Sports Articles February 2009



Talking Horses

Wilson Finds His Range to Keep Rovers' Good News Story Running

Wilkinson Edges Closer to French Move

Coolish Essex Dude Shines and Has Shiner to Show for It

McIlroy Marches on As Hype and Media Attention Grow

Gay Group Tackles Football Homophobia

Fans Banned From Israel's Davis Cup Tie

£10m Drive for More Rural Sports Facilities

Hastings' Damning Verdict Demands a Scotland Victory

I Envy Spurs' Day Out at the Wee-wee Cup

Denman No Certainty to Run in Gold Cup, Owner Tells Punters

Button Ready As Honda Buyout Moves Closer

North Leads the Way As Australia Forge Position of Dominance

Johnson Warns Against Lack of Discipline As O'gara Lies in Wait

Ellis Returns From Streets of Leicester to Take Centre Stage

O'Neill's Goodwill Gesture to 295 Fuming Fans: Dinner With Players

Wenger Calls on Emirates Crowd to Get Behind His Youngsters

Boardroom Shuffle at Anfield Leaves Hicks Holding the Winning Hand

Redknapp Believes Late Escape at Burnley Saved Spurs From Oblivion

Hiddink Happy to Make It Clear: I'm Leaving at End of May

Could Masterchef Sort Out Sport?

Benítez Denies Parry's Exit Will Prompt Him to Sign New Deal

Frustrated Kearney Eager to Unleash His Potential Against England

Fiddler Finds a Formula As Lievrèmont's Monster Stirs

Bopara Excels in Impregnable Fortress As England Seize Control

The Boy From Brazil Who Can't Leave the Playground Behind

City Hatch Plan to Offer Robinho As Bait for Chelsea Captain Terry

Lloyd Puts Faith in Qualifiers to Step Into Murray's Shoes

The Guide: What We Are Looking Forward to From This Weekend's Football

North Follows the Hussey Route

No Money, No Team, No Chance: Nothing But Woe for Weymouth

Hasler and Manly Out to Right a 22-year Wrong Against Leeds Rhinos

SPL2 Will Only Provide More Posers for Scottish Football

Jason Robinson

Parry to Leave Liverpool at End of the Season

Festival Wager on Mamlook Gives Pipe Chance to Clean Up

Friday Night, Under Lights, Will Transform Stade Into a Theatre

Players Rally Around Benítez As Rumour Mill Keeps Grinding at Anfield

France Calls for Help As Lièvremont Makes More Erratic Selections

Ponting and Clarke Steady Ship for Australia After Steyn Blast

Europe, the Last Refuge for Premier League Nearly Men

Rely on Nani and United to Land the Beer Money in Carling Cup Final

Trendspotting: Referees' Habits

Foster Dreams of Wembley Ending to Injury Nightmare

Blades Cut to the Quick By Hull Own Goal

Giovani's First But Europe Sees the Last of Tottenham

Bellamy Lets His Feet Do the Talking As City Ensure an English Presence in the Last 16

Smiling Assassin Finds Lethal Edge Lost Under Scolari to Cure Blues

Robinson Admits His Surprise at Being Named New Sale Coach

Lloyd Abandons Davis Cup Play-offs

England's Burrow Named in Leeds Squad for World Club Challenge

Real Crash Back to Earth After Boluda's chorreo Boast Backfires Against Liverpool

Callow Aussies Caught in Fast Lane

Juninho Still Knuckling Down and Shining Brightly in Europe

Bopara Chosen Ahead of Bell to Replace Flintoff for Barbados Test

Keep the Noise Down During the Match … and Definitely No Craning

The Junior Camrose and the Peggy Bayer Trophy

Binocular Out of Puff But in Favour


Blues Go Right Into Credit Until Juve Cover Their Tracks

Hiddink Rekindles the Battle Skills Lost Under Scolari

Arsenal Get Preview of Life Out of Europe's Elite

Real Madrid v Liverpool Player Ratings

Mamlook Has Right Weight for Cheltenham Glory

O'Neill Cries Foul Over Cska Moscow's Artificial 'advantage'

Sky to Sponsor British Tour De France Team

Stakeholders? They're Just Not Cricket

Stanford Saga is the Tip of the Iceberg for English Cricket

Juventus Gold is Shot Through With Old British Steel

Drogba Delivers As Chelsea Display Resistance of Old

Revitalised Drogba Gives Chelsea a Slender Lead, But This Tie Remains in the Balance

Benayoun Helps Liverpool Storm Spanish Citadel

Hughes Praise for 'more Mature and Fitter' Bellamy

Mensah-Bonsu Closes in on Deal With San Antonio Spurs

South Africa Confident They Will Be on Top of the World

Zero-sum Game Leaves United Facing Tricky Task

Woodward Gets Go-ahead for 2012 Elite Coaching Plan

RBS Pulls Out of Williams F1 Team

US Grand Prix May Return in Slipstream of New American Team

Robinson to Return to Rugby As Head Coach at Sale

India Go Bust As Experienced New Zealand Out-scrap the Entertainers

United and 'un Magnifico Carrick' Gain Italian Media's Seal of Approval

Bayern Have a Sporting Chance to Forget Domestic Woes

Wednesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Kranjcar to Everton?

Torres Relishing the Bernabéu's Bite and Bile

Arsenal's Novel Nine-man Approach Adds to Wenger's Grey Hairs

Stalemate for Old Foes As First Act Demands Encore

Hoy Suffers Setback on Road to Recovery

England Give Ground in World Cup Power Struggle

No Excuses for Failure, Hiddink Tells His New Chelsea Team

Clarke Calls for Independent Help in Wake of Allen Stanford Scandal

Sleepy Hollow Goes Global at Timeform

Ranieri Brings a Moral Back to the Bridge

Benítez Returns With a Reminder of What Might Have Been

Van Commenee Sets Target of Six Medals

O'Neill Defends Decision to Field Weakened Villa Team in Moscow

Roberts Shows Size Does Matter

David Pleat's Key Clashes

Walking in a Wakefield Wonderland

Bannister Severs Ties With Warwickshire Over Stanford Affair

Coventry Get the Best of Blackburn

Zamora Seals Fulham Comeback to Sink Swans

Van Persie Leads From the Front to Drag Arsenal Forward

United's Rearguard Given a Free Ride By Lacklustre Inter

Van Persie Gives Gunners a Spot of Winning Relief

Five-match Ban for Warrington's Westwood

Swann Confident of Elbowing Aside Fitness Doubts for Barbados Test

Pavlyuchenko Concerned About Starting for Spurs in the Carling Cup Final

Australia Name Sheens As New Head Coach

South Africa Ready to Plant Their Flag on Top of the Cricketing World

Hoy Ready to Resume Full Training

Ramos Ready and Waiting for Rafa and Liverpool

Messi Back in France Hoping to End Barcelona's Mini-slump

Oh Just Face It: You Screwed Up

The Spin

Past Heartaches Spur on Robben for Liverpool Test

Australian Jones Thrilled to Be Tiger's Comeback Victim

England Coach Accuses Referee of Wales Bias

Ibrahimovic Has to Live Up to His Billing As the Best

Ambrose Benefits From Prior's Trip Home to See New Baby

Watering at Cheltenham is a Must in Current Climate

Funny Guy Farah is Now Seriously Fast

Wenger Holds His Party Line As He Bets on Future Success

Mourinho's Pragmatism Will Not Be Enough to Lift Inter and Serie A

Plea to Sir Clive: Don't Do Come Dancing, Don't Do Dragons' Den

Wales Welcome Back Williams As Gatland Keeps Henson Primed

Saunders Settles Down to Spar for Gypsy Kith and Kin

Aggers Puts Radio Halfwit in Its Place

Six of the Best Battle for Places in Gb Davis Cup Team

Late Woodgate Goal Gives Spurs Pre-final Fillip

Benítez Will Make Late Decision Over Gerrard's Fitness

Gerrard in Liverpool Squad for Real Madrid Match

ECB Hires Headhunters to Find New Team Director

Williams Returns to Wales Team to Face France in Paris

Noble Stays As Wigan Feel 'concern Rather Than Panic'

Ramprakash Wants to Rebuild England-india Relations

Carter Holds Nerve to Claim Maiden Win

Missing Bodies Leaves Everton Without Guile or Craft

Dann Cuts the Mustard on Coleman's Anniversary

Wotte No Longer a Joke As Southampton Win at Last

Liverpool Draw Little Comfort From City's Resilience

Kear Delighted After Trinity 'work Their Rocks Off' to Defeat Salford

Moyes Admits Everton Are 'close to Breaking Point' As Injuries Mount

Zamora Ends His Fulham Drought While Albion Must Believe in Miracles

Wolves Happy to Embrace a Greek Dropping Gifts

Evans Injury Means Ferguson May Have to Gamble on Carrick at Centre-back

Late Quinn Strike Frustrates Celtic

Ten-man Newcastle Deny Wounded Everton

Kuyt Leveller Brings Only Partial Respite for Liverpool

Burnham Demands Protection for Games From Political Rallies

'Game Against England Was Possibly the Hardest Ever'

Fans Slam Plans for 20-minute Half-time

McCoy Calls Tune on Relentless Nacarat

Broad Shoulders Burden of Being the Rising Son in England's Attack

Hull Boss Brown Determined to Prove His Top-flight Credentials

Fallout From Stanford Affair Spreads to the Golf World

England Must Be Squeaky Clean to Win at Croke Park Says Sheridan

ECB's Imperial Attitude Has Left English Cricket Out in the Cold

Want to Know the Secret to a Winning Team? The Devil is in the Detail

It Has to Be Said: Come on Chelsea, Come Back City

Saganowski Rallies Saints As Fans Go Marching in Protest

Adebola and Skuse Ensure Reading's Slump Continues

Rampant Tigers Roar

Ojo's Late Try Completes Stunning London Irish Comeback

Williams Wins It for Quins in Thrilling Finale

Mourinho Feeling Bullish Ahead of United Tie

Williamson Confident of Beating Chambers After Strong Show at Birmingham

Shawcross Deflection Denies Stoke After Beattie's Brace

Arshavin Unable to Inspire Arsenal in Sunderland Stalemate

Teesside Goal Crunch Leaves Boro on the Brink of Depression

Tactical Tweaks, Little Details and Smiles: How Hiddink Made a Winning Start to His Chelsea Career

Lampard's Brilliance Opens Up Villa

Ranieri Fears His Old Side Will Be Reinvigorated Under Hiddink

Why Arshavin Can Be Arsenal's Maradona

Flower Hoping to Coach England Permanently

Eight Months Later, One Uncomfortable Lesson: Golf Can't Live Without Woods

Chelsea's Dutch Master Makes an Impression

Ferguson's Squad Well Equipped to Be His Best to Date

Are Our Billionaires Second Rate?

We've Been the Better Team All Season and We'll Show Why, Says Carew

Celtic Chief Executive Denies Profits Matter More Than Trophies

Maguire Crashes Out of Welsh Open

Hill Pays Price for Bristol's Dismal Season

BNP March Forces Everton to Reschedule League Game With Stoke

As Clarke Dodges the Bullets, What of Collier the Silent Dealmaker?

Hill Quits As Bristol Head Coach As Club Slides Towards Relegation

Barry Hearn and York Hall Present Fry With Last Chance to Show How Good He is

Neville Agrees New One-year Deal With Manchester United

Hiddink Says He Will Leave Chelsea at End of Season

Arshavin Ready to Make Arsenal Bow

Bullish Hiddink Believes Chelsea Can Still Catch United and Win Title

Cavendish Rides to Second Successive Stage Win in California

Mickelson Hits His Straps at Last to Lead in California

Fu Fights Back to Defeat Out of Touch O'sullivan

Future of Ebbsfleet United in Doubt As Subscribers Drop Out

Glamorgan's Executive Chairman Accused of Destroying the County

Johnson Warns England Players Heading to France

Glamorgan Insist Pitch Will Be Ready for Ashes

So How Much Will the Rfu Save From the French Exodus?

Fragile Flintoff Can Only Watch As Firebrand Broad Steps Into His Role

FA Recruits Adams in Fight Against Match-fixing

Out to Grass With the Old Face of Revlon

Fragile Flintoff a Frustrated Bystander As Firebrand Broad Steps Into His Role

England Denied Win By a Single Wicket

City Draw Cold Comfort As Late Goal Denies Them

Sbragia Happy With His Softly-softly Approach to Life at Sunderland

Setanta in Denial Over Threatened No-show of Jennings' Welterweight Title Challenge

Branson Rescue Still in the Balance As Clock Ticks Down at Honda

Tottenham's Weakened Team Slip Up at the Last Despite a Brave Showing

Eduardo Out for Two Weeks With Hamstring Injury

Ladbrokes Hit By Hesitancy Among High Rollers

Shakhtar Donetsk v Tottenham Hotspur - Live!

UAE Give Israel's Ram 'special Permission' to Play in Dubai

Congressman Claims Uae Will Grant Visa to Israeli Ram

Knee Operation Rules Bullard Out for Rest of Season

Uefa Refuse to Rule Out Liverpool Playing on Hillsborough Anniversary

Lucescu Convinced Shakhtar Belong to a Higher Plane

FA Cup Dates and Times Announced

Miller Renders Rangers' Trip Little More Than Walk in the Park

Guildford Remain Strong to Reach Final

Pressure Eases on Magilton As Ipswich Hold Off Forest Rally

England Sight Victory Even Without Wounded Flintoff

Stanford 'encouraged Superstars to Reinvest'

Carew Secures Villa a Lifeline After Cska Announce Arrival From Russia With Love

Watmore Must Conjure Visions of Wonder to Survive at Soho Square

Triesman the Outsider Under Fire Over 2018 Bid Role

Photo Id at Venues 'to Stop the Ticket Touts'

Mullins Stays Mum But Ainama Can Prove Supreme

Tiger's Shadow Will Outlast the Stain of Disgraced Stanford

From Black Power to Boxer's Boobs

Rooney Quick Off the Mark to Increase United's Buffer Zone

England Play on Gayle's Love of Sweeping Open Spaces

Villa's Carew Secures Lifeline After Cska Announce Arrival From Russia With Love

Clarke and Collier Should Admit Their Mistakes and Stand Down From the Ecb

O'Sullivan Continues His Winning Run Against Davis

'Nerdy' Arsenal Fan Expected to Bring Civil Service Skills to Football

Hull Kr's Walker Fails to Overturn Suspension

Stanford's Cash for Counties is Sullied, Claims Bransgrove

First-class Counties Demand Answers From Ecb Over Stanford Fiasco

Platini Calls on European Parliament to Make Sport a Special Case

Clarke Cannot Be Blamed for Stanford Fiasco, Says Somerset Chairman

Passionate People Feel Chill Wind of Change in North-east

Platini Calls on European Parliament to Grant Sport Exemptions From Competition Law

They Staked a Claim to Klondike and Ended With Fool's Gold

Scolari Should Have Been Given More Time, Says Zico

Court Ruling Over Agent Fees Opens Can of Worms

Hendry is a Fading Force As Gould Marches on in Wales

Swann's Nous and Patience Makes Him England's Most Potent Spin Threat

ECB's Clarke Under Pressure After Stanford 'mistake'

Smith Sinks Swans to Lift 'perfect' Watford

Eagles Takes the Strain for Burnley in Play-off Pursuit

Why the Fallout From Goode's Selection Could Be Nothing But Bad

Wada Head Tells Athletes to Stop Moaning at 'whereabouts' Clauses

Wada Head Tells Athletes to Stop Complaining About 'whereabouts' Clauses

Donetsk Determined Their Technique Will Crack a Dodgy Spurs Defence

McCoist Condemns Criticism of Drab Old Firm Derby

How an Uneven Pitch Affected Bounce at the Antigua Recreation Ground

Hiddink Tackles His New Role in Public Training Session

Crash Injuries May Force Hoy Out of World Championships

Pure Ego at the Heart of Rusedski's Doomed Comeback

Manly Enlist Help of Anderson for Leeds Clash

England Will Win Sweet Fa While Suits Dominate Soho Square

Uefa Urges Government to Back Fa in Power Struggle

Renault's F1 Future is Safe, Insists Briatore

Rusedski Admits Defeat Over Davis Cup Comeback

Scottish Premier League Primed to Take Action Over Rangers Fans

Predicting Winners is Foolhardy. I Should Know, I Bet on Sunderland

When Irish Trainers Whinge About Weight, Get Betting

A Catalogue of Hits is Prize Enough for Giggs

Pietersen Outshone As Carefree Cavalier Becomes a Tortured Tortoise

Ibrahimovic Denies Mourinho is Returning to Chelsea

Usmanov Increased Share-holding in Arsenal

FA Cup on Tv: Getting Intimate in Setanta's Red-light District

Widnes Sack Mccormack After Northern Rail Cup Defeat

Slade Leaves Post As Manager of Yeovil

Long Wait Could Be Over for Resurgent Ireland

Drogba Pleads for Chance to Play With Anelka

Ashton Rules Himself Out for Rest of the Season

Monday's Football Transfer Rumours – Riquelme to Newcastle?

Left-armers Lose Out As England Ring the Changes

Portsmouth Come Up With the Right Answers for Hart

Anelka Takes Aim at Scolari After Partnership With Drogba Pays Off

Hiddink Given an Insight Into Life As Chelsea's Manager

Boro Discover Form in Cup Comfort Zone

Sheffield United's Modern Da Vinci Earns a Replay at Hull City

Swans Exploit Wings and Put Fulham in a Flap

The Bbc Cardigans Served Up Lashings of Welsh Passion

Haskell Leaves Wasps for France But Cipriani Stays

Sturrock's Wonky System Lets Charlton Back in Touch

Giggs the Master of United's Gala

Hoy's World Defence in the Balance As Gb Count the Cost of Injuries

Moyes' Unlikely Heroes Have Everton Dreaming

Swansea Eye Quarter-final Against United

Quadruple Remains on for Strikerless United

Brown Out for the Count But Misses Little As Old Firm Produce Bore Draw

Old Firm Sides Produce a Derby to Forget

Hoy Faces Battle to Be Fully Fit for World Championships

Fond Memories of Old Arena Pale Next to Adminstrators' Greed

Gaydamak Sell-off in Doubt As Sven Stalls

Hiddink Planning for a 'long-term' Stay at Chelsea

Said and Done

Football Managers Need to Go Back to Basics: Time to Break Out the Booze

Kwakye Leads the Charge of Britain's New Generation

Davies Home After Vendée Adventure

Hoy Left Licking Wounds After Crash in Keirin Final

Test Saved By Old Rec Put to Good Use

Finally Viv Can Smile After the Horror of Friday the 13th

Watch Out, Tiger

Heaslip Sticks With What He Does Best

Chorley Bangs Drum for Jennings in New York

Lerner's Villa Teach Everton Vital Lesson

England Surprise Champions But Fall Short of Completing Upset

Chambers Runs a Personal Best to Equal the Fastest Time in the World This Year

Anelka Keeps Chelsea Fighting in the Fa Cup After Sinking Watford

Zayatte Gives Hull a Second Stab at Resurgent Blades

Jones's Boot Kicks England to a Slow and Painful Death

Cotterill's Craft Earns Blades Another Stab at Hull

Hoy Crashes Out in Keirin Final

Ilunga Strikes Late to Deny Battling Boro

Portsmouth Ease Relegation Concerns With 2-0 Defeat of Manchester City

Luck and Misjudgment Favour France As Scotland Go Down Fighting

Soaring Swans Epitomise Martínez's Premier League Ambition

Monk Answers Fulham's Prayers With Own Goal, But Scotland Ensures Fifth-round Replay

Brown Fizz and Green Street is the Real Thing

Bank on Bleu in Betfair Clash

Yachtswoman Wins Battle Against Loneliness to Reach Finish Line in Solo Round-world Race

Pere Gives Dreaper Chance to Emulate His Famous Father

Watford's Harley Looks to Inflict More Pain on His Favourite Club

Is Hiddink More God Than Man?

How Hiddink Adapts 'total Football' to Players' Strengths

Sheridan Has a Giant Point to Prove in Cardiff

Older, Wiser and Milder – But Still So Savage

We're Desperate to Silence the Doubters – and Those Noisy Welsh

Victory or Bust for Woods

More Portsmouth Turmoil As Storrie is Arrested Again

Heskey Injury Rankles With O'neill As Key Games Loom

Abramovich Digs Deep Again to Cover Chelsea Losses

Family Ties and Turn of Fate Add Spice to Lescott's Villa Test

First Day's Play in Antigua Abandoned in Second Over

Bradford's Preparations in Disarray As Bird is Denied Visa

New Sponsors Put Old Honda Back on the Road

The Joy of Six: Sporting Displays of Love

Taskmaster Hiddink Has His Work Cut Out at Unfit, Cliquey Chelsea

Smith Must Spurn Caution and Start Boyd Against Leaky Celtic

Hard Taskmaster Hiddink Has His Work Cut Out at Chelsea

Friday's Rumours: Which London Club is Weighing Up a £50m Pound Offer for David Villa?

Confident Wie Finally Begins to Match the Hype With Stylish Start in Lpga

Skiwatch

Martínez Proves That Swansea's Free-flowing Football is No Passing Phase

Eriksson Would Be Perfect to Give Pompey Pick-me-up, Says James

Giggs Agrees One-year Extension to Manchester United Contract

Wales May Be Favourites But That Means Little. Remember Twickenham Last Year

Southgate Looks to Cup for Change of Fortune

Armstrong 'naive' to Withdraw From Catlin Doping Programme, Says Millar

Hiddink: Chelsea Can Still Win the Premier League

England Must Avoid Getting Bogged Down in Sand

Macdonald Urges Newcastle to Make Venables Stand-in for Kinnear

Investigation Into Stanford Finances Puts Ecb Deal in Jeopardy

Bubble Mentality Could Bring Clarity to the England Camp

Capello Falls Back on Familiar Excuses for England's Failings

No Shame in Learning From Latin Lessons or the Spanish Inquisition

Bank on Shah to Make His Presence Felt in Antigua

England's Loss is Punters' Gain As Bookies Pay Out on Defeat in Seville

Trendspotting

Schoolboy Errors Just a Matter of Confidence

Six-man Bout to Replace Edwards and Coach Gb's 2012 Team

Froch Ready to Face Taylor for First Defence of His Wbc Title

Pendleton Ponders Switch to Road Racing for London 2012

Scottish Premier League Clubs Lukewarm on Delayed Start to Next Season

Wakefield Trinity Close to Second Tragedy After Death of Watene

Plan Diego Bears Fruition Despite Power Struggle With Afa

Wigan Worries Are Compounded By Saints' On-field Riches

Portsmouth Wait on Eriksson Response

Crowd Shows Up Well, As Does Torres' Perfect Partner

FA High Command Give Seville a Miss

Pacey Jenkins Set to Give England Front Row a Run for Its Money

Setanta Denies It Faces a Crisis But Sports Braced for Decline in Rights Value

Take Garde and Look to the Hedges for Aintree Outsider

Bell is Either Cricketingly Thick or Mentally Flabby

Play Me or I'll Leave, Agger Tells Liverpool

How Stanford Sparked a Sea Change in Attitude in the West Indies

Wie's Belated Debut on Women's Tour Gets Mixed Reaction

Hasty Abramovich Getting Nowhere Fast

Keane's Late Double Digs Lucky Ireland Out of a Hole

Money Can't Buy You Everything, Samaras Tells City

Collingwood Unhappy With Preparations But Keen to Get on the Front Foot

Wakefield's Moore Out for Long Spell With Crohn's Disease

Rebel Indian League Lines Up More Umpires From England

Why England Should Host the Beautiful Game – and Why They Shouldn't

SPL Unlikely to Allow Scotland More Time to Prepare for Norway Qualifier

Newcastle Place Faith in Hughton and Calderwood

Birmingham's Gold Claims Brady a 'victim in a Witch-hunt'

Power of Youth Can Pull Belgium Together

Talking Horses

Wednesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Eriksson to Portsmouth?

Grant Unsure Over Pompey Job

Villa Gallop Makes It a Three-horse Race, Says Benítez

Patience and Parsimony Are Key to Reviving Panesar's Fortunes

Ashley Counts Cost As Old Guard Count Their Riches

Coach Clark Quits After Gb's Women Are Relegated

Pompey Switch Could Cost Curbishley Millions

Cipriani Makes Wasps Wait on New Deal

Former Owners Shepherd and Hall Got £146m From Newcastle

Johnson Demands England Be Passion-killers

Hiddink's Knack of Inspiring Underdogs Will Suit Chelsea Role

Sky Finally Gives the Past a Tv Presence

Salford Back Sibbit's Asthma Defence Over Positive Drug Result

Brady Arrested in Corruption Investigation

Vintage Brazil Turn on the Style to End Lippi's Unbeaten Record

Madison Needs to Punch His Weight to Take Big-race Prize

Abramovich Enlists Hiddink to Heal Chelsea's Divisions

Setanta Reaches Out for More Live Matches

Gatland Guides Wales to Highest-ever World Ranking

Villa Are Our Model Says Lambias As Newcastle Board Admits Errors

Ancelotti Could Join Chelsea in the Summer, Say Milan

Those Who Can, Do. Those Who Can't, Manage at Chelsea

England Buckle Up for Wales Battle

'Olympic University' to Be Built on Site of London Games

Hiddink in Talks With Chelsea Over Dual Managing Role With Russia

Giants of Asian Football Prepare for Crucial Clashes

Top-weight Exotic Dancer Could Provide Mccoy With Belated National Glory

Strict Cuper Remains Serious About Beleaguered Georgia's Hopes

Tuesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Ancelotti to Take Charge of Chelsea?

Ainslie Steers Teamorigin Into Quarter-finals

Xenophobia – a Subject the Spanish Would Rather Avoid

Xenophobia – a Subject the Spanish Would Rather Avoid

Arsenal's Form Just Not Good Enough, Says Van Persie

Van Commenee's Crop Offers Real Hope

The Nerveless 90s That Echo Down the Centuries

US Formula One Team Takes Shape for Next Year

The Contenders: Who's in Line to Replace Scolari

Southgate: 'there's No Chance of Me Walking Out on Boro'

Chelsea Go in Search of a Firefighter

Voronin in Line for Anfield Return to Partner Torres

Powell's Journey From Drop-out to Life With the Lions is Almost Complete

Essex Players Chip in to Salvage Pre-season Tour

Chelsea Sack Scolari After Seven Months at Stamford Bridge

Bruce Accepts Blame for Trio of Wigan Injuries Before Half-time

Welsh Injury Crisis Delays Squad Selection for England Visit

Warnock Says Blackburn's Aim is Survival Rather Than Cup Success

Over-reliance on Pietersen May Hamper England's Ability to Rebound

Metronomic Mccoy is the Punters' Jockey

McCoy Finally Claims 3,000th Winner

Mathers Adds to Wigan's Woes

Bravery in Selection is the Only Way England Can Move Forward

Time for Flower to Make Wilting England Bloom

Ainslie's Fluffed Start Stalls Teamorigin

Donald Slips Back After Posting a Reminder

Straight to the Festival Via a Visit to the Vet for Defeated Denman

Age-old United Joke is History Following Wednesday Win

David Pleat's Chalkboard

Willams Orchestrates the Show But Wales Are No One-man Band

Desperate England Must Sacrifice Harmison

Jo Picks Up New Beat and Shows His True Blue Colours

Wales Kick Off in Style But May Lose Top Men for England Match

Birmingham Fail to Reach the Pass Mark

Healy Warms to Sunderland While Styles Goes Off the Boil

Villa Consolidate Top-four Spot With Victory at Blackburn

Heskey Out of England Squad As England's Striking Options Diminish

Portsmouth Sack Adams After Less Than Four Months in Charge

Pompey Lose Patience With Adams

Giggs Defies March of Time As United Maintain Relentless Pace

Wales Turn on the Style But Need to Be Much Smarter

Premier League Silent on Referee's 'bookings on Demand' Allegations

Giggs Grabs the Winner As Van Der Sar Claims Clean-sheet Record

Modric Comes From Leftfield to Shine Amid the Mayhem

Team Ainslie Snatch Play-it-again Victory

Donald Creeps Into Contention Behind Leader Rollins

Light Shines on Hayes and Kearney As Old and New Combine for Kidney

Taylor Whirlwind is Blast From the Past

Woods Injury Leaves All of Pro Golf Feeling the Pain

Magpies Boss in Hospital

Caviar Back on the Menu for Wenger and Arsenal

Slow-burn Lee Finally Lights Up Grand-slam Champions

Proud and Not Vain, Calzaghe Has Chosen Right Time to Quit

Noble Really Finding His Feet Under Zola and Clarke

Barcelona Target Leading Arsenal Trio

Torres Completes Comeback to Deny Battling Pompey

Parkin Missed Chance to Make Reading Pay

Heaslip Cut a Dash to Deliver a Rousing Start for Ireland

Goode Takes Advantage of Bergamasco Blunders As England Ease to Victory

Fuller Injury Blow As 10-man Stoke Sunk By Sunderland

On-loan Jo Scores Twice in Everton Defeat of Bolton

Chelsea Held at Home By Resistant Hull

Taylor Outdoes Perilous Fortune

Draw Specialists Fulham Hold Wigan at Jjb

Portsmouth v Liverpool - Live!

Bellamy Renaissance Continues As City Secure Vital Home Victory

How Do We Keep the Homegrown Keeper?

Redknapp Sees a Shift of Balance

Manchester City v Middlesbrough - Live!

Crusaders Exorcise Demons After Break But Still Powerless to Prevent Leeds Win

Spiderman Villegas Begins to Live Up to His Reputation

Plutocrat Pietersen Leaves His Own Planet to Mix With Mortals


Overnight Millionaires Maintain Focus on the Matter in Hand

Denman is Back, But Can He Regain His Former Glories?

Is Defoe Trapped in a Dark Place?

Mallett Claims the Force Can Be With Italy

Makeweight Taylor Upbeat About Newcastle

Strachan Plays Down Training-ground Bust-up

Piggy and Beaver Drag Game's Giants Into New Era

Celtic Saga Has Left Fletcher Open to Hibs Backlash

The Guide: What We Are Looking Forward to From This Weekend's Football

Denman to Run at Kempton Tomorrow

Thursday's Football Rumours: Franck Ribery to Leave the Most Exciting League in the World?

Sarwan Unhappy With Umpire Review System Despite Reprieve

Villegas Shoots 63 to Lead at Buick Invitational

Gayle Force Rocks Toiling England Off Their Bearings

Dilemma for Daley

Given and N'zogbia Parting Shots Enrage Embattled Kinnear

Calzaghe Calls It Quits and is Hailed As the Best of British

Wales Have Champion Look Again As England Are Given the Thumbs-down

Soaring Cost of Games Stadium Offset By Savings, Says Jowell

Reade Ready to Get Back on Saddle With Tilt at Three Titles

Platini Urges Manchester City to Produce Their Own Kaka

FA Cup Win: Not for Itv Viewers

Corruption Team Spends Up to £250,000 in Wages

Six Nations Has Responsibility to Raise Spirits With Attractive Rugby

ITV Plea for Clemency After Fa Cup Gaffe Increases Scrutiny

Calzaghe's Big Heart Proved Too Much for Those Who Dared to Fight Him

Australia's Problems Mount, As Katich and Clarke Admit to Bust-up

Daley Loses Diving Partner After Aldridge is Injured in Attack

Ireland Find Green Shoots to Push the Golden Oldies

Williams Soars Anew on the Wings of World Renown

Super League Clubs Ready to Relent on Players' Workload

Revolution Put on Hold As England Opt for Pragmatic Approach

Given Attacks Newcastle Over Manchester City Move

The Question: Is Three Points for a Win Good for Football?

'Proud' Moyes Hails Everton Cup Hero Gosling

Groundhog Day Offers Solution to Problem of the Transfer Window

McCoy Odds-on for Denman Ride in Gold Cup

Gerrard's Departure Highlights Poverty of Options

Villa Turn Attention to Arshavin Transfer After Denying Rovers

Toshack to Guide Burgeoning Wales Through to Euro 2012 Graduation

Lucky Captain Out Cheaply, Bell Out Predictably

Bridge: Luck Manifests Itself in Various Ways Even at Duplicate Bridge

Sun Rises on a Shortage of Local Belief

Premier League Must Share Tv Wealth, Says Sutcliffe

Coyle's Burnley Fired Up to Take on All Comers

Neither Fame Nor Fortune With the Richmond Renegades

Cavendish Rides Through a Storm to Record First Win of 2009

Off-season Takes Toll on Leeds As Burrow Joins Growing Injury List

Brutal Edwards Guards Against Wales Complacency

Anichebe Sent Home After Training Ground Bust-up With Moyes

Arshavin's Move to Arsenal Shows That Transfer Window is Broken

Wednesday's Football Transfer Rumours: Kieran Richardson to Newcastle United?

Arshavin Finally Joins Arsenal But Controversy Continues Over Deal

Redknapp Sure He Has the Winning Formula for Spurs

Fellaini Heads for Brush With Folklore

Agents Push for Return to Dual Representation

Arshavin Finally Joins Arsenal After Agreeing Record Fee

Fair Play?

O'Neill Ready to Ask Capello to Give His Players a Break

Goode Given Reins As Johnson Looks to Right the Listing England Chariot

Why Transfers and Transparency Still Do Not Mix

Hughes Admits Size Matters As City Crave Santa Cruz Presence

Sharing Colin Croft's Fears for West Indies Cricket

Keane is a Real Leader, Says Redknapp

Doherty Spoils Wolves' Night As Norwich Battle for Point

Wales Shake Off Complacency With Brutal Training Sessions

Arshavin Finally Signs for Arsenal for Club Record Fee

Boonen Escapes Cocaine Charges and Celebrates With Third Stage

Lampard Red Card Rescinded By Fa

Injuries Force Johnson to Choose Ballast Over Speed

Barry Positive on Villa Future After Building Bridges With O'neill

The Spin

Wigan Linked With Bold Move for Saracens' Jones

Premier League Considers Crucial Bids for Live Rights Packages

Farah Shines in the Shadows As Chambers Holds Sway

Borthwick Bloodied But Unbowed As Six Nations Looms

Joyless Atmosphere at Chelsea As Scolari's New Dawn Fades

Dear Siegfried, an Appalling Fielder - But Such Courage

What Champion Paul Can Learn From Maestro Alex

Defoe Out for 10 Weeks With Fractured Foot

Moyes Boosts Striking Options With Jo Loan Signing

Redknapp Delight As £16m Keane Makes Spurs Return

Chelsea Land Quaresma on Loan

Cancellations Ease Policing Headache in London

Richards Calls on Windies to 'turn Corner' Against England

Allardyce Insists There Was No Chance of Santa Cruz Leaving Blackburn

Cipriani Dropped for England Six Nations Opener

Portsmouth United Behind Adams, Says Storrie

Forget the Freezing Weather, the Six Nations is Always a Hot Ticket

Porn Interrupts Superbowl Tv Coverage

Walsh Gets the Ride on Denman at Newbury on Saturday

This Was the Super Bowl As Re-imagined By Canadians

Arshavin's Move to Arsenal Collapses Over Money

Arsenal's Arshavin Deal in Doubt

Transfer Deadline Day - Live!

Gloucester Go Top After Dramatic Comeback

Holmes the Hero As Steelers Hit Cardinals for Six

Adams Lands Striker and Closes on Dos Santos But is Warned About Results

Whelan Sums Up Cut-price Stoke With a Vengeance

Classy Peel Ensures Sale Are Serving Up Gravy Rather Than Gristle

Fontwell Flops Leave Mccoy Stuck on 2,998

Wenger Calls for Patience From Restive Arsenal Fans

Desjoyeaux Wins Second Vendée

FA Blamed for Lack of Progress Over Summer League

White-man Nash Had to Overcome Colour Prejudice for His West Indies Place

Quashie Runs Late As Wolves Get Back on Track

Robson is Almost Ready to Take on the World, Says Her Coach

Saints Draw on Survival Instinct

Mowbray Weighs Crucial Points Against Cup Respect

Adams Left Muttering As Portsmouth Defenders Get Their Lines Wrong

James Prepares to Lead Crusaders Into New Territory

Carrick Calls the Tune for Impregnable United

Newcastle Soldier on for a Point After Ashley Gets a Frosty Welcome

Newcastle Standing a Little Taller After Derby Comeback

Loeb Takes the Smooth Before the Rough for Winning Start to Title Defence

Ameobi Denies Sunderland Bragging Rights in the Derby

Harmison Seeks to Revive the Devil of Sabina Park

Given Close to Completing Manchester City Move

Talking Horses

Champion Ingemar Johansson Dies at 76

Following Rookie Fleming Can Pay With an Ultimate Wager

High Point for Higdon With Dons in the Doldrums

Rafa Could Find Key to Title is Rolling the Potato Like Rourke

Fergie Will Continue to Draw From the Fountain of Youth

Woods Defeat Will Help Temper Golf's Great Expectations

Likely Favoruites for Cheltenham Festival Highlights

Ruby Walsh Sides with Kauto Star in 2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup

Woods' Comeback Cut Short By Outsider Clark

Strauss Takes Lead to Set Up New Openers' Record for England

Vaughan: England Need New Coach

Murray Reveals Persistent Illness Could Rule Him Out of Davis Cup

Sports Face Massive Drop in Sponsorship As Banks Struggle

Murray a Davis Cup Doubt After Dubai Withdrawal

Don't Stand in Flintoff's Way, Ipl Tells England Cricket Chiefs

Ronaldo Back at His Most Menacing Aas United Reflect the Manager's Mood

High Time England Tricked Sarwan Out of His Comfort Zone

The Wait is Finally Over As Tiger Tees Up Again

Murray Gives Problem Ankle Full Court Session Ahead of Crunch Match With Clément

Woods Fighting Fit Ahead of World Match Play Return

Joe Haverty

Murray Must Remain Calm in Pursuit of Desert Sweep

Ichiro Suzuki Biography

Flintoff Out But Staying on Tour

Ponting Pulls Out of Ipl

Milan Confident of Signing Beckham By End of Next Week

Liverpool Ask Uefa to Respect Hillsborough Anniversary

Chelsea Are Out of the Title Race, Says Ferguson

Rooney Quick Off the Mark As United Increase Their Buffer Zone

Armstrong's Travelling Circus Distracts From Serious Business

Reina Claims Liverpool Have Nothing to Fear Against Real Madrid

Trainers Keen on Kempton Route to Kentucky

Beckham Deal to Be Decided By Friday, Claims Galliani

Which Racing Tipsters Should You Trust?

Basketball: Basic Rules and 5 Positions of Basketball

Will London 2012 Be a Fairer Olympics?

Gerrard on Course for Euro Return

Harmison Launches the Assault After Collingwood's Ton

Nadal Backs Murray to Become World No1

Torres Thanks Benítez for Making Him a Better Player

Beckham Between a Rock and Hard Place As Inter Crack Derby

England Gamble on Bowling Changes

Strauss Seizes Initiative to Exorcise Sabina Demons

Murray Takes Title to Complete Hat-trick Over Crocked Nadal

McLeish Promises to Make Perfect Pitch As Birmingham Close the Gap on Leaders

Ireland Lead the Way After Mallett's Spirited Italians Fade

Murray Takes Title and Scores Hat-trick Over Crocked Nadal

Festival Subplot to Pandorama Drama

Beckham Adds Yet More Lustre to Derby Day

Murray Crushes Ancic to Reach Rotterdam Final

Steroids in Baseball

Rory McIlroy is the New Sensation in the World of Golf

Ferguson Demands Big Improvement for Second Pride Park Challenge

Friday's Football Transfer Rumours: Which London Club is Weighing Up a £50m Offer for David Villa?

Trapattoni Tells Ireland He Must Play in Qualifiers to Go to Finals

Murray Digs Deep to Reach Quarter-finals

Ex-Baseball Star Roberto Alomar Diagnosed with AIDS, Being Sued

Capello's Muscular Men Lack Flair of Spanish Masters

Drab England Scratch Beckham's Record

No Plans to Retire As Ferguson Eyes Another Title

England Need to Concentrate on Task at Hand

Capello Sees Seville Test As 'important Step' for England

Flintoff Pleads for an Improvement in Team Spirit

Rooney Out of Derby Cup Tie

Capello: I Wouldn't Like to Combine Two Jobs

Del Bosque Praises Capello As Europe's 'two Best Teams' Prepare to Meet

Football's Skewed Loyalty Values Makes No Sense in Beckham's Galaxy

Chelsea Sack Scolari After Just Seven Months

No Plan to Stage Walk-off If Spain Repeat Racial Abuse, Says Ferdinand

Scolari Pays for Failing to Stop the Rot

Denman Defeat Prompts Grand National Withdrawal

Woman, 56, Claims Record Atlantic Swim

Ferguson Counts Clean Sheets But Not Chickens

Denman Suffers Shock Defeat in Gold Cup Trial at Kempton

Capello Brings Fervour to Spain Friendly But Not His Best Squad

Recession Gives Us World's First Million-pound Cricketers, Pietersen and Flintoff

Liverpool Hamstrung As Gerrard Looks in Danger of Missing Battle of the Bernabéu

We Can't Win Everything, Ferguson Admits

Paul Birch

Teddy Mayer

Flintoff Hunts Batting Key As Prior Nears the Stewart Standard

The Ipl – Coming to a Ground Near You?

Gerrard Ruled Out for Up to Three Weeks

Free Horse Racing Tips: Is There Any Such Thing?

Sports Memorabilia Collectors Love Sports Display Cases

The Allure of the Cheltenham Festival

Big Benn Strikes After Pietersen Lifts England

Beckham Says He Wants to Stay at Milan

Last-gasp Gosling Heightens the Pain for Liverpool

Wales Sweat on Fresh Injury to Henson

McClaren Tops Poll of Recent Boro Managers

Scotland Hopes Chilled By Absence of Murray

IPL Franchises Sweating Over Australia's One-day Tour Schedule

Brand Beckham Sparks Chaos As Milan Land in Glasgow

Flintoff Passed Fit for First Test

Strauss Handed Selection Headache By Flintoff Fitness

We Had to Cut Our Losses Over Keane, Says Benítez

KP's Solid – It's Injuries and the Ipl Strauss Should Fear

ECB Forced to Scrap Twenty20 Overseas Teams

Flintoff Throttles Back As He Faces Race Against Time to Be Fit for First Test

Ingemar Johansson

Rugby League Great Davies Dies Aged 75

England Leave Cipriani Out in the Cold

All Too Human Johnson Has a World of Worry in His Hands

Lampard Ready for Red Card Ruling

Henson Will Play a Part in Six Nations, Confirms Gatland

Sri Lanka to Host 2009 Champions Trophy

Liverpool Ready to Offload Keane to Spurs

Liverpool Are Still in Title Race, Says Jubilant Benítez

Lampard's Red Card Gives Liverpool Green Light for Victory

Liverpool Need More Forward Thinking

Nadal's Hold Over Federer Makes Everything Possible

Polished and Beautiful But Federer is Beaten Into the Record Books By Nadal

Nadal Wins Battle for Place in History By Edging Past Federer in Melbourne

Caribbean Decline Will Bolster Strauss's Winning Record

Remembering Kay Yow