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England have failed to make a dent on Montenegro in their third Euro qualifier game.

Wales suffered a shocking defeat in its Euro qualifier game against Switzerland, who until today shared Wales place at the bottom of their group table.

Northern Ireland played a disappointing draw, despite some early promise, against the Faroe Islands a team whose opponents usually ask not "will we win?" but "by how many?".

Northern Ireland have held Italy to a goalless draw against Italy in their Euro qualifier game.

Wales have lost their game against Bulgaria in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

Scotland have lost to the Czech Republic in the third game of their campaign to qualify for the Euro 2012 cup.

Manchester United has reported a record pre-tax loss of £83.6 million, despite the football club saying it had been the first English club to make over £100 million in operating profit.

Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has confirmed that it has registered an interest in moving from its historic stadium at White Hart Lane to the Olympic Stadium, following the 2012 Olympics.

Premier League team Arsenal today reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the year ended 31 May 2010, thanks to increased income from trading players and property sales.

Scotland have won their second game of the Euro qualifiers against Liechtenstein in their second Euro qualifier, but very nearly faced a shameful defeat.

England have dominated Switzerland in the first half of their Euro qualifier game and are leading one goal to nil.

England got off to a cracking start of their Euro 2012 qualifiers, with a 4-0 win against Bulgaria.

Northern Ireland has won a shock victory against a rampant Slovenia in their opening game of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Scotland has dominated the their opening game in the qualifiers for Euro 2012 against Lithuania, but failed to grab a win.

Wales have got off to a poor start to their Euro qualifiers after losing to Montenegro 1-0.

In a rain swept pitch from Day One, England have struggled as they reach 225/7 in the second day's play at Lord's.

Harry Redknapp has revealed 'it was a great feeling' to be in the Champions League draw - although almost surreal to see Tottenham Hotspur in there - the first time in the club's history.

A rain delayed start to today's Test match against Pakistan got off to a poor start as captain Andrew Strauss and Alistair Cook was put in to bat by the Pakistani's who won the toss.

Champions League officials have told Hapoel Tel Aviv to find a new home after their 13,000 capacity stadium was deemed unfit for Europe's biggest league.

With Champions League qualifiers decided, the draw for the Group stages comes fairly immediate today with Europe's top teams joined by Tottenham Hotspur, Hapeol Tel Aviv and Slovak champions MSK Zilina.

3-0 was the scoreline the last time these two teams played each other after just thirty minutes. Yet full-time and one week later, and Spurs are somehow back in it.

Kenny Huang and the consortium of sovereign wealth including CIC - have reportedly dropped their bid in to become Liverpool football club's new owners.

Alastair Cook continued with his splendid innings in the second session of today's play at the Oval.

Alastair Cook has finally returned to form with his second innings against Pakistan in the third test at the Oval.

West Ham Football Club are apparently in front for the race to own the Olympics venue once the £547m stadium is finished. The stadium which was planned to be retained as the new home of UK athletics is undergoing a formal bid process which begins today to find a 'shared' ownership scheme so that athletics could be prepositioned alongside, something else, for example football.

In the second session of play at the Oval today Mohammad Yousuf showed England why Pakistan recalled him from retirement (and a life ban which has been quietly forgotten).

England have renewed their bowling attack against Pakistan following a poor first innings against the visitors at the third test, being held at the Oval.

England have made a poor start to the third test against Pakistan, being held at the Oval, going down to 70/5 by Lunch after Andrew Strauss won the toss and opted to bat.

Shares in British banks were mixed in morning trading on the FTSE 100 as investors continued to act cautiously in the face of an uncertain global economic recovery.