Hooker Ross Ford has taken over the captaincy of Scotland for rugby’s Six Nations after flanker Kelly Brown was sidelined from the entire tournament by a leg injury in club …
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has appealed to the club’s supporters for calm ahead of this weekend’s potentially explosive FA Cup clash with Liverpool. United and Liverpool face each …
Paris Saint-Germain has failed in its latest effort to recruit a star player, with sporting director Leonardo saying the French club has ended negotiations to sign Carlos Tevez from Manchester …
Italy coach Jacques Brunel has called up Treviso prop Michele Rizzo as a back-up for the injured Alberto De Marchi for the opening two matches in the Six Nations. Rizzo, …
Unbeaten centurion Ricky Ponting says Australia will tread a fine line between batting India out of the fourth Test and killing the match. Australia resume at 3-335 on Wednesday’s second …
Two women in reach of the world No.1 ranking, Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova, will both take on unseeded opponents in Australian Open quarter-finals on Wednesday. Fourth seed Sharapova, who …
World No.2 Rafael Nadal will play great rival Roger Federer in an Australian Open semi-final after his comeback victory over seventh seed Tomas Berdych. Federer took less than two hours …
Ajax defender Andre Ooijer has been ruled out for up to four weeks with a calf injury. The veteran centre-back suffered the problem in training last Friday and underwent an …
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish is tipping axed left-back Stephen Warnock to bounce back “stronger than ever” after dropping the England defender for the weekend win at Wolves. Warnock, part …
Wednesday will be a red-letter day for Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho as he faces his nemesis once again: world champions Barcelona. Mourinho’s team will go to Barca’s Camp Nou …
Manchester City look set to accept Mario Balotelli’s four-match ban after the volatile striker was charged for stamping on Scott Parker during Sunday’s defeat of Tottenham. City assistant manager David …
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is fed up with bad relations in the dressing room and repeated losses to Barcelona and wants to leave at the end of the season, …
Inter Milan midfielder Thiago Motta has strongly hinted he is on the verge of quitting the Serie A giants for big-spending Paris Saint-Germain. Motta has recently been linked with a …
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has hit out at fresh questions about Arsene Wenger’s position as manager following the open revolt against one of his decisions. Wenger’s relationship with Gunners supporters …
Schalke’s director of sport Horst Heldt denies his club are planning to bid for the former Spain international Guti. Spain’s As newspaper reported that Guti, formerly a team-mate of Schalke …
Head coach Roy Hodgson has challenged his West Brom players to put their dismal home form behind them during the final third of the season. The Baggies have collected 25 …
Wolves midfielder Jamie O’Hara could be sidelined for another fortnight due to a slow recovery from double hernia surgery in early December. Wolves boss Mick McCarthy had been hopeful of …
Eusebio may have hung up his football boots half a life ago at the age of 35 but not even Cristiano Ronaldo has dethroned him as the greatest Portuguese footballer. …
