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Why racing's 'Fergie' won't worry if he never wins another title

20.10.09
Exclusive: He takes great pride in being the champion jumps trainer, but Nicholls says he’s only interested in winning the biggest races... more

Kent secure Division Two with the bat

17.09.09
Kent have won the LV County Championship Division Two title after picking up a fifth bonus point against Leicestershire at Canterbury... more

Steve Harmison is told to fight for Test future

11.09.09
Andy Flower has challenged Steve Harmison to hang on to his England Test spot after the Durham fast bowler’s failure to win a central contract... more

I've got to change my ways, says Ravi Bopara

11.09.09
Ravi Bopara has admitted he will have to change his approach to succeed in international cricket after his nightmare summer against Australia... more

Middlesex enjoy stroke of luck

21.05.09
Middlesex sneaked into the quarterfinals of the Friends Provident Trophy after rain meant rivals Warwickshire fell one run short of beating Kent at Edgbaston... more

Australia star Phillip Hughes flops with bat again

14.05.09
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more

Michael Vaughan hurts knee in football warm-up

01.05.09
Cricket: Former England captain Michael Vaughan suffered a twisted left knee warming up for the fourth day of Yorkshire’s game with Worcestershire at Headingley ... more

Rail delays to hit bank holiday

01.05.09
Rail passengers were warned of disruption on virtually every major rail line out of London over the bank holiday weekend... more

It’ll be a bright bank holiday ... just avoid taking a train

01.05.09
Rail passengers were warned of disruption on virtually every major rail line out of London over the bank holiday weekend... more

Rob Key has no problem with it getting personal

30.04.09
Cricket: Rob Key is happy to be leading an England Lions side all chasing personal agendas against the West Indies... more

Kevin Pietersen's set to take command again

17.04.09
Cricket: Kevin Pietersen will have the chance to prove he can be a successful captain when he leads the Bangalore Royal Challengers on his Indian Premier League debut against Rajasthan Royals in Cape Town... more

Ian Bell slams first ton of season as he bids for England recall

16.04.09
Cricket: Ian Bell made an immediate bid for an England recall by scoring a commanding 172 for Warwickshire — the first century of the new county season... more

Soldiers killed in Helmand 'a heavy blow'

27.02.09
Friends and family paid tribute to four British servicemen who died on one of the grimmest days for British forces in Afghanistan... more

Vaughan counting on Shilling for Festival pay day

19.02.09
Football: Welsh sporting success shows no signs of abating with their rugby union side on course for another Grand Slam and there could also be a first Cheltenham Festival win for Glamorgan trainer Tim Vaughan... more

McCoy out of luck in record chase

05.02.09
Tony McCoy failed in his bid to close on his 3,000th career win over jumps after pulling up on Adare Prince in his only ride at Taunton... more

BT to run health record project at more trusts

26.01.09
The company behind London’s troubled NHS electronic records project is to take charge of the system at more hospital trusts in the south of England... more

Ascot stroll is on the cards for Master Minded

16.01.09
Barring the type of mishap suffered by jockey James Davies, who was unseated just yards from the winning line at Taunton yesterday, Master Minded should run out a comfortable winner the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot... more

Frost poses big threat to jump cards

29.12.08
Jumps meetings at Haydock and Taunton are under threat from the cold weather with both tracks needing to pass inspections before going ahead... more

Tahir dents Notts hopes

26.09.08
Pakistan leg-spinner Imran Tahir has turned the County Championship race on its head ... more

Angry Key lays into 'muppet' pitch panel after Kent farce

08.08.08
Kent skipper lambasts the 'muppet show' of the England and Wales Cricket board pitch panel... more

Durham to finish off Kent in thriller at Riverside

08.08.08
Durham wrapped up victory against Kent this morning in an extraordinary County Championship clash ... more

Rayner can turn things Sussex's way

18.07.08
Ollie Rayner could have an important role to play at Arundel as County champions Sussex bid to press home their advantage over relegation candidates Hampshire... more

Distraught Gough tells axed Yorks to fight on

11.07.08
Yorkshire's expulsion from this year's Twenty20 Cup for fielding an ineligible player is unlikely to be the end of the matter... more

Image seller who remade his family's battered reputation

27.02.08
Stock picture businesses used to be run by amateur enthusiasts who rarely made money. Mark Getty just sold his for $2.4bn and is staying on to take it to a new level ... more

Second world-class race heads for capital

25.04.07
London is to host the start of the Tour of Britain cycle race for the first time.... more

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