You know when the bookmakers offer 4-1 on a two horse race that the chances of an upset are unlikely. But Chelsea, under their caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo, have turned into the original optimists and, along with their supporters, stormed t...
Read more >>
Tom Daley showed his liking for the diving platforms at the pool in Eindhoven when he repeated his 10m gold winning success five years on. ...
Read more >>
The three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie recorded his sixth Finn world title at Falmouth Bay in Cornwall and then stepped ashore to carry the Olympic Torch on the first leg of its trip around the British Isles. ...Read more >>
It’s amazing what a home Olympics can do for the local sportsmen and women as potential medallists for London 2012. Tell me anyone who predicted Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow for a place on the podium at the Olympic swimming pool this summer. Proba...Read more >>
Great Britain named their women’s hockey squad and then crossed their fingers as they gambled on the fitness of two players. Alex Danson and Crista Cullen were both selected even though there are doubts that they will be ready for the Olympic tour...Read more >>
Thirteen-year-old Gabby Down has made the GB Olympic team after being named in the ParalympicsGB wheelchair fencing team for London 2012. Down, who celebrates her 14th birthday later this month, is joined by Gemma Collis and Justine Moore in the e...Read more >>
GB medal watchers for the 2012 Olympic Games in London may have to revise their thinking after Savannah Marshall claimed a gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in China. ...Read more >>
British Olympic Champion Bradley Wiggins has shown he is in the form of his life with just 89 days remaining before the Opening Ceremony at the London Games. ...Read more >>
Usain Bolt's Olympic rivals in London for the 2012 Olympic Games had their worst fears realised when he exploded off the blocks in his native Jamaica to run a casual 9.82 seconds. ...Read more >>
From anyone else it would sound like an unachievable boast but when triple Olympic Champion Usain Bolt makes predictions it is wise to listen. ...Read more >>
The European Champions League final at the Allianz Stadium in Munich next month is a triumph for football and the eternal optimists who keep the game alive. Instead of Real Madrid and Barcelona, the outright favourites, the final will be between B...Read more >>
Write off Sir Chris Hoy at your peril! His fellow cyclists have tried to do it all week in the World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne but, on the final day, they could only stand back and applaud as the veteran Scot struck gold yet again.<...Read more >>
Golf found a new hero in the all male enclave of Augusta when a 33 year old with the unlikely name of Bubba Watson donned the Green Jacket after a sudden death play off victory over South African Louis Oosthuizen. ...Read more >>
Australia’s promise to bounce the Brits Down Under took another turn for the worst when Laura Trott added to GB’s growing collection of gold medals in the Melbourne World Track Cycling. ...Read more >>
Ben Ainslie admitted there is still a lot of work to do before heading for Weymouth and the defence of his Finn class Olympic title. But his confidence has to be on a high after clinching yet another gold medal at the Palma World Cup regatta. ...Read more >>
It doesn’t come much better for the Brits than to beat the Aussies twice on their own patch. But this is exactly what happened when the ladies pursuit team of Joanna Rowsell, Dani King and Laura Trott broke the world record not once but twice and ...Read more >>
Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton’s roller coaster ride to her sixth world title was also her last as she announced her retirement from the event in Australia on Saturday. ...Read more >>
It couldn’t have come at a better time at the start of the World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne, when GB’s men’s team pursuit beat the home favourites with a spectacular world record. ...Read more >>
England’s winter tour has scarcely been momentous – until Tuesday morning! It will probably pass largely unnoticed but, at the end of the tenth over, Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera wrote himself into the record books by scoring the two millionth r...Read more >>
British medal fencing foil hope Richard Kruse clinched his place in the London Olympic Games – plus a place for another lucky fencer. “Someone will owe me a beer!” said Kruse following his last gasp victory in Denmark.” ...Read more >>
The long wait is over for Tiger Woods as he claimed his first PGA title since September 2009 when he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It is a warning to the rest of the world’s aspiring golfers that he is back and just in time for the Augustus ...Read more >>
The worst start to the new F1 season would have been for double world champion Sebastian Vettel and his outstanding Red Bull team to have won the opening race of the new season through the streets of Melbourne. But Jenson Button and McLaren rose t...Read more >>
Every so often we appreciate why this is the Beautiful Game, worshiped not only in Madrid and Manchester but as far away as Mauritius and Mauritania. It is the world’s biggest sport, not just commercially, but also for all its aesthetic values.Read more >>
Luke Donald took a two week holiday and then promptly returned to the top of the pile as the world’s number one golfer. He regained the sports ultimate ranking by winning a tense four-man play-off at the first extra hole in the Transitions Champio...Read more >>
Britain's Mhairi Spence took second place and the silver medal at the first modern pentathlon World Cup meeting of 2012 to strengthen her credentials in the battle for selection to Team GB. ...Read more >>
A leading British newspaper has spent weeks slaughtering British athletics because of what they term “Plastic Brits”, sportsmen from other countries who represent the red, white and blue. ...Read more >>
It was forty five years ago that a Briton last won the Paris-Nice cycle race and it was perfect symmetry that it was Bradley Wiggins who followed his hero home. The great Tommy Simpson took the title in 1967 in the year he died on the slopes of Mo...Read more >>
While Manchester United and Manchester City fight for their lives in the second rate Europa League, little Apoel Nicosia breezed into the quarter finals of the Champions League. ...Read more >>
There are few more popular golfers around the globe than England’s Justin Rose and there will be many saluting his latest triumph in winning the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral in Florida. ...Read more >>
No one could help but be touched by the pictures of British rhythmic gymnasts weeping after failing to clinch their place under the sun at the London Olympics. But now the tears have dried and turned to smiles as the girls have won an appeal again...Read more >>
Not even Tiger Woods, back to his brilliant best, could stop 22 year old Irishman Rory McIlroy winning the Honda Classic and claiming the world’s number one position for the first time. ...Read more >>
If there were any doubts about England’s women cricketers claiming the world’s number on spot they erased them completely in New Zealand. ...Read more >>
British doubles duo Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins continue to develop the partnership that is so crucial to GB’s Davis Cup exploits. The pair showed their ever increasing potential when they won their second title together as they triumphed in F...Read more >>
Just being selected for the traditional NBA All-Star game was enough for British Olympic hope Luol Deng. ...Read more >>
Breathing fire, the Welsh rugby team took the Triple Crown when they edged out the new, inexperienced English side. Boxer Nathan Cleverley retained his WBO light heavyweight boxing title against American Tommy Karpency in Cardiff. ...Read more >>
Joshua surged onto the scene only in October of last year when he stunned the world of amateur boxing when he blasted the Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle on his way to winning a World Championship silver medal in what was only his second inter...Read more >>
Great Britain in the Davis Cup without Andy Murray – not a hope! Think again. Even the rabid Scottish crowd at the Braehead Arena rose to a 21 year old Brummie, Dan Evans, as he won his second singles in three days to steer the unfancied Brits to ...Read more >>
There were so many positives to be taken out of Great Britain’s run to their first ever Champions Trophy final that their defeat to hosts Argentina scarcely mattered. ...Read more >>
Andy Murray’s mom Judy made an immediate and dramatic impact when she led Great Britain’s Federation Cup team to success in Israel. ...Read more >>
England’s battered sporting reputation was somewhat restored in Abu Dhabi when Midland golfer Robert Rock held all the big boys at bay to win only his second tournament. Rock boldly held off the challenge of world superstars Tiger Woods and Rory M...Read more >>
The growing optimism of Great Britain’s Olympic sailors continues to grow as The 2012 Games approach. The multi events, which take place in Weymouth and Portland, could well rekindle the glory days when the British truly ruled the waves. ...Read more >>
World number one Novak Djokovic followed up his outstanding victory over Andy Murray by beating Rafael Nadal in the longest Masters final in modern history. ...Read more >>
Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold continued her remarkable start to 2012 by claiming gold at the Skeleton Junior World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. ...Read more >>
Teenager Jack Burrows struck gold in the Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck when he was part of the international team who won the 3000 metres mixed team short track speed skating. ...Read more >>
Pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale suddenly added her name to the list of genuine Olympic medal potentials when she joined the worlds best in Lyon, smashed her own British indoor record and moved to second on the all-time world list with a clearance of ...Read more >>
Nathan Robertson, famous for his badminton exploits with Gail Emms, continued his climb up the world rankings with his latest partner Jenny Wallwork when they won the mixed doubles title at the Swedish International in Stockholm. ...Read more >>
You simply couldn’t make it up! The Gunners legend Thierry Henry returned to the Arsenal side four and a half years after quitting and scored the winning goal to knock old rivals Leeds United out of the FA Cup. ...Read more >>
Lionel Messi confirmed his place as the world’s greatest modern footballer when he claimed the Fifa Ballon d'Or prize for the best player of 2011, becoming only the fourth player in history to win the trophy three times. ...Read more >>
Britain's Jason Kenny has been promoted to world individual sprint champion after Frenchman Gregory Bauge was declared drugs cheat. Bauge has been stripped of the title he won in Apeldoorn in March by world governing body the UCI after receiving a...Read more >>
Let no one doubt the value of Britain’s sportsmen playing at “home” for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Proof, if any were needed, came with the British men’s gymnast team who clinched their place in the sun this summer when they won the Olympic te...Read more >>
Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter ensured that English golf ended on a massive high as they both ended 2011 with victories on the Tour. ...Read more >>
Andy Murray began the year in perfect fashion when he won his first tournament in the Brisbane International. The Scot, whose year ended with injury, had the ideal push for the Australian Open with a runaway victory over Ukraine's brilliant ...Read more >>
Scotland’s women bounced back from their defeat by Sweden in last year’s European Curling Championships by thrashing the favourites to win the title in Moscow. ...Read more >>
England's James Willstrop marched towards 2012 as the world's undisputed number one squash player after a remarkable comeback in the PSA Masters final in India. ...Read more >>
If any pessimist doubted the future of the FA Cup they were brushed away the moment the two Manchester Clubs were drawn together to play in the third round for a game which will be watched worldwide. ...Read more >>
Tiger Woods is back and the rest of the world can stop waiting and wondering. The former undisputed world number one finished with a spectacular birdie-birdie to see off his United States compatriot Zach Johnson on the 18th to win the Chevron Worl...Read more >>
Aaron Cook can look towards the 2012 Olympic Games in London with renewed confidence as he continued his climb back to the top. He gave Britain a home victory at taekwondo's Olympic test event in London as the 20-year-old European under-80kg champ...Read more >>
Britain's fencers received a much-needed boost by winning the team foil gold in the Olympic test event at London's ExCeL arena. Richard Kruse, Laurence Halsted, James Kenber and Ed Jefferies combined to follow up their early successes by defeating...Read more >>
Kauto Star raised the flag for all veterans in every sport when he put his problems behind him at Haydock Park. Dual Gold Cup winner Kauto Star returned to his ebullient best to beat the favourite Long Run in the Betfair Chase. ...Read more >>
David Beckham’s popularity and status in America has never been higher after helping LA Galaxy to victory over Houston Dynamos in the MLS Cup Final. ...Read more >>
Britain's Jamie Cooke can claim the award for Optimist of the Year after coming from 29th place to win the Modern Pentathlon World Junior Championship in Argentina. ...Read more >>
It should really say ENGLAND 2 WORLD CHAMPIONS 0 as England scored a remarkable double in two separate sports over the weekend when the football team beat the reigning World Cup Champions Spain at Wembley while their rugby league counterparts beat...Read more >>
There are many F1 drivers who would happily change places with Britain’s Lewis Hamilton after watching him coast serenely to his third Grand Prix victory of the year. ...Read more >>
Lord Coe built the campaign to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to London, beating favourites Paris, and he has now captured the World Athletics Championship to be held in the United Kingdom for the first time after London was selected ahead of the fa...Read more >>
Sir Chris took gold in the men's sprint competition at the Track Cycling World Cup opener event in Kazakhstan. ...Read more >>
The Shanghai Masters tournament may not be sanctioned by any tour and gives the winner no ranking points at all – but US Open Champion Rory McIlroy is not complaining. ...Read more >>
Yorkshire’s Nick Matthew confirmed his world number one spot when he won his second successive World Open title in Holland. The 31 year old Matthew became the first Briton to win successive World Open titles when he beat Gregory Gaultier in Rotter...Read more >>
Britain’s Anne Keothavong is set to climb even higher up the world rankings after she completed her season in style with back to back ITF titles in two weeks. ...Read more >>
France made the All Blacks fight to the dying seconds to clinch their first World Cup in 24 years. ...Read more >>
England’s women cricketers showed their men and thing orb two when they finished off their tour of South Africa with another runaway win. ...Read more >>
Anne Keothavong struck the jackpot when she won both the singles and doubles titles in the AEGON GB Pro Series; while British pair Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins claimed the doubles title in the St. Petersburg Open and Elena Baltacha lost to vete...Read more >>
Andy Murray moved up to third in the world after leapfrogging Roger Federer and then expressed his disappointment at not challenging for the number one spot by the end of the year. ...Read more >>
Jenson Button, with a new contract with McLaren in his back pocket, did everything he could to deny Sebastien Vettel back to back World Championships in Japan on Sunday morning. ...Read more >>
While four out of 15 British boxers left with medals, United States competitors did less well with Rau'shee Warren's bronze their only medal from 10 entrants. ...Read more >>
There is life after Andy Murray in British men’s tennis after all. The growing improvement amongst GB’s young men was emphasised in Mexico on Sunday when Great Britain won the Junior Davis Cup for the first time ever by beating Italy in San Luis P...Read more >>
Andy Murray chalked up his 12 successive singles victory when he overcame the reigning champion Rafa Nadal to annex the Japan Open....Read more >>
Manxman Mark Cavendish showed exactly why he is the world’s number one cyclist when he won the men’s road race world title in Denmark. ...Read more >>
Those keen to write off Sir Chris Hoy for the London Olympic Games have had to have a rapid rethink after the Scot completed a hat trick of gold medals at the National Track Championships in Manchester. ...Read more >>
Aaron Cook won his first title in the UK since quitting the British Taekwondo programme when he beat his countryman and fellow rebel Craig Brown 32- 11. ...Read more >>
Watched by England manager Fabio Capello the 33 year old Chelsea mid field player made nonsense of the recent criticism by snatching a hat trick to confirm his place in the England squad to face Montenegro on Friday night in a crunch game to quali...Read more >>
Europe’s women clawed their way back from the brink of yet another defeat against America in the Solheim Cup to snatch an unlikely victory at Killeen Castle in Ireland. ...Read more >>
Forty three year old Simon Munn led Great Britain’s men’s wheelchair to their first European title for 16 years to send out a warning for the 2012 Olympic Games. ...Read more >>
Paula Radcliffe’s comeback after babies, illness and injury began on the streets of Berlin when she smashed through the qualifying mark for London 2012. ...Read more >>
English golfer Justin Rose held his nerve to win his third PGA Tour title and, more important, clinch his place in the BMW Championships in Atlanta. ...Read more >>
Mo Farah is not only the best distance runner Great Britain has ever produced – but probably the nicest athlete into the bargain. ...Read more >>
Thank goodness for the fighting Irish. They woke up the World Cup in New Zealand with the first and only upset of the competition so far when they beat Australia 15-6 at Eden Park. ...Read more >>
Rugby World Cup 2011 - England beat Argentina 13 - 9 after nervous start....Read more >>
Great Britain confirmed that they are the best rowing nation in the world with the greatest depth at the World Championships in Slovenia. ...Read more >>
Dai Greene scarcely had time to celebrate his World Championship gold medal before he was being tipped to repeat the magic in the Olympic Games in London next summer. ...Read more >>
Andrew Strauss’ team, so ably marshalled by director of cricket Andy Flower, usurped India as the top country as they demolished them for the third time this summer to take the lead they needed to jump from third to top. ...Read more >>
Paralympic champion Tom Aggar, GB’s safest bet for an Olympic gold in London next year, won his fourth world title with a dominant display in the arms-only single sculls in Bled, Slovenia. ...Read more >>
Alistair Brownlee owed a huge debt of thanks to his brother Jonathan as he raced home to win the Hyde Park triathlon ahead of a world class field. ...Read more >>
Maybe it is because coach Fabio Capello quits next summer or maybe it is because of a shift in personnel but England began their season with a smile. ...Read more >>
British swimmers were able to put the misery of the last few days behind them when Liam Tancock came up with the goods yet again. ...Read more >>
England are so close to achieving the No.1 Test ranking that her majesty is rummaging down the back of the royal sofa looking for MBEs. After routing India again, they need only maintain their 2-0 lead in the four Test series to plant the flag of ...Read more >>
It was a decision which had even the good and the great at each others throats when Ian Bell was controversially run out in the Trent Bridge test between England and India. ...Read more >>
Jenson Button celebrated his 200th drive in F1 by showing once again that he is the master in bad conditions. ...Read more >>
Rebecca Adlington rescued what was turning out to be a poor world championships for the British when she won her second medal in Shanghai. ...Read more >>
Even hard task master Andy Flower admitted it was a “near perfect” performance as England move on from their outstanding victory over India at Lords to Friday’s second test at Trent Bridge Nottingham. ...Read more >>
Great Britain's Shanaze Reade added to her world title haul and displayed her mental and physical strength when she added yet another world title to her growing list in Copenhagen. ...Read more >>
Manxman Mark Cavendish is finally and indisputably the fastest man on the Tour de France after claiming the green jersey as he won the final stage in Paris, becoming Britain's first winner of the green jersey for the race's best sprinter. ...Read more >>
Hamilton insisted it was not just the cold temperatures which had made it possible for McLaren to beat Red Bull and Ferrari when few expected an against the odds victory. ...Read more >>
Amir Khan reestablished himself as Britain’s premier boxer when he knocked out Zab Judah in five rounds in Las Vegas. The 24-year-old Khan, defending his WBA belt, put on masterclass of the noble art to annihilate the veteran IBF champion Judah.Read more >>
The sensational Hertfordshire sprinter Jodie Williams failed in her bid to win a hat trick of gold medals in the European Junior Championships in Estonia. After winning both the 100 and 200 metres individual sprints, she could only claim bronze in...Read more >>
Ireland became the centre of the golfing universe on Sunday when 42 year old Darren Clarke joined two time winner Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy in winning a Masters title in the last five years. ...Read more >>
Britain's Paralympic archers continue their build up for the 2012 Games as they won two golds and three silvers on the final day of the World Championships in Turin. Beijing gold medallists Dani Brown and John Stubbs again led the way, winning a g...Read more >>
It shows just how good Eleanor Simmonds is when she makes the news for finishing second! ...Read more >>
Great Britain continued their surge to the 2012 Olympic Games in London when they took 10 medals at the Lucerne World Cup event. ...Read more >>
In just four years Mark Cavendish has established himself as the greatest sprinter the Tour de France has ever seen. ...Read more >>
Late replacement jockey Hayley Turner scored one for the girls whens she became the first female jockey to win a Group One race outright as she took the July Cup at Newmarket on Dream Ahead. ...Read more >>
Old, revived Eastern Europe is ready to take over tennis – if it hasn’t done so already! Serb Novak Djokovic won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles title while Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic annexed the women’s title, with both claiming £1.1 milli...Read more >>
Britain’s greatest ever track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has set his sights on three more gold medals at the London Olympic Games next year. ...Read more >>
Not even a puncture could stop Alistair Brownlee storming to another European triathlon title in Spain at the weekend. ...Read more >>
The Isle of Man’s Mark Cavendish goes into the Tour de France targeting the sprinters green jersey. ...Read more >>
Rory McIlroy conquered not only one of the world’s toughest golf courses and beat the best the world can offer but also won over the American audience. ...Read more >>
Jensen Button put himself in line for the Optimist of the Year award when he splashed through the puddles in Montreal to go from last to top of the podium in the race of his life. ...Read more >>
The wait proved worthwhile as Andy Murray overcame the outstanding Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in front of a capacity crowd at Queen’s Club in London. ...Read more >>
Who dares doubt Ben Ainslie now? Triple Olympic Champion Ben Ainslie is still top dog among Britain’s yachting fraternity as he clinched the gold medal in the Finn class in Weymouth. ...Read more >>
Britain's Bradley Wiggins clinched the biggest win of his road-racing career when he conquered the Alps to win the Criterium du Dauphine. ...Read more >>
A four time Derby winner and a life time of successful training marks out Sir Henry Cecil as one of his sports greats….and a gentleman as well! ...Read more >>
How Javier Gomez, who finished third in the Madrid triathlon, must hate the very name of Brownlee for this is the third successive year Alistair Brownlee has taken the Madrid title but the first time younger brother Jonathan has whipped him on his...Read more >>
Mo Farah’s decision to move to the United States for his Olympic build up produced instant rewards in Oregon as he smashed both British and European records for the 10,000 metres. ...Read more >>
Eight years ago Swansea City teetered on the edge of extinction, a game away from dropping out of the Football League and unable to pay their electricity bills. ...Read more >>
Britain’s top Paralympic discus thrower Dan Greaves is convinced he is ready to break the 60-metre barrier this year after beating his own world record in Manchester. ...Read more >>
England’s bid to become the world’s top cricket nation took a remarkable and unexpected step forward when they defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 14 runs in Cardiff. ...Read more >>
Irish rugby heroes Leinster staged one of rugby’s great comebacks at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium when they lifted the Heineken Cup after looking down and out against Northampton. ...Read more >>
The five gold medals GB’s rowing crews won in Munich offset some disappointments as the World Cup got underway in Munich. ...Read more >>
Hull bantamweight Luke Campbell led Britain’s boxers to a five medal haul when he took his third gold medal of the season in the Algirdas Sociksa tournament in Lithuania. ...Read more >>
It was one of those days in sport that no one could plan in advance as the Golf world’s numbers one and two battled it out in a play off for the PGA Championship at Wentworth. ...Read more >>
Spurs have selflessly involved themselves in the Homeless World Cup again by renewing their sponsorship of Team India at the 8th Homeless World Cup to be held in Rio. ...Read more >>
Thanks Freddie – you have been great fun and an inspiration to a generation of young aspiring cricketers and old has beens like me. ...Read more >>
Entitled "The Justin Campaign", launched in memory of Justin Fashanu, the world's first and only out gay professional football player; launches an international day opposing homophobia in football – Football v Homophobia on February 19th 2010. The...Read more >>
A pensioner has been awarded judo's highest rank – one of only seven living people in the world to hold the honour. ...Read more >>
Most viewed stories
Apart from the blip in Perth, Andrew Strauss’ t...
Read more >>
I was pleasantly surprised to discover a small ...
Read more >>
Andy Murray moved up to third in the world afte...
Read more >>
We hold a weekly 4k run on Saturday mornings. T...
Read more >>
At first sight paying for an 11 year old to pla...
Read more >>
Mark Cavendish proved once again he is the fast...
Read more >>
Thanks Freddie – you have been great fun and an...
Read more >>
Write off Sir Chris Hoy at your peril! His fell...
Read more >>
On Monday 11th February, a group of Britain's y...
Read more >>
Britain's most versatile cyclist Ed Clancy won ...
Read more >>
Tom Daley has booked his place at this year's O...
Read more >>
England have retained the Ashes for the first t...
Read more >>
Baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby se...
Read more >>
Every recently retired sportsman and woman must...
Read more >>
Great Britain confirmed that they are the best ...
Read more >>