Fancy a game, mate? If you do, get your boots out, call your mates and get set to play in the world's biggest game and write your name in the history books. ...
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British skier Alain Baxter has discovered a novel and rather unusual way of raising money for his bid for Olympic glory in Vancouver in 2010 – by getting his kit off! ...
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David "Hayemaker" Haye made a bad British weekend good when he announced his arrival on the heavyweight boxing stage with a stunning win over American journeyman Monte Barrett. ...Read more >>
SIMON LESSING, the former world triathlon champion, was given a special honour by British Triathlon at its annual awards ceremony in Loughborough on Saturday (November 15). ...Read more >>
Great Britain's Olympic javelin thrower Goldie Sayers crossed the border to help Scotland prepare their best young athletes ahead of their winter training programme. ...Read more >>
Hull's Luke Campbell became the first European amateur boxing champion for 47 years and established himself as one of the favourites for the bantamweight title in London in 2012 ...Read more >>
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Whether Joe Calzaghe calls it a day after his spectacular defeat of Roy Jones Jr or whether he takes his unblemished 46 fight career a fight or two further, he is now established not only as one of Britain's greatest ever boxers but has also thoro...Read more >>
Scottish athletics have named twenty four local athletes they will support next year as they prepare for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi. ...Read more >>
The big brooding Martin Johnson began his career as England Rugby Union coach full of optimism for the future after the gentle demolition of the Pacific Islanders at Twickenham. ...Read more >>
I would pay to watch Arsenal's Carling Cup side play their Premiership team in a winner take all match – and that is saying something from a man who has been paid to watch football at its highest level for more than 40 years. ...Read more >>
Win a couple of games back to back and you find yourselves challenging for a place in Europe – lose a couple and you are in the dreaded relegation zone. That is how tight the best football league in the world is this season and why it will remain ...Read more >>
For a small island Great Britain punches way above its weight when it comes to world wide sporting contributions. Even under normal circumstances the first weekend in November was, to say the least, spectacular ...Read more >>
What's the best thing about sport? The passion and excitement? Maybe. The obscene money spent on football transfers? I don't think so. ...Read more >>
Harry Redknapp does not look like the eternal optimist, far from it. Heavy jowelled, down turned mouth, slumped on the bench... it looks as though the hounds of hell are about to bite his backside. ...Read more >>
Wembley Stadium is used to hosting sporting superstars but on Sunday October 26 they had the privilege of entertaining a genuine sporting saint when Drew Brees led New Orleans Saints to victory against his former team San Diego Chargers in a ...Read more >>
British Badminton are the latest Olympic sport to cast their net around the world in search of a top coach to carry them forward to the London Olympic Games. ...Read more >>
Dave Bedford's London Marathon remains Paula Radcliffe's home event but New York continues to provide her with the stimulus to keep on going. ...Read more >>
Homeless women from Columbia have entered December's Homeless World Cup in Australia next month. The Homeless World Cup announced on Monday (November 3) a partnership with Women Win ...Read more >>
Forget the world rankings – Great Britain's Andy Murray is currently the BEST tennis player in the world. ...Read more >>
OCTOBER 21 - THE International Boxing Association (AIBA) has submitted a formal proposal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have women's boxing included in the sports programme of the London Olympics in 2012, they announced today. Read more >>
Every minor sport bidding for a place in the 2012 Olympic Games in London can take heart from the remarkable British women's handball team. In just two years the team have made such rapid strides ...Read more >>
Let's get a few things straight right from the start I don't like cricket – I love it! Antigua ? One of my favourite destinations in the world, a sun drenched island with blue waters lapping golden sands, super hotels, different restaurants and lo...Read more >>
The complex and complicated UEFA Cup is, quite rightly, derided as less than a second class citizen to the rich and much followed Champions League – but don't tell the fans of Aston Villa, Manchester City, Spurs and, especially Portsmouth that it ...Read more >>
Sometimes sports transcend life. The credit crunch and its pessimistic offsprings were put firmly on the back of a very high shelf on Sunday, October 19 for British sports fans ...Read more >>
With the European Champions League half way through the six match programme English teams lead four of the eight tables with not a defeat amongst them. ...Read more >>
Eternal optimist David Beckham is on the verge of signing a loan deal with top Italian club AC Milan to ensure he continues his remarkable career with England. ...Read more >>
Britain 's Olympic heroes, feted by their British supporters in London on Thursday in a parade through the streets, named their own heroes this week. ...Read more >>
Not since Sir Bobby Robson and Terry Venables has an England coach captivated his high priced charges the way Italian Fabio Capello has. ...Read more >>
Seemingly against all the odds and everything Formula One and God could throw at him, Lewis Hamilton became the youngest ever World Champion in Brazil on Sunday (November 2). ...Read more >>
Doug Frost, former coach to Australian swim sensation Ian Thorpe, has been named as the head coach of the new Intensive Training Centre (ITC) in Stirling in a major coup for British Swimming. ...Read more >>
Scotland 's triple Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy has claimed that all of Britain will benefit from London staging the 2012 Games ...Read more >>
After their almost total domination of the cycling events in the Beijing Olympics, British cyclists gave notice in Manchester that they are already targeting London 2012. ...Read more >>
The International Olympic Committee believes they are safe against the Credit Crunch sweeping the governments of the world. They claim they are still on course to raise in excess ...Read more >>
Fancy your chances as a sports star but overlooked by the talent scouts? Now is your opportunity to make a breakthrough. A highly original website that showcases new sports talent was launched at Chelsea Football Club on, in conjunction with the o...Read more >>
British based Australian F1 racing driver Mark Webber has persuaded a range of sporting heroes and others to take part in a six day adventure race in Tasmania between November 18-23. ...Read more >>
The stunning success of the Homeless World Cup Foundation continues not only to grow but also to provide a tremendous lift off for the players involved. ...Read more >>
The continued English success in the Champions League, where all four English clubs already look set for the lucrative knock out stages, could be a double edged sword. ...Read more >>
The head coaches of England and Scotland have recently launched a major national recruitment campaign on behalf of the Rugby Football League to increase participation levels in Rugby League before, during and after the World Cup which kicks off on...Read more >>
A new scheme, "The Seeds of Yorkshire", to help local potential Olympians and Paralympians for London 2012 was launched on Thursday by Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe. ...Read more >>
There was an early taste of the 2012 Olympic Games when tickets for the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships to be held at The O2 in London went on sale on Wednesday. ...Read more >>
Europe's top footballers are putting their names to a new cookbook for children aimed at encouraging them eat healthily by being inspired by their role models. ...Read more >>
More than fifty thousand rugby supporters filled Twickenham at the weekend in tribute to injured British service men and women and to those that have lost their lives fighting for our country. ...Read more >>
The Guinness Premiership kicks off again on the 6th September, and the twelve teams are ready for what should be a fascinating season. Coaches have come and gone, and players are moving around as each side has been strengthening their squad in pre...Read more >>
Andy Murray’s heroic showing at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York has given us all a reason to be cheerful....Read more >>
Laura Robson is the new Cinderella of Centre Court after becoming the Wimbledon Girls' Singles' Champion at the tender age of 14 years. ...Read more >>
British medallists will be honoured with a victory parade through the streets of London on their return from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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To the men coaching and playing for the London Blitz team, this is not just American football. This is love. ...Read more >>
There are certainly easier ways of getting around the globe – and doing so on two wheels wouldn't be everyone's chosen means of a world tour. But not for Mark Beaumont, the cosy comfort of an aircraft or even a train. Now he's celebr...Read more >>
It's coming home! Yesterday the Beijing 2008 Olympics closed and the hosting batten was handed-over to London as the next hosting city for 2012. ...Read more >>
Tom Daley has booked his place at this year's Olympic Games in Beijing after winning 7th place in the World Championships in Beijing only Daley is all but thirteen years old and just eligible to compete ...Read more >>
Teenager Darius Knight took up table tennis more by accident than design but what it did for him was to help him escape from the crime and poverty of a drug ridden South East London council estate where he lived with his mother. ...Read more >>
Ever since the success of the film of Billy Elliott, where a young working class lad from a rough, tough background ends up a top ballet dancer with The Royal Opera House, ballet for boys is no longer regarded as unacceptable. ...Read more >>
If ever there was ever an OPTIMIST, American tennis player James Blake fills that category. After the death of his inspirational father and a life threatening illness, against all kind of odds he achieved the near impossible. When he returned to tenn...Read more >>
The aim of Chance to Shine cricket charity based appropriately at Lords Cricket Ground in North West London, and launched a couple of years ago, is to give youngsters of all ages, backgrounds, colours and creeds the opportunity to learn about a sp...Read more >>
It's a fact that one cigarette butt pollutes upwards of 1 cubic metre of water, a coke can takes over 200 years to decompose and even orange peel will not disappear in less than a year. All these items, and many more are found on ski slopes across...Read more >>
Giving underprivileged children the chance to learn to play tennis is one way to counteract the current obesity epidemic currently hitting this country. ...Read more >>
Four years ago the Ski Club of Great Britain launched a campaign to help protect the environment by creating a website aptly called 'www. respectthemountain.' It's this initiative that has forced the skiing world to focus and face up to environmental...Read more >>
How many women have attempted to take up golf but given up through sheer frustration? I suspect quite a few. Too many private clubs refuse to give lessons to non-members and anyone not officially handicapped which is why I was pleasantly sur...