The Chelsea midfielder still respects his former manager but has no intention of losing to him in the Champions LeagueFrank Lampard has already staved off two potential indignities ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the inciden ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - World and Olympic champion Lin Dan of China lost his All England title on Friday, downed in a major upset 21-16 18-21 21-17 by sixth-seeded compatri ...

Five minutes had gone in Tuesday's match against Bolton Wanderers and the raucous section of the Stadium of Light, which Niall Quinn refers to as the

Whatever you say to any pals who support Liverpool this weekend, there is one phrase to avoid.

It was billed as the biggest sporting comeback of recent times, but Michael Schumacher struggled to shake off three years of retirement to compete with Formula One's young guns yes ...

Andy Robinson never played for England against Scotland at Murrayfield. This evening the Scotland side coached by Robinson have the chance to bring England's campaign in the RBS Si ...

Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, believes that his players are being driven on by a desire to become history-makers as the club inch closer to setting a remarkable ...

The manager knows victory at Turf Moor today is crucial to his team's chances of staying upBrian Laws must surely be the only Premier League manager to have attended a job intervie ...

Super League leaders Wigan bounce back from their first defeat to run eight tries past Hull FC at the DW Stadium. ...

St Helens withstand a late Crusaders rally to hang on for a narrow victory at Knowsley Road. ...

Brian O'Driscoll plays down the significance of him winning his 100th Ireland cap in Saturday's Six Nations clash against Wales. ...

British mixed doubles pair Anthony Clark and Heather Olver's are beaten in the All-England Championship quarter-finals. ...

Corporation will build bespoke reusable studio in South Africa amid criticism of its spending on big eventsThe BBC will take up to 295 staff to cover the World Cup in South Africa, ...

Manny Pacquiao has the charisma of Tyson, Ali and Joe Louis but he will have to fight well against the GhanaianManny Pacquiao will do what most of boxing expects him to do under th ...

Kevin Pietersen pays tribute to India batsman Rahul Dravid after returning to form with a knock of 99 on day one of England's first Test versus Bangladesh. ...

Hull KR take on Wakefield, St Helens host Crusaders and Wigan meet Hull in Friday night's three games. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Peter Storrie stepped down as chief executive of crisis club Portsmouth on Friday. ...

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti says he is 100% certain that midfielder Joe Cole will be at the club next season. ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pablo Amat scored both goals as Olympic silver medallists Spain defeated South Korea 2-0 to finish fifth at the men's hockey World Cup Friday. ...

Peter Storrie resigned as Portsmouth chief executive this evening, saying that he felt he had been reduced to a scapegoat during the club's battle for survival. ...

Peter Storrie steps down from his role as chief executive at Portsmouth. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - There is something strange in the air down by the Humber Bridge, at least there would appear to be if you are a Hull City footballer. ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao should fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. and then retire later this year because there are no other legitimate contenders, acco ...

AIX EN PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - Slovakian prodigy Peter Sagan snatched his second victory in the highly competitive Paris-Nice race with a late burst of speed to prevail in the ...

Formula 1 boss Jean Todt is determined former Renault team principal Flavio Briatiore will be punished for his role in the Singapore race fixing scandal. ...

Paulie Malignaggi warns Amir Khan that he has raised his game since succumbing to Ricky Hatton in 2008. ...

England face the Netherlands in a bronze medal play-off on Saturday hoping to put a winning seal on their best World Cup performance since 1986. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Businessman Greg Clarke said his experience of helping Leicester City out of financial crisis would be invaluable to the Football League after he was confirmed a ...

Hull manager Phil Brown apologises to the Women's Institute who witness a row between players Nicky Barmby and Jimmy Bullard. ...

Chelsea's third-choice keeper Ross Turnbull will start in goal for Saturday's Premier League match against West Ham because of injuries to Petr Cech and Hilario. ...

Chelsea are likely to be without both their first choice goalkeepers when they face Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday, leaving Carlo Ancelotti to choose between Ross T ...

Martin Johnson says he expects tomorrow's Calcutta Cup match to be a war of attrition and has urged his England team to unleash a fortnight of pent up frustration on Scotland. ...

The Football League have appointed Greg Clarke as their new chairman. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea will be without their first and second-choice goalkeepers as they try to reclaim top spot in the Premier League against West Ham United on Saturday. ...

The Football League has appoints Greg Clarke, the former chief executive of Cable and Wireless Communications, as its new chairman. ...

England coach Martin Johnson is refusing to contemplate defeat ahead of Saturday's RBS Six Nations Calcutta Cup match against Scotland at Murrayfield. ...

DOHA (Reuters) - British European champion Dwain Chambers showed he was the man to beat in the men's 60 metres, clocking a fast 6.59 seconds in his opening race of the IAAF world i ...

So first blood to the young pretender. On a day when all eyes were on Michael Schumacher's comeback to Formula One after three years in retirement, it was his team-mate who stole t ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Holders Pakistan did not name a captain in their final 15-member squad for the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday but included Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Umar Ak ...

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United, buoyed by their destruction of AC Milan at Europe's top table, return to the bread and butter of the Premier League when they fac ...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn of the United States skied through more pain on Friday to win the women's overall World Cup title for the third year runnin ...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Carlo Janka won the overall Alpine ski World Cup on Friday, becoming the first Swiss man to take the title for 18 years. ...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy coach Nick Mallett has kept faith with the players who notched a rare Six Nations win last month for Sunday's match against France in Paris (2:30 p.m.). ...

Britain's Dwain Chambers eases into the 60m semi-finals, while Jenny Meadows impresses in the 800m at the World Indoor Championships. ...

Snooker chief Barry Hearn says annual qualifying for a tour card will stop the circuit becoming full of "lazy" players. ...