Andy Murray battled into the French Open quarter-finals by beating Vikto Troicki 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 after the pair returned to court for a one-set shootout.
The FA has released a statement calling for the FIFA presidential election to be postponed - and called for a 'genuinely independent' external party to look into how to improve FIFA.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has announced his retirement from football at the age of 36, with immediate effect.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect.
Allegations of corruption at FIFA deepened last night as two heavyweight sponsors turned up the heat on world football's governing body.
Winning the battle in midfield will be the determining factor in the 2011 Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United, just as it was when the two sides met in 2009.
The winners of this season's Champions League will net a record £110m, according to a new financial study.
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Andrew Strauss has rubbished talk of an "Ashes hangover" as England look to build on their winter success this summer, starting against Sri Lanka in Cardiff today.
FIFA, football's governing body, has announced it is to investigate vice-president Jack Warner and presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam over bribery allegations.
This England team wants to be the best cricket team in the world now, and the best England team of all time. Three months from now we will have a much clearer idea where they stand. First Sri Lanka and then India await, seven Tests that could define this group of cricketers.
Chelsea acted ruthlessly by sacking Carlo Ancelotti within an hour of the final fixture of the Premier League season. Last year's Double-winning manager was informed of the club's decision in a corridor at Goodison Park.
A recent report from the BBC has confirmed that a website designed to sell tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games to oversees fans, crashed yesterday as a British buyers attempted to bypass the ticket lottery and buy directly from the site.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said his team were prepared to alter their flight arrangements if volcanic ash from Iceland disrupts European air travel this week.
UK privacy laws lay in tatters this morning after an MP used parliamentary privilege to name Ryan Giggs as the player at the centre of an on going injunction row.
FIFA is coming under scrutiny again for the way that the global organisation is run. This article looks at a history of accusations.
Australian spin legend Shane Warne will bring the curtain down on his stellar professional cricket career for the final time on Friday.
The English Football Association is abstaining from the vote for FIFA president because of recent issues surrounding the international governing body for football.
London 2012 organisers have received more than one million ticket requests for the men's 100 metres final, according to the BBC.
There is nothing that André Villas Boas can do wrong at present. Porto claimed their first European trophy since the José Mourinho era in Dublin last night; and their manager became the youngest winner of a UEFA club competition. Suitors will be taking note.
This season's Europa League final is noticeable for throwing together two teams situated less than 100 miles apart, as well as for the gulf in class between the two.
Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti were given only a warning yesterday for breaching a Football Association rule about making media comments about a referee in the build up to a game, displaying a puzzling flexibility for rules and regulations at the English football’s governing organisation.
Another Premier League football player has taken out an injunction to keep details of an affair from being reported.
West Ham's troubled season reached a new low as a 'racist' fan sparked an angry brawl at the club's end-of-season dinner.
The former Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas subject to a gagging order by a Premiership footballer has been accused of blackmailing the well known star.
David Beckham has confirmed his interest in playing for the Great Britain football team at the London Olympics next summer in either a playing or a coaching capacity.
On Saturday Manchester United wrested the mantle of English football's most successful club from Liverpool and sufficiently dampened Manchester City's 1-0 win over Stoke in the FA Cup final but it is Manchester City who most closely resemble a team in the ascent.
Avram Grant was sacked as West Ham United manager last night, less than an hour after a 3-2 defeat to fellow strugglers Wigan confirmed their relegation from the Premier League.
England has won its Euro qualifying game against Wales.
England are out of the Cricket World Cup after being defeated in the knock out stages by Sri Lanka.
