Counties the Only Real Losers in Hard-fought Ipl Compromise

Part-time England Stars Likely to Miss Out on Ipl Bonanza

Hicks in Talks With Kuwait Billionaire Over Liverpool Sale

Gerrard Prepares for Court Appearance

Armstrong Goes on Attack on Tour Down Under

Ferguson Calls Crunch Meeting As Injury Crisis Settles in at United

Festival Hero Inglis Drever Bows Out

Government Forced to Bail Out Major Olympic Projects

The Rugby Football League Insist They Need Financial Backing From the Government to Make Their 2013 World Cup Bid More Competitive

Pacquiao's Stalling May Jeopardise Hatton Fight

Suggestion of Murray Success Needles Djokovic

Ivanovic Struggles With Shoddy Service

History of American Boxing

Picnic Games for Adults

Strauss Calls for Ecb to Allow Players to Make Their Own Decisions on Ipl

Pietersen Will Get His Say in Brave New World Under Strauss

Armstrong Finds the Going Tough on His Return to Cycling

Murray Shows No Mercy As Tennis's Grim Reaper

Serena Williams Begins Bid for Fourth Title With Comfortable Victory

Murray Through After Pavel Retires

Clough Finds Common Ground With Adversary Ferguson

O'Sullivan Set to Announce New Deal With 110 Agents

We'll Win, Vows Armstrong Over Cancer Battle

Hatton-Pacquiao Fight 'back On' Says Promoter

Choosing the Best Golf Driver to Improve Your Golf Game

Who Says You have to be a Pro to Own a Camping Tent?

Australian Open-Nadal Leads the Men’s Division

Murray's Mental Strength Holds Key to Securing Grand Slam Triumph

Lampard Gives Chelsea Room to Breathe By Snatching Last-gasp Victory

Lampard Brings Late Relief to Chelsea

Armstrong Now Pedals to Proselytise As Much As to Win

Hatton Ready to Walk Away From Pacquiao Fight Rather Than Accept Smaller Cut

Liverpool Manager Benítez Rejects Contract Offer

Halfway to the Opening Ceremony, London 2012's Progress Report

Lampard Backs 'world's Best Striker' Drogba to Return

Playing Favourites With Murray Looks a Tough Racket at the Australian Open

Kevin Pietersen No Match for Captain Wangler

India Irked By Tendulkar's Low Ranking in List of Greats

Clubs Prepare for Ruck With Union Over Plans to Increase Premiership Fixtures

On Second Thoughts: Fergie's Mind Games

Sidney Wood

Abramovich Can Show City's Sheikh the Price of a Rich Man's Folly

Johnson Trusts in Old Guard But Finds Space for Foden

Coleen Rooney's Brother Arrested Over Brawl That Led to Steven Gerrard Charge

Liverpool Are Alerted to Loan Star Hanlon's Exciting Potential

Dropping Drogba is a Risk Worth Taking for Scolari

Champions League Football is Aston Villa's to Lose

Geremi Poised for £1.5m Move From Newcastle to Besiktas

Pietersen Practises at Lord's for the First Time Since Losing Captaincy

Kaka Plays Down City Link and Claims He Wants to 'grow Old' at Milan

Chelsea Drop Drogba for Replay at Southend

Appiah to Take Part in Spurs Trial Match Tonight

Solid Forward Thinking Underpins England's Plan to Cut Loose

Benítez "missed the Boat" Over Dual-role Criticisms, Says United Chief Executive

Manchester City Decision is Kaka's Alone, Say Milan

Be Grateful for Giggs, a Gift That Keeps on Giving

Redknapp Spotted in Milan Keeping Tabs on Adriano and Dacourt

Scolari Switches Systems to Sort Out Set-piece Problems

Did the Observer Inspire United's Controversial Corner?

Wigan Will Be Harder to Beat Than Chelsea, Says Ferguson

Pacquiao's Purse Demands Put Fight With Hatton in Jeopardy

Fans Ready to Give Up Season Tickets Amid Recession Fears

Rochdale Hornets Face Financial Crisis Ahead of New Season

Brady's Grey Hints at Festival Party

Enter New Ferrari With Promise of More Excitement

Aubrey Morris

Ronaldo Adds Fifa World Player of the Year to List of Accolades

Mason's Foul Exit Opens the Door for Romania

Piece By Confusing Piece, Pietersen's Story Takes Shape

Davies Delighted As He Builds Up Forest Fan Base

Best is Yet to Come, Says Murray, As He Prepares to Make Great Leap Forward

Murray Slams Home the Message

Beckham is in Milan to Play - and Please Capello

Top Wheelchair Athlete is Facing Deportation

Strauss and Moody Still the Right Men for England

Triumph Over Djokovic That Turned the Tide

Carroll Makes Point With Leap Into Limelight

Australian Open Promises to Kick Start an Exciting Year for Tennis Fans

Should Strauss Just Resign Right Now?

Benítez Declares War on Ferguson With Scripted Attack

Wenger Confirms Touré As Captain But Stays Cagey on Transfer Options

'Short Term' Blues' Spending Let United Dominate Again

Ferguson Retains a Quiet Psychological Mastery

McLaren Chief Dennis Questions Donington's Grand Prix Capacity

Benítez Launches Furious Attack on Ferguson

Scolari Says Win Over United is Vital

A Risk Too Far: Ronaldo's Ferrari Crash May Cost Him Dear, Say Insurers

Second Time Lucky for Bowyer As Midfielder Heads for Birmingham City

How England's Players Split Their Allegiances

Pietersen Wanted Flower Out Too

Ghost of Tevez Returns to Haunt Hammers

'What Kp Did Was in the Best Interests of the Team', Says Strauss

Ian Greaves

Strauss Faces Biggest Test: Restoring Harmony to Dressing Room

Murray is Confident, More Solid and Stronger, Says Federer

Kinnear Hopeful of Keeping Barton As Newcastle Reject Bolton's £2m Bid

Olympics to Sprint Ahead With Workforce of 6,000

IPL Franchises Clamber to Lure Pietersen Away From England

Trendspotting

Pietersen Was Only Doing His Duty As Captain to Raise Concerns

West Ham Fear Worst As Fresh Investigation Into Tevez Affair is Launched

Hands Off Diouf and Chimbonda, Warns Sunderland Manager

Hamstring Injury Rules Out Gallas for Three Weeks to Heighten Wenger's Woe

The Break Roulette Software Review - Scam or Genius?

Master Minded Continues to Impress in Build Up to Cheltenham

Sponsor Rues the Captain's Dismissal

Revolt Rebounds on Fallen Pietersen

Just Not Cricket ... the Most Un-english of England Captains Heads for the Pavilion

Doha Just a Doddle for No-fuss Murray As Gulf Rematch Looms With Federer

Boyd Talks Hit Snag As £4m Birmingham Move is Put on Hold

Strauss Steps Into England Hot Seat As Pietersen Resigns and Moores Sacked

Birmingham Buoyed By Imminent Signing of £4m Rangers Forward

Strauss Deserves His Shot at Being the Permanent England Captain

The Ups and Downs of Pietersen's England Captaincy

Profiles of the Key Players in the Pietersen-moores Dispute

All-weather Jumps Back on the Agenda

Masterclass From Serene New-model Murray

FA-funded Homophobia Video Aims to End Crowd Abuse

Talking Horses

Ponting's Sporting Declaration Leaves Hosts Vulnerable to Series Whitewash

Chelsea's Riches Produce Poor Returns for Struggling Scolari

Murray's Global Deal Lets Him Brand It Like Beckham

'I'm Like Marmite – You Will Either Love Me or Hate Me'

England Split Casts Shadow Over Summit on Future of Tests

Abseiling

Scolari Blusters As Southend Show No Fear of Chelsea

Hughes Prepares to Spend As Spirit of the Pub Team Leaves City Staggering

Riley Aids United Cause to Stoke Saints' Indignation

Chelsea's Economy Drive Continues

The Armitage Academy

Much-loved Welsh Saint Comes to Rest Down New Mexico Way

Dyer Delight As West Ham Win

Top British Talent on Target for 2012

Wenger Says Arsenal Remain Strong Amid Financial Crisis

Davies: I Won't Change My Ways at Forest

Scotland Bids Fond Farewell to the Talents of Latapy

Liverpool Champions and Beckham to Face His Greatest Challenge — How 2009 Might Unfold

Liverpool's Pennant Attracts Hull's Attention

Nottingham Forest Appoint Billy Davies As Their New Manager

Cristiano Ronaldo Pledges His Future to Manchester United

West Ham Happy to Consider Offers for 'leading Players'

Thursday's Football Transfer Rumours: Michael Owen to Inter?