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Norwich the kings of the Football League in 2010, Forest invincible at home

Manchester United pip Chelsea to be champions of 2010, ahead of Man City, Arsenal and Tottenham

ALEX WILLIS: 'Preparing for the 2011 tennis season doesn't mean turning up for a couple of days' practice before the tournament ... most players start pounding the Plexicushion almost as soon as they've stopped'

Manchester City's Christmas gift: two most generous opponents, Newcastle and Villa

Arsenal aim for capital gains on Chelsea in Boxing Day derby

REVEALED: Ferguson beat Busby's Manchester United record 10 weeks ago

Picture special: the ice cream parlour that WON'T clear Salman Butt's name

AP McCoy accepts major BBC award with plug for Sky

London 2012: Spies contribute to 'safest building site in the world'

Chelsea's Premier League dominance over Manchester United on the line

Hammers hold hope that Blackburn bounty continues

Fulham hope to deepen Liverpool gloom with unlikely Anfield result

'He had a nightmare ... broken boat ... sick ... exhausted ... battered ... par for this course'

John Higgins triumphs in epic UK return from 6-month ban

Adam emerges little richer from legal action 'on principle' against miserly Blackpool

Blackburn owners invested £53m but cut-price Kentaro transfers loom

Stoke and Bolton thrash the pants off Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United for late thrills

Midlands kings: Villa’s crown in danger of slipping off

EXPOSED: The secret document that shows Fifa’s own ExCo members wanted ticket tout Jack Warner booted out

Anti-homophobia group slams decision to award 2022 World Cup to Qatar

John Higgins: ‘Life will never be normal again after sting. I feel raw, angry, edgy’

Russia and Qatar led every round of voting to seal 2018 and 2022 World Cups

Chelsea still ahead on clean sheets as shut-outs become rarer

England remain bookies favourites after slick 2018 presentation

Manchester United aim to rock Blackpool with sixth burst of seven

Kim Clijsters wins plaudits from fans as she is awarded WTA Player of the Year

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray treat tennis fans to one of the most absorbing encounters of the year at the O2 Arena

ALEX WILLIS: 'Whenever I watch great people playing great tennis, I have this sudden urge to rush out onto the nearest court, brandishing my not-used-enough racket, and serve like Serena, hit forehands like Rafa, or backhands like Federer'

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray take it in turns to apply the pressure ahead of season-ending semi-finals at the O2

Fulham and Sunderland: top drawzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Chelsea’s unbeaten run against promoted sides in jeopardy at Newcastle

Arsenal research brand value in hope of catching United, Real and Barcelona

Andy Murray romps into O2 semi-finals after rediscovering his pomp and circumstance

Andy Murray and Laura Robson move up the pecking order as Serena Williams withdraws from Hopman Cup

Andy Roddick loses his head as Tomas Berdych pulls off shock win in London

ALEX WILLIS: 'For some reason, whenever he plays Murray, Federer is that bit less likeable. Confidence becomes arrogance, honest becomes mean, and we decide he's not such a saint after all'

Federer reminds us who's boss as he flattens Murray in O2 encounter

ALEX WILLIS: 'London's O2 Arena, turned into a tennis court for one week of the year, has patriotic bottoms on practically every blue padded seat. Diego Maradona's been hanging round a bit too, although no-one quite knows why'

Fans back Andy Murray as Roger Federer throws down the gauntlet ahead of O2 clash

Venky's pay £23m for Blackburn, make firm pledges on future (list in full)

Chelsea aim to continue four-year, 165-match “bounce back” record

Aaaagggghhhh!. Not Anfield! Why West Ham are averse to visiting Liverpool

PFA chief Gordon Taylor: ‘Put players on club boards for transparency’

‘You get no greater level of troublemakers in football than in the police, army or in other business . . . Joey Barton is coming along fine’

Race for 2018 World Cup wide open after Fifa ethics action (permutations in detail)

‘Alex Ferguson apparently was not overly fond of Brian Clough, regarding the inspirational Derby County and Nottingham Forest manager as rude’

Top draw: Arsenal versus Tottenham, better matched than any pairing

Tennis greats side with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for season-ender at the O2

REVEALED: Uefa opens disciplinary proceedings over anti-gay Croatian football chief

Contender for worst miss of all time: Kei Kamara

Contender for worst miss of all time: Liverpool's Rosenthal

Contender for worst miss of all time: Rocky Baptiste

Qatari teenager's blooper makes him immediate contender for 'Sitter of all time'

Manchester United’s unbeaten start keeps Arsenal’s historic record in sight

John Higgins crowns comeback by winning PTC event in Germany

Spot the ball park: 23

Aston Villa brace for challenge of Man Utd, most fearsome foe since ... Oldham

Snooker: John Higgins returns with a win after six-month ban

Taking the woe road: Fulham’s awful away days, and glimmer of hope at Newcastle

Anti-gay Croatian football chief is ‘f**king sick’ of the Press

THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘The jury is out on whether Wayne Rooney would have been an Article 17 bargain, but it’s clear he would have been a cut-price buy’

First same-day Celtic and Rangers defeats to capital rivals in 38 years: 2,625-1

Londoners already offering their homes for rental during 2012 Olympics

Wolves pointless but hopeful heading into Arsenal game

Blackburn eye first Premier League half-century at Newcastle

Tony McCoy wins first gong of sports awards season

Ian Botham: ‘England will stuff the Aussies in the Ashes’

Spot the ball park: 22

Former Birmingham owner David Gold banned from match over war of words

Newcastle United round-up: Hughton should stay, Nolan wanted, Cheik Tiote on peace, newcomer survival

Manchester United round-up: Nani on being 'the real deal', Sanchez, Hamsik, Rooney effigy, Wolves fear, and FCoM in the FAC

Anti-doping warning after ban decision in Geoff Capes’ shotputter case

West Brom, Newcastle and Blackpool: newcomers remain on remarkable survival course

Can we play you every week? Why West Brom should be relishing this weekend’s ‘easy’ opponents, Manchester City

Balls: Chinese football official claims genitals a key to talent-spotting

Liverpool round-up: Comolli, Roy says 'sorry Rafa', Torres, Carlton Cole and JWH

Liverpool medic: ‘Torres needed three months off, fitness suffered’

Arsenal round-up: Wenger on Wiltshire replacing Fabregas, hero to Huddersfield, and Shakhtar previews

The top and bottom of it: Chelsea can falter, Man City are out of it, West Ham down

Tottenham round-up: Harry's ban threat, Rafa VdV, Bale, Diara and Modric

Adventures around George Best: Waggy, Thin Lizzy, Parky, 10cc, Bernard Manning and the gang who chased the Krays out of Manchester

Ahsan Ali Syed withdraws Blackburn interest after ‘insufficient cooperation’ from club

Ronnie O'Sullivan romps to win and swears that Power Snooker is the future

ALEX WILLIS: 'Doha is where tennis surprised us. Sport seems to like doing that. Strike through, rip up and throw away perceptions you thought were secure. And it's not even over yet'

REVEALED: Former Liverpool suitor Kenny Huang served with $10m fraud summons in London

Stoke the kings of bouncebackability, while Liverpool the kings of crumble

Tottenham brace for ‘big four’ barrage after 18-year hell at feet of Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool

Aston Villa head into Birmingham derby seeking seventh (straight win) heaven

Fleming chooses Hutchins as new doubles partner for 2011

REVEALED: The ridiculous dead octopus, its links to DIC, Blackstone, ex-Liverpool owner Tom Hicks and Paul Daniels, and PR gone bonkers

US Tennis Association choose Jim Courier to succeed McEnroe as new Davis Cup captain

FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE: 'I think everybody always has the chance to change their life. It does not depend on your age, it depends on who you are'

Portsmouth brinkmanship ends in Gaydamak statement that saves club

REVEALED: Plans for post-liquidation AFC Portsmouth ‘ready to roll’ if club goes under

M.U.S.T claim Glazers ‘caved in to pressure’ to seal Rooney’s new Manchester United contract

Drawing conclusions: why Manchester United and Fulham are the same this season

The Sports Lawyer: 'Legal claims over broken bones hinge on the extent of the reckless disregard for another player's welfare'

Wayne Rooney performs contract U-turn on a sixpence to sign new 5-year deal with Manchester United after owners' intervention

Andy Cole: 'Stretford was my agent and he's with Rooney for the cash'

In fear of Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs: Why Manchester City need to abolish capital punishment at home

Tottenham to face ‘easy’ Everton with an eye on ‘1,000 Club’ status

BREAKING DAMP SQUIB: Manchester United confirm 'no developments of note' on Rooney

Wayne Rooney on his way to Perth Glory (or how Robbie Fowler pranked the Aussies)

Ronnie O’Sullivan ‘can be Pele of the baize’ as snooker expands into Brazil

Arsenal have January kitty of £40m, Wenger hopes Fabregas will stay ‘many years’

VIDEO: Wayne Rooney 'stars' in Turkish movie, Scholes reveals choice of newspaper

PM Cameron backs Ilkeston Town bidders, the ‘Big Society’ in action

Fifa World Cup bid scandal: Two ExCo members suspended pending investigation

IN FULL: Wayne Rooney releases statement citing concerns over strength of squad

NBA bans new 'super shoe' that adds lift to jumps

Liverpool begin ‘global search’ for CEO as Purslow steps down (Broughton to follow, Hodgson not yet)

Serena Williams puts Olympic hopes in danger as injury hiatus continues

Fifa hearing: Two ExCo members, three ‘favours’ and a pair of alleged $10m bribes

Wayne Rooney strong odds-on with the bookies to leave Manchester United in January, Manchester City favourites to sign him

M.U.S.T on Rooney: Disappointed, and unhappy that ‘we are unable to compete even with small clubs like Manchester City’

Sir Alex Ferguson MUTV transcript on Wayne Rooney's decision to quit

'Dumbfounded' Ferguson confirms Wayne Rooney wants to quit Manchester United

REVEALED: Wayne Rooney can invoke Article 17 to leave Manchester United for a song

Eduardo on his Arsenal return: ‘Glad to be back but I’m a Shakhtar player now and will give my best’

ALEX WILLIS: 'Try as we may, it has seemed impossible to unravel the curious case of Andy Murray. This weekend, a little more light was shed on the answer to that riddle'

Liverpool’s new owners to discuss future with Roy Hodgson and fans today

Fifa World Cup scandal: who offered an ExCo member bungs of $10m and $12m?

America's Brad Van Liew takes early lead as longest race in world sport begins

Andy Murray muses on Everton, Liverpool and Blackpool rather than basking in Masters thrashing of Federer

REVEALED: Hicks and Gillett 'face uphill struggle' in any Liverpool compensation claim

And meanwhile on Merseyside, a football match . . .

SOLD: Liverpool takeover by NESV complete (full statement)

Surge in ticket sales as Andy Murray qualifies for elite competition in London

Men's tennis tour acknowledges need to re-think schedule

Fortress Big Four: Why Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool still rule at home

Liverpool take 2-1 lead over Texan raider as extra-time mars takeover

BREAKING Peter Lim withdraws interest to buy Liverpool

Hicks and Gillett roll the dice again with last-ditch restraining order

Know your global sports tycoons? How to tell your Kroenke from your Henry and your Mateschitz from your Mallya, Allen and Anschutz

Expert on global sports tycoons: 'If Henry can't transform Liverpool, nobody can'

In the week of the Merseyside derby: the tale of Everton's Dixie, the Babe, the Sox and Liverpool

Tom Daley seals double diving gold success at the Commonwealth Games

BREAKING: New post-verdict Liverpool statement from Peter Lim

Liverpool court victory: post-verdict Q&A with Martin Broughton

Liverpool ownership verdict: High Court rules in favour of RBS and Liverpool

Liverpool ownership battle judgement expected on Wednesday

Nadal counts himself out of bid for calendar Grand Slam in 2011

Premier League melting pot: Manchester City field highest proportion of internationals, champion England's cause

Premier League melting pot: Chelsea unique in England in fielding 100% international line-ups every game

Premier League melting pot: Arsenal favour French and English players amid 13 nationalities used this season

BREAKING: Peter Lim makes improved £360m Liverpool offer, 'entirely in cash', including £40m for players

The lowdown on Peter Lim, Liverpool’s back-up suitor worth £1bn

BREAKING Liverpool ownership battle - RBS statement: 'Interim injunction v H&G in place'

RBS case against Hicks & Gillett over Liverpool is separate from LFC case, evidence of concerted effort to oust Americans

Liverpool latest: full Purslow transcript, and why administration makes no sense

Backing England: United's Scot Ferguson, City's Italian Mancini, Chelsea's Ancelotti, Arsenal's Frenchman Wenger

Manchester United accounts turn record £100.8m operating profit into loss of £83.6m

Liverpool battle for control: latest legal opinion says H&G will struggle to win

Premier League melting pot: Manchester City leading in international class

Premier League melting pot: Internationals from 60 nations (and 60 England internationals) have played in 2010-11 season so far

Britain’s best ultra-runner, who trains with goats and chickens, targets 28 records

Q&A on Financial Fair Play and the mountain Man City have to climb

ANALYSIS: Why Manchester City face a struggle to avoid European ban

Danny Murphy: ‘Glad that Liverpool’s ownership turmoil seems to be over; pity that Fernando Torres has no back-up; managers should take responsibility for bad tackles’

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Rogan Taylor calls on NESV to agree £50m fans' stake at Liverpool

Wozniacki strikes a blow for the young guns as she dethrones Serena Williams

Fifa ExCo member Hammam: ‘Best bids may not win 2018 and 2022 World Cups’

Indians rise to Commonwealth occasion in Delhi

New England Sports Ventures statement: 'We'll bring back culture of winning to Liverpool'

England 2018 World Cup ‘will generate £3.2bn ... England a safe pair of hands’

SoS fans group seek 'opportunity to engage with potential purchasers' of Liverpool

Some legal opinions on what could happen next at Liverpool

REVEALED: The details behind the ‘winning’ bid for Liverpool (£240m cash, ‘wait and see’ on stadium)

Liverpool announce conditional sale to Red Sox owners

In full: Tom Hicks and George Gillett statement in response to Liverpool board

England’s 2018 World Cup bid team make pledges over income, traffic, hotels, legacy

Liverpool ownership war takes chaotic twist as Hicks and Gillett face endgame at Anfield

Australian Open in pursuit of a 'whole new level'

Wozniacki on verge of clinching No.1 ranking

Spot the ball park: 21

Norman Wisdom, more popular than David Beckham, RIP

Graeme McDowell now clear 'Sports Personality' favourite after Ryder Cup win

Liverpool crash to home defeat against Blackpool amid protests

Chelsea catching Arsenal as Premier League kings of London

Pakistan spot-fix case: confusion as CPS say no charges yet, ‘ball in Met Police’s court’

Ian Poulter feels 'like a cash machine' after fresh bet loss in Ryder Cup build-up

Middlesbrough's latest accounts highlight pressure on Gordon Strachan

FA points to positive World Cup for sponsors, says search for Nationwide successor ‘going well’

Newcastle’s return to Premier League sets crowd levels on course for record

ALEX WILLIS: 'I never experienced that unfathomable pull of a fan putting their lung capacity into cheering on 11 men they don't know'

Serena Williams could surrender top spot after withdrawing from Tokyo and Beijing

French Open may remain at Roland Garros

Arsenal post record profit of £56m

Fulham's good start: why it's on a par with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester Utd

Fans of Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham 'most likely to share season tickets because of cost'

Mersey misery for Liverpool and Everton reflected in lacklustre league hauls

Former Liverpool suitor Kenny Huang to face media at Global Sport Summit

ANALYSIS: Purslow says Liverpool aren’t going bust, potential buyers still interested

REVEALED: Why John Higgins was cleared of match-fixing (because the evidence, including a statement from Mazher Mahmood, told the full story)

Andy Murray will hold out for a big name

David Beckham to launch football festival in home of Fifa power broker Jack Warner as race to host 2018 World Cup hots up

Liverpool fans plan ‘direct action’ protest as Tom Hicks’ buyout hits the buffers

John Higgins’ snooker comeback to be influenced by family matter

Newcastle, Blackpool and West Brom: the best Premier League newcomers since 1992

Barry Hearn pledges ‘zero tolerance’ and life bans for any infringement of snooker’s ‘Draconian’ new betting rules

Berbatov hits first Manchester United treble against Liverpool in 64 years

Liverpool head for Old Trafford seeking return to form on ‘big four’ seesaw

REVEALED: The bank that Tom Hicks wants to fund his Liverpool bid (and why he'll probably fail)

Spanish women failing to benefit from Nadal's success

West Ham and Fulham seek atonement on the road

Middlesbrough coach: ‘I can’t wait for the North Koreans to confiscate my phone’

Nadal hot on the heels of Federer's status as top earner in tennis

The Yellow Wall of Dortmund: the beauty of the Bundesliga in a single terrace

What has Germany ever given its football fans? (Except cheap tickets, tasty beer, good governance and international success)

Galatasaray Facebook’un zirvesine nasýl yerleþti?

A decade to the day since lighting the Olympic flame in Sydney, Cathy Freeman recalls a Games of "sensory overload"

Fresh questions over link between NFL injuries and brain disease after autopsy on gridiron suicide victim

Malcolm Glazer's Bucs beat Randy Lerner's Browns, but win marred by TV blackout

Rafa Nadal: cloud nine and seventh heaven as Spaniard completes career Slam

REVEALED: Where football passion peaks - Barcelona, Galatasaray, Red Star, Algeria, Colo-Colo

Manchester United have fastest growing Facebook team page ever

All Blacks, Leones del Caracas and Leijonat: their nations' best loved sports teams

How Galatasaray became the world’s No1 sports team on Facebook

ANALYSIS: What the yawning gap between Manchester United and Everton says about the Premier League’s seven ‘ever presents’

Wolves at the Cottage door: why McCarthy’s men scent points at Fulham this weekend

Snooker signs up betting sponsor for Glasgow tournament

'Muhammad Ali briefly came into my life in the 1970s as a result of an unemployed labourer and former bare-knuckle boxer from Abingdon'

ANALYSIS: Sunderland and Arsenal fly flag for youth; Fulham and Chelsea opt for oldies

Former Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier confirmed as Martin O'Neill's successor at Aston Villa

Manchester United fans' group wins praise in Westminster as MPs debate club ownership

News of the World statement after 'match fix' verdict

In full: Statements from the WPBSA, and from Pat Mooney, after 'match fix' verdict

In full: John Higgins' post-verdict statement after 'match fix' case

In full: the John Higgins 'match fix' ruling by Ian Mill QC

John Higgins back in November after clearance over 'match fix' accusation

West Ham and Stoke: pointless but not hopeless

Hingis fans the flames of comeback rumours

John Higgins 'match fix' tribunal unfolds amid more twists and turns

REVEALED: Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool made £121.8m from Uefa alone from 2009-10 Champions League, leaving Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga trailing

Bookies retain faith in Murray despite early US Open exit

Mazher Mahmood accused of effective blackmail over latest Pakistan ‘fix’ story

In pictures: analysis of evidence in News of the World’s snooker ‘match fix’ case

THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘The Pakistan spot-fixing saga highlights difficulties of dealing with defamation that can be global in minutes’

Andy Roddick foot fault prompts debate on tennis challenge system

Manchester City keep Premier League as biggest spenders; Serie A pips La Liga

Trick shots attracting fans as Roger Federer leads by example in the Big Apple

REVEALED: Tottenham’s Gareth Bale is the world’s most in-demand footballer (followed by Chelsea’s Drogba, Newcastle’s Carroll and United’s Rooney)

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United lead global shirt sales; Liverpool in chasing pack

Revealed: the world's best selling club football shirts

Pakistan spot-fixing: The exposé’s aim might have been noble, but the Lord’s fixing was ordered and paid for by a newspaper

Fabio Capello on the sense in calling up Mikel Arteta (as imagined today)

Coventry did it first, Newcastle did it best in the 1990s, Sheffield Wednesday did it, Manchester United aren't great at it, and Chelsea are alone in doing it this season

Six-hitters: Chelsea take over from Manchester United as Premier League goalfest kings

Ex-Liverpool bidder Kenny Huang's credibility now also under the spotlight in US over Cavaliers non-deal

Fifa inspectors praise 2018 bid, send best to PM, SamCam and Flo-Ro Endellion‎

Champions League draw: Man Utd meet Rangers, plus the fates of Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham

Sync or swim: 'Patrick Kielty and Davina McCall squabbled over who'd tweet a picture of the girls in their swimsuits. And Natalie Imbruglia just told the girls they were amazing.'

Match-fixing charges laid in Germany against two men involved in £286,000 bribing of players and referees to win £1.2m

Arsenal's Stan Kroenke given green light for Rams as son takes NBA and NHL assets

Former Liverpool bidder Kenny Huang and business partner at odds on stories

Kenny Huang’s meteoric rise from obscurity to Liverpool bidder (or not)

REVEALED: The myth of Liverpool’s would-be saviour, Kenny Huang

Kenny Huang: under oath and under the spotlight

ALEX WILLIS: 'The announcement that Serena Williams will not be competing at this year’s US Open was greeted with a mixture of bafflement, befuzzlement, and surprise. But there was also a collective sigh of relief'

Liverpool bidder Kenny Huang withdrew interest after failing to gain exclusivity deal

THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘There’s a balance to be struck between encouraging sensible financial practice and forcing clubs out of business’

Blackpool's Ian Holloway: My chairman is the best ever, Arsenal are awesome, and my nightmare with the pet snake

The menace of football hooliganism; it never went away

Gordon Strachan on leaving Celtic, the media, and his love of coaching

Revealed: Premier League's global value dwarfs all major rivals

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EXCLUSIVE: Kenny Huang pulls out of Liverpool bid

Liverpool bidder Kenny Huang: the statements so far

Federer 'real or fake' video sends Swiss genius to top of viewing charts

Blackburn takeover latest: Q&A with Ahsan Ali Syed

David Beckham back on England duty in support of 2018 bid

Arsenal fan ownership scheme makes takeover unlikely for now

Liverpool: ‘Big four’ despite two decades of hurt but more turbulence ahead

Liverpool director Ian Ayre: 'We remain global giants in spite of everything'

'British swimming is on the crest of a wave, and I'm thrilled to be part of it, jellyfish, scraps and all!'

Belgium's Wendy Jans and Norway's Anita Rizzuti break new ground as women in snooker qualifiers for ranking event

REVEALED: Arsenal and Athletic Bilbao at extremes on foreign player use

Premier League success is 85 per cent determined by a club's wage bill for players; in the NFL it's 14 per cent

HINGIS ON KOURNIKOVA: 'You have a partner and also a friend at the same time; you’re not alone on the court. We would joke around a bit, but be serious when we needed to be'

Liverpool MD Christian Purslow: 'No proof of funds from bidders yet'

No sign of imminent Liverpool takeover as funded bids remain elusive

THE SPORTS LAWYER: The big issue with sport and the tax man; and what's so hot about EFRBS

REVEALED: The best 20 teams in the history of the Premier League

Two wins away from 1,500 points: Manchester United head and shoulders above the ever-present seven in the Premier League

Wimbledon breaks with tradition to add colour for 2012 Olympics

Wolves shirt deal for 2010-11 worth £1.1m, up £200,000 on last season

ELEANOR PRESTON: 'Proof that Twitter is fab - it suggests Michael Vaughan isn't that dull after all and that KP might not be as self-regarding as he seems'

Football fans believe gay players will soon feel comfortable out of the closet

EXCLUSIVE - Kenny Huang’s business partner: ‘No decision on Liverpool proposal’

REVEALED: Liverpool bidder Kenny Huang in embezzlement puzzle as doubts remain over background

Portsmouth win High Court case against tax man

Kenny Huang drafts CIC denial statement as confusion surrounds Liverpool’s Chinese bid

Kenny Huang: ‘No more updates until Liverpool choose to talk’

REVEALED: Kenny Huang tells Liverpool his backers are C.I.C, worth $330bn; no proof of funds yet

Good news for Blackpool! Premier League confirms increased 'parachute cash' up to £48m, and £372m to be handed to Football League

Manchester United fans' group MUST announce new poster campaign in latest anti-Glazer move

Kenny Huang denies any ‘formal bid’ for Liverpool; plot thickens amid rival claims

As Portsmouth battle the tax man, Premier League clubs agree new rules to ensure the financial calibre of owners

ALEX WILLIS: 'The superstars like Federer, Nadal and Murray have their yachts. Pity the rest of us in our post-Wimbers lull'

Liverpool's Fernando Torres makes unconditional pledge to remain at Anfield

Liverpool’s suitor Kenny Huang ‘doesn’t have the money' to buy the club himself

Arsenal complete three-year Thomson deal; and separately raise almost £1m for Great Ormond Street

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EXCLUSIVE: Robbie Savage, pussycat, by the author who's been inside his mind

The world's most popular sports team? It's not the Yankees, Barca, Real, Man Utd, Liverpool or the Lakers. It's . . . Galatasaray

More popular than God: Ronaldo, Messi, Federer and Kobe (but not Beckham)

British-led rowing crew smash 19th century trans-Atlantic record

How corncobs helped Victorian runners - and might help the 21st century athlete

EXCLUSIVE: Premier League defies recession with record £100m shirt deals

Put your shirt on it: Liverpool and Manchester United surging ahead in sponsor stakes

West Brom join Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton and others in banning vuvuzelas

REVEALED: Biased rugby referees in both codes hand big advantage to own countries

British-skippered rowers set to smash 114-year-old trans-Atlantic record

Newspaper gives WPBSA conditional access to snooker ‘match fix’ footage

Former snooker world champion Peter Ebdon releases unprecedented forecast of poor form

Ezequiel Calvente: watch the penalty that everyone's talking about

Manchester United optimistic on ticket sell-outs despite anti-Glazer action

EXCLUSIVE: John Higgins to face ‘match fix’ hearing in September amid confusion over evidence as newspaper requests he doesn’t sue

The Hurricane passes, snooker remembers

Spot the ball park: 20

Soccer on the up-and-up in the USA, with more viewers than World Series

Sri Lankan president congratulates Murali on 800-wicket Test haul

Thierry Henry signs for the New York Red Bulls

ELEANOR PRESTON: 'Whether Sven is a genius or a blagger is one of the great pub discussions, along with how a man who looks like Mr Burns from the Simpsons was able to pull Ulrik(kaka) Johnson'

HELEN HARRIS: 'Wimbledon's over . . . now we need more nice events where people are nice in a nice setting'

JONNIE BAKER: 'Constructing a team to get the best from Rooney is like telling people Bob Carolgees used to own your house . . .'

SoS plan for anti-owner protest as Liverpool get ready to unveil Roy Hodgson

OFFICIAL: Records tumble as football finally goes TV mainstream in America

ANDY COLE: 'Argentina are so good that Mascherano can be a proper footballer again'

Why Fabio Capello might not cost as much as £12m to sack; and why Fifa's excuses on technology are a bit rich

America gets ready for greatest ratings day in soccer's TV history

EXCLUSIVE: Higgins ‘match fix’ charges to be announced next week, independent tribunal to review claims

MURRAY FAMILY EXCLUSIVE: 'Remember when I got nicked for reversing down the hard shoulder?'

REVEALED: the extra cost of a visit by the Queen to Wimbledon (Some rope)

JONNIE BAKER: 'England performed like preening cowards buckling under the pressure of their inflated self-worth'

SARAH HAMES: ‘You’re from there and you want to be a Wimbledon ball boy? Sorry, but no’

‘Unprecedented’ World Cup betting markets believe Mexico-Uruguay will be a draw

Federer: ‘I thought I was going out of the tournament’

EXCLUSIVE: Forensic analysis points to ‘cut and paste’ in Higgins ‘match-fix’ sting video

Spot the ball park: 19

Revealed: How the fixture computer dislikes Liverpool, and favours Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea

JONNIE BAKER: ‘For one hideous reason I’m just not enjoying the World Cup: the commentary. (But then I do live in Alpine Austria)’

TV ratings records in key markets cement World Cup as truly global game

Free swimming scheme drowns in sea of government debt

Barcelona to make improved £33.5m bid next month to lure Fabregas from Arsenal as president’s opening gambit

‘Middling England’: Capello’s men the only nation in world’s top eight punching below economic weight

EXCLUSIVE: Portsmouth creditors 'accept CVA deal', club to exit administration

ANDY COLE: 'All credit to Germany, flag bearers for the beautiful game in the World Cup's first week'

Chelsea favourites for Premier League title, Liverpool behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Man City in the running

Liverpool to host Arsenal on opening weekend, Newcastle at Man Utd, Blackpool host Wigan

World's best coach 'staggered' at no English men in Wimbledon singles

NICK BOLLETTIERI: 'No bull. This will be the most wide open Wimbledon in history'

SARAH HAMES: 'Sex. City. Girls. Gambling. World Cup. What on earth could go wrong?'

WORLD CUP SENSATION: From 'Miracle of Germany' at Eurovision to football glory

Serena and Venus Williams seeded No1 and No2 for Wimbledon, in search of fourth and sixth titles

Roger Federer retains his No1 seeding at Wimbldeon despite rankings fall, Nadal No2, Murray No4

Portsmouth's administrator 'pretty certain' of 75 per cent vote for CVA

IPL ringmaster Lalit Modi submits third and final reply to ‘show cause’ notices with swipe at snipers

All-girl Virgin ‘Seagals’ avert disaster after near miss with tanker after male opponents throw in the towel in round-Britain rowing challenge

Swiss bankers on the football fiddle as players look to Spain

IN VIDEO: As Fifa defend Jabulani ball, Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Petr Cech praise it

Portsmouth: why Thursday's creditors meeting means so much to so many (not least the helpless fans)

REVEALED: England’s Frank Lampard on controversial World Cup ball - ‘It’s probably just players moaning’

North Korea prepare to face Brazil with fanfare but no fans amid human rights concerns

Sportingintelligence weekly digest: World Cup, England, Andy Cole, Jonnie Baker, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and much more

WORLD CUP 2010: Portugal punching above weight, Japan and USA ailing, England doing what resources suggest

Spot the ball park: 18

ANDY COLE: Brazil, Spain or Argentina? Who knows? Maradona may be bonkers but the quality at his disposal is frightening

Scotland gets behind England for World Cup (well, on a small scale, and not at the bookies)

Australia withdraw from bid to host the 2018 World Cup, Beckham sexing up England's bid (in pictures)

World Cup final 'will vie for record of second most-watched event in human history'

JONNIE BAKER: New Zealand - what are you doing here? Really? Come on now, we’ve all had a good drink and we can all take a joke, but seriously, what’s going on?

Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations - are they really creating fairness?

Star of Liverpool’s last title-winning team calls for Dalglish to recover ‘heart and soul’ of club

GLENN HYSEN: 'Liverpool need Dalglish because the spirit is broken, the academy isn't working, and the club can't attract top players any more'

Arsenal’s Arshavin speaks out on Barca, Liverpool, and his sadness at self-harming fan

Blackburn, Wigan, Newcastle and Villa: the cheapest season tickets in the Premier League

SURVEY: Liverpool's 7% ticket price hike means only Arsenal’s prices higher

Benitez confirmed as Inter manager, increasing chance of Liverpool player exodus

Liverpool's Ryan Babel reflects on lack of Red success at World Cups - and greed

REVEALED: England ‘have ideal age profile’ to pip Spain to 2010 World Cup

FIXED: The truth in pictures about England and the USA at the World Cup

ANALYSIS: England's David James the oldest player in South Africa

Rafa Nadal's French Open trophy leaves Paris for first time ever - on trip to London

Anti-Glazer figures show Manchester United owners’ net assets are worth £1.1bn

World Cup on course to be first event in history with £1bn in British bets alone

'Strawberries and cream': shorthand for the ambience of Wimbledon - since 1881

ANALYSIS: Benitez was Liverpool’s best Premier League manager (not up with Wenger, better than Redknapp)

ANDY COLE: 'My mates in the England squad tell me Capello - Il Capo - isn't interested in personal relationships with his players. He just wants a job done'

WORLD CUP: England No1 melting pot for football (and team is oldest in S Africa)

Benitez leaves Liverpool with £3m pay-off as club 'seek stability and sale'

Brad Pitt to take starring World Cup role for USA

HMRC sues Premier League in attempt to have ‘football creditors rule’ abolished

'It's all glamour on tour: the raffle ticket for lunch, the one man and his dog watching'

Barcelona confirm "formal written offer" to buy Fabregas from Arsenal

Red Knights 'remain committed' to Manchester United offer, but not any time soon

REVEALED: USA’s $20m bonus pot - the biggest in World Cup history

A star-spangled saga: from $150 for a glory goal to a bonus pot of $20m

REVEALED: Why Sunderland’s Darren Bent is the unluckiest striker in Europe today

Drogba heads to African World Cup on back of historic goal feat at Chelsea

Fifa’s ‘class’: a posh box for the World Cup, and Naomi Campbell

BREAKING NEWS: England World Cup squad latest

Red Knights to issue statement confirming ‘ongoing’ plans for Manchester United bid

West Ham's Benni McCarthy shock omission from South Africa squad

Palace 'fire sale' imminent unless buyout concluded but extinction 'not immediate'

Inter consider Benitez as Mourinho successor, eye Liverpool's Torres too

Manchester United's Park and Celtic's Ki lead British trio in S Korea's World Cup 23

EXCLUSIVE: Germany beats England at elite football level for first time ever

Spirit of Shankly take Hicks to task about Liverpool’s health and future

Spot the ball park: 17

ANDY COLE: 'Liverpool's Stevie Gerrard is the versatile dynamo to make England tick'

Manchester United 'not for sale and owners won't entertain any offers'

Levein becomes latest high-profile Scottish manager to back England for World Cup

Crews prepare for non-stop round-Britain rowing race

Jose Mourinho sets sights on Liverpool's Steven Gerrard and Chelsea's Ashley Cole

Chelsea and Man City in greatest danger of Euro exclusion as ‘Fair Play’ belt-tightening starts next year

Villa, Wolves and Everton 'keepers in USA's 23-man World Cup squad among eight English-based players

Spain 'will win World Cup' (claim economists)

Lawyer says ‘weird universe of football’ needs to scrap penalty for administration

Liverpool's Benitez favourite for the sack

IN FULL: The David Moores letter about Liverpool, Hicks, Gillett et al

Kris Boyd warned that move from Rangers to Celtic would mean ‘life is over’

Revealed: the day George Best confided he had to quit Manchester United

Thrills now, spills later as Blackpool ride to 1970s high

Attempted ‘auction’ flops as Nigerian billionaire denies interest in Arsenal stake

Blackpool’s £95m: the biggest single-event windfall in world sporting history

'Mourinho is the Brian Clough of the modern game, a genius'

Ken Loach to make keynote speech at ‘winds of change’ conference on fan ownership

Spot the ball park: 16

History of the play-offs suggests Blackpool can rock Cardiff

Grant ‘on verge of signing West Ham deal’ after resigning from Portsmouth

MUST refute claims that Red Knights are divided and on verge of giving up United bid

London 2012 mascots in pictures and film: watch here (also en Francais, en Español, 觀看這普通話, and in sign language)

In video: Wenlock and Mandeville, mascots to capture youthful hearts for London 2012

Red Knight and his bank tip Rooney’s England to reach World Cup semis

New concerns over editing of Higgins sting video as fake website cover-up continues

'We hadn’t come this far to look like idiots, as other Brits had done on the same court in years past'

Fans groups unite to slam MoS’s 'worst sort of journalism' in wake of Triesman entrapment

Manchester United top ‘league of the decade’, as Blackpool soar to 10-year high

Triesman to step down from 2018 bid role after accusation in private conversation was sold to a newspaper

The Premier League: where the money went in 2009-10

'The biggest regret of my life was leaving United to chase a World Cup dream that never happened'

Spot the ball park: 15

Pompey at Wembley: the latest stop in a post-war rollercoaster ride

Beckham stars for England as 2018 bid team talk Fifa’s language: cash

FA to review 'match fix' case after Gambling Commission’s inability to act

Hicks-Gillett rift at Liverpool ‘had roots in differences over Benitez’

REVEALED: George Best’s secret despair as career went off rails – in 1972

'As we ate, George gave me a morsel of news that proved the beginning of the end'

Picture exclusive: Chinese internet tycoon Zhu Jun in talks about buying Liverpool

Red Knights still on course for £1bn June bid for Manchester United

Fresh doubt over Higgins cheat claims as mystery lingers over entrapment ‘firm’

REVEALED: Football League crowds rise above 17m to hit 50-year high

MUST asks fans for cash ahead of possible Red Knights bid in June for Manchester United

Fake website used in the NotW Higgins sting has 'disappeared': scans here

Togo win the right to play in African Nations Cup after CAS mediates ban decision

Spot the ball park: 14

'If Chelsea don't win the title now, they should be lined up and shot'

Manchester United lead the way in last-day heroics in the Premier League

MUST say ‘cynical’ revelation of £1.5bn offer for Man Utd ‘smacks of desperation’

Liverpool accounts: wages soar past £100m, losses £55m, debt up to £378m (and the bank needed paying in March)

Premier League has used corporate sleuths to probe murky ownership and control at Portsmouth since last summer

EXCLUSIVE: West Ham wage hoax - real pay levels higher

Hingis and Kournikova to team up for Wimbledon return

Motherwell 6 Hibs 6 equals world record for scoring draw

Portsmouth administrator on creditors picking FA Cup team: ‘Rubbish’

Cristiano Ronaldo’s £150,000 London move ‘due to overwhelming public demand’

Pulis and McClaren are 'the most over-achieving managers in English football'

Revealed: the tale behind the snooker sting that leaves Higgins in the fight of his life

Gambling Commission unlikely to look at Higgins snooker case

'I'm not surprised some Liverpool fans want Chelsea to win; it must be painful to be a fading force'

Spot the ball park: 13

Premier League to hit 1,000 seasonal goals this weekend as Chelsea seek record tally

The Wonder of Woy: unfussy, without frills and yet indisputably brilliant

Value of world’s most lucrative football match leaps to £90m

Qatar heats up race for 2022 with promise to cool down the world

Premier League and FA: ‘Portsmouth won’t play in Europe, and haven’t applied to do so’

Giants give 33-year-old rookie a chance to prove you're never to old for the NFL

Birmingham pay £2.2m to settle Seymour Pierce dispute but say they'll appeal

Davis struggles in first session of quarter-final after heroics against Higgins take toll

More questions than answers as Commission decides ‘no action’ in suspicious football and tennis cases

Rooney wins PFA award, makes World Cup vow, and hopes Liverpool do United a favour

Administration firm touts for business on back of puzzling Portsmouth case

Shilpa Shetty storms to Modi’s defence as IPL chief vows to keep job and reveal ‘truth’

'I'm delighted Newcastle are back in the Premier League ... now they need more than four decent players'

MUST urges Nike and Budweiser to “choose sides” in battle with Glazers for ownership of Manchester United

Spot the ball park: 12

Melbourne Storm disgraced and under investigation after wage-cap fraud

Mancini’s City guaranteed the best of times, Portsmouth certain of the worst

96 per cent of Scottish football fans unhappy with their game

EXCLUSIVE: Lib-Lab-Tory agreement on sport: 'Federer to win Wimbledon'

Q: How much does Britain's next Minister for Sport really care about sport?

Cavaliers on rise against Bulls in attendance race (as well as play-offs) as NBA weathers downturn

EXCLUSIVE EXTRACTS: Portsmouth’s debts laid bare in administrator's bombshell report

Canadiens back at top of attendance charts as NHL crowds dip by two per cent

Revealed: English FA has handed out 24 drugs bans since Mutu

Spot the ball park: 11

Breaking news: Liverpool tell their fans they're up for sale, five days after everyone knew

Carson Yeung: I'm here to stay (and can turn China Blue)

'One minute I didn't even know there was a women's England team, the next I wanted to play for it'

'Can Chelsea stay ahead? It's the billion ruble question . . . and it's up in the air'

Dull Blackburn lead the way as no-score bore draws hurt chances of goals record

Snooker stars among five men referred to prosecutors in match-fix case

CAS makes landmark decisions in favour of Uefa to boost fight against match-fixing

Premier League announce legal action over Ofcom ruling

Birmingham owner given deadline of 27 May to pay 'immaterial' £2.2m debt

Election result: Labour manifesto wins for sport (550 words from 30,755)

'Aston Villa: the sound a disappointed frog makes when it realises that no matter how hard it tries, its tongue just won’t reach a tasty fly'

Supporters Direct chief welcomes manifesto pledges, praises MUST

Political football: how MUST changed the landscape to make Westminster listen

Arsenal's Kroenke in surprise bid for total control ... of the Rams

Kroenke bides his time as Lady Nina puts Arsenal stake on the market

Liverpool up for sale for offers over £400m as RBS close to debt extension

Pompey in line for minimum £2.2m FA Cup windfall but bonuses remain ‘a nightmare’ for administrator

'Ice hockey in Britain attracts more people than you think . . . some crowds beat cricket'

Leon Smith confirmed as Britain's new Davis Cup captain

Spot the ball park: 10

McLeish's Blues look to peak in campaign of 'thrive not survive'

'Bayern weren't typically German, just typically hard-nosed, as all winners should be'

'A mistake at Becher's proved fatal. Dark Ivy came down perpendicular and broke his neck'

Lampard: ‘Chelsea gave Villa a kick in the bum . . . now we can win Double’

British Swimming invests in youth with unveiling of 'world-class' development clubs

Djokovic signs up for Queen's 2010, joining Nadal, DelPo and Roddick

Leading economist: 'Falling pound behind Premier League clubs' failure in Champions League'

'English clubs did not under-perform; they did what economics suggested they would'

Chelsea praised for plan to boost South Asian players in the game

Spot the ball park: No9

Liverpool strapped as Rhone walk away from Anfield deal

Jenny Pitman: 'On the way back from Aintree, we stopped at a service station and I caused quite a stir in the loo'

'Faithless were wrong. God is not a DJ. He is a bookie. Talking of which ... back Tricky Trickster for the National'

Tiger Woods comeback press conference, live!

Birmingham City owner: I want Dalglish (... in my photo)

'Barca's blueprint: flexibility, interchange, effort, fluidity, dynamism and passing, passing, passing'

'I wept when he crossed the line. Bob wasn’t winning for himself, but for the thousands who supported him'

United have the pedigree as title chase enters final straight

NFL has ‘fairest’ pay distribution among the world’s major sports leagues

Spot the ball park: No8

Liverpool fans urge Premier League action on 'unfit owners' Hicks and Gillett

In Brad we trust: why Villa's American is a constant blessing

Palace administrator: 'Rich but pragmatic fans could be in control soon' (no P Diddy)

Premier League blasts Ofcom, considers legal action over ‘ill-judged’ TV ruling

Adlington back on form with 200m win at nationals

Iconic Monday night (NFL) football coming to ESPN in the UK

When the Yanks are the story, the world turns its head . . .

United up against Bayern: older, shorter, almost twice as long-serving - and thus favourites to win

Spot the ball park: No7

Briton Sichel finishes 1000-mile race in second place in under a fortnight, setting record time

Eriksson: 'I'm relishing Ivory Coast challenge'

Eriksson’s Elephants on collision course with England

APOLOGIES . . .

Yankees on top in global pay review, Premier League in the shade

Albert Riera staggered from the carnage last week muttering ‘Rafa’s mental, just mental’, and weeping blood

Record-seeking Briton chases second place after German wins 1,000-mile run

British runner eyes world record from second place in 1,000-mile run

Four more Italian football games under 'match-fix' scrutiny this weekend

It's a hard life away (but being rubbish on the road doesn't always mean doom)

Red Knights: ‘No move or bid for United this season’

Spot the ball park: No6

Uefa investigating four Italian games as match-fix probe ‘widens to new frontier’

'Most players fit some conventional description, but Messi isn't just a striker or a midfielder; he's everywhere and everything'

Exclusive: Portsmouth administrator reveals total debt is £100m, and says football needs 'reality check'

West Ham owner Sullivan makes public apology for 'pathetic', 'shambolic' team

'Whisper it quietly, but the era of Federer-Nadal showpiece finals could be all but over'

MUST claims "fan power" forced Glazer strategic freeze on United ticket prices

Ballesteros tips Tiger Woods for comeback Masters win

IPL's auction raises stunning £469m from two new franchises

Premier League foreign rights soar above £1bn (with just Albania and Russia left)

The world's greatest walker: a Victorian pioneer of ultra-marathons (and coke)

Record-breaking British runner passes halfway point in 1,000-mile race

United fans’ desire for co-op ownership puts Liverpool’s in the shade

Goals record in sight as Big Three attack 50+ tallies at home

Exclusive: Life ban referee was in Uefa elite to pioneer "fairer" Europa League

Dixie: 'Only God will ever get more than 60 in a top-flight season now'

'Joel's a little confused - why won't the Knights just act with alacrity?'

Lloyd resigns as Britain's Davis Cup captain

IPL a TV ratings smash in opening week: almost as popular as Bob the Builder

Briton Sichel passes 200-mile mark in quest for 1,000-mile running record

Revealed: the motives driving Rhone's Liverpool bidders

Official: Portsmouth docked nine points for entering administration

Spot the ball park: No5

TV executives drool over Tiger's return at Masters, but touts price it at £232

British runner in fourth place after 24hr of 1,000-mile race

Fifa sends clear anti-bribery message to 2018 World Cup bidding countries

Beckham in tears as World Cup dream ends, along with England career

Dixie Dean: 'Five goals against Manchester United . . . then a nice half-time cuppa'

Liverpool's owners 'not interested' in £120m Rhone bid for 40 per cent stake

Wenger, aka Camus of The Emirates, says his target is to make his players "as rich as possible"

Fifa's inclusive message mocked by its exclusive trophy rules

'At United's level, ownership does seem like a billionaire's game'

Chelsea's bouncebackability: they never lose twice

Sir Stirling Moss tips Germany's Vettel for Formula One glory from hospital bed

Red Knights announce tie-up with Nomura about "possible acquisition of Manchester United"

Bollettieri: ‘Davis Cup embarrassment down to Britain’s long-term tennis failure, not Draper’

'Britain has never been a tennis giant, not this side of the black-and-white movie era'

'Without getting too Clarkson, I thought "This is what Armageddon sounds like".'

'Davis Cup is prestigious, respectable, fantastic - but not an accurate guide to British tennis'

Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Harvard novelist, Hollywood ... that's ocean racing

Potential investors wait for Liverpool's European failure to force cheaper deal

Spot the ball park: No4

Dixie Dean: 'I never had any lessons at school. No maths. No English. Nothing except football'

Briton braces for 'step into unknown' in 1,000-mile run

Football League crowds head for 50-year high thanks to Newcastle and Norwich

Sir Stirling Moss in good spirits despite fall down lift shaft and six broken bones

Modi: "We had three 'valid' bids for new IPL teams with $100m guarantees each"

Revealed: Villa's £50m transfers and £2.4m salaries

'Dixie went off early to avoid being mobbed after his 60th goal. The ref conspired by saying he'd gone for a wee'

Obama endorses football as THE sport

Brundle tips 'acrobatic' Hamilton to beat 'struggler' team-mate Button

Head of British cycling says Wiggins can win 2010 Tour

NFL enters brave new world of uncertainty without salary cap

Wenger an Easy Rider as Blues take Cup break from Premier League dramas

'You'll need to understand what was in my head at the moment my rift with Sheringham began to get even close to comprehending'

Michael Foot: political giant, lifelong Plymouth fan . . . and the bard of Goodison

Red Knight fever helps MUST race to 100,000 members

'Dominance on the sporting field inspires awe in the viewers but real competition is good for the soul – and Kauto v Denman is the truly gripping stuff'

Henin: 'When Federer won his missing Slam, the spark in my heart came back'

'Of course, clubs exist in a marketplace: they compete, they pay salaries, sign contracts. They’re not fluffy-bunny anarcho-syndicalist communes'

Exclusive: The Red Knights' dream scenario for United ownership, in detail

Famous before Tutankhamun - the first Egyptian imports in English football

If you came to this page by personal Twitter invitation ...

Premier League debt falls £1.1bn ... not that you'll hear about it

Revealed: upwardly mobile Arsenal to leapfrog Chelsea in Deloitte's world Rich List

McLeish hangs on for victories amid glut of big-margin wins

'Prince William is a Villa fan and there's nothing wrong with that. We can't all support the best teams, can we?'

Tueart's "once in blue moon" overhead kick in '76 voted best goal in League Cup history

Ginola joins England 2018 bid team on Caribbean trip, because he's worth it

Portsmouth confirmed as first Premier League club ever to enter administration

Top psychologist: 'Bridge's decision is laudable, for the good of the England team'

Platini lauds Uefa life ban for Bosnian referee amid ongoing match-fixing probe

British runner eyes record in 1,000-mile race in Athens

'The transfer fee for Poland's World Cup captain included a photocopier, some medical tools and some dollars'

'Doping by tribal remedies will become a scandal if England lose to an African team, but not before'

Insolvency experts in the wings as Portsmouth brace for landmark administration

Miller time: America's Bode finally gets his New Hampshire hands on Olympic gold

Nick Bollettieri: Serena, Super-Fed, soldiering, Super Bowl and swimsuits (as worn by Serbia's Ana Ivanovic)

"Jazz" Carlin hits the right note as GB sink Germany with 2012 Games in mind

Premier League U-turn on Pompey sales after Fifa 'OK'

"I don't get to play by different rules," says Tiger Woods, in a globally televised event arranged on his own terms

Chelsea's record on the line as Ancelotti dances with Wolves

'The kiss'n'tell is prostitution, part of a football industry full of hangers-on and parasites'

'Defy terrorism and visit India. Why? Because it's fabulous, vibrant, colourful, maddening, thrilling and tasty'

CAS rejects Togo's appeal to be allowed in Nations Cup draw

Well-connected Dein back in the game as England 2018's wheeler-dealer

Portsmouth await Fifa approval to sell players amid rivals' doubts over fair play

Vonn overcomes injury concerns to lead stunning USA 1-2 in Olympics downhill

Tiger Woods "to discuss past and future" on Friday

India guarantees "full protection" in face of terror threats to sports events

Premier League bidder for IPL franchise to be "named soon"

Premier League considers play-offs for fourth Champions League slot

Vancouver Games luge tragedy overshadows start of Olympics

'Did we look at pay and say the business plan was mad? No. That's the owner's job'

Cardiff's nostalgics to be left feeling blue?

Portsmouth given stay of execution by High Court

Fancy another Winter Games gold rush? Norwegians would

McEnroe finally hails Federer as "the greatest of all time"

Spot the ball park: No3

Rajasthan Royals claim "world's first global sports franchise"

Saints' Super Bowl win beats 1983 M.A.S.H finale record

Sport in 3D is not the final hi-tech frontier

Sumo's Mongolian bad boy weeps his way to retirement

Fifa reacts to the Chelsea-Lens deal over Kakuta

The road: bleaker for the weak with every passing season

'No brouhaha over Federer playing as a dad, why the fuss over an athletic mum?'

Portsmouth latest: as many owners this season as wins in the Premier League

Chelsea in the clear over Kakuta after deal with Lens

'This was the present that kept on giving . . . rugby and romance in perfect harmony'

'Stripping JT of captaincy is cosmetic. The real issue is whether he stays in squad at all'

'Tax disincentives? Maybe, but top players love England's passion and excitement'

Tiger "could return to golf in a fortnight"

New Orleans Saints seek redemption for a city on Super Bowl weekend

Running in bare feet "reduces chance of damage to legs"

Liverpool fans claim MD said: 'LFC is for sale . . . the owners are out of money'

Don't bet on it: sports events in the spotlight

Anti-corruption experts: UK needs sports integrity unit

Sweet 16: Federer extends Slam lead

Murray: 'I can cry like Roger, shame I can't play like him'

The 20 best-watched events of 2009: football, NFL, F1 . . . and badminton

'Epochal' moment in TV sport as Champions League final beats Super Bowl ratings

"Big four" fortresses keep the elite on top

'It can't be said Wigan was agog . . . one woman was reading a Bagley novel'

The ex-United player's lot: they stay top, you stay wistful

Rochdale eye escape from pre-Watergate accommodation

The economics and psychology of football - conference papers and panels wanted

Palace hopeful of "many interested buyers" after entering administration

Tall footballers assumed "dirtier" than small ones - even when entirely innocent

'Europe only' bids for 2018 'may disadvantage England'

Forum: Who will win the three World Cups up for grabs in 2010?

Sony relaxed over $1bn IPL games now free on YouTube

Nine elite Goliaths in fear of Cup room 101

'It’s a no-brainer: Tevez is good enough for United and should have stayed'

'We’re running out of on-pitch knockabout. Something must be done.'

Murray tipped to win Australian Open by "supercoach" Cahill

Spot the ball park: No2

Arsenal 'the only big EPL club fit for Champions League'

Wenger can aspire to a glorious Spring run-in

Revealed: massive hike puts City's wages on course to top

Sol has work to finish at Arsenal before wedding

Murray needs to hurry in the race for Slams

Tevez's treble shows route to easy street

Bychkova ban raises questions over methods and secrecy of anti-betting unit

McGwire comes clean on steroids during orchestrated media campaign

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United profits soar due to Ronaldo sale as Glazers seek debt financing

African Nations Cup kicks off with "biggest comeback ever"

Rival bidders eye control of West Ham "within weeks"

Premier League stars not insured for Angola dangers

Togo players shot en route to the African Nations Cup

Higgins hungry for Masters as snooker starts new era with fresh appetite

Blues boost hopes for promoted trio's safety

English football crowds on course for a 50-year high

Fergie's ferocious temper, City's spend and Coyle's class

British government frames law to bring offshore bookmakers back into fold

'Football is hardly a sophisticated sport. Players don't even need opposable thumbs'

'Shankly's strength was his communion with the fans'

NFL-EPL dual owners finding success on just one side of the pond

Button surges to pole in diplomacy stakes at new-look McLaren

American gridiron fans keep faith through the downturn

NFL maintains massive lead in attendance

Sports salaries database: explanatory notes

Hewitt ahead of Australian Open: 'I still think there are Slams in me'

Oh my Pod! What in the name of Nosworthy is all that gibbering about?