For all the sincere talk of quitting, it is a poorly kept secret that Haye wants a shot at Vitali Klitschko, probably in late spring or summer of 2012... more
If you missed out on those opening ceremony tickets, or the chance to see Usain Bolt in the 100 metres final, a further 1.3 million Olympic "contingency" tickets will go on sale at the end of this year... more
Sir Clive Woodward, the BOA's director of elite performance, has been linked with becoming the new performance director for the Rugby Football Union... more
Control is what all sports coaches seek. It's what Hodgson had at Fulham and so palpably lacked at Liverpool during his short, chaotic spell in charge... more
Rugby union: South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has been forced into a humiliating apology for his crass comments in the wake of Schalk Burger's gouging of Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald during the Second Test... more
It took me some time to settle down after being told I would be making my first appearance in a Lions Test after 12 years of wondering if it was ever going to happen... more
Rugby union: Captain Paul O’Connell wants to banish the memory of Clive Woodward’s disastrous 2005 Lions tour by defeating the world champions on their home turf... more
Rugby union: England provided the spine of the British and Irish Lions test team that defeated world champions South Africa in 1997 but it won't be the same this summer... more
Rugby union: Brian Smith, the England backs coach, has accused Wales of pressurising referee Jonathan Kaplan into giving penalties and yellow cards at the Millennium Stadium... more
As this young England team prepare to face New Zealand tomorrow my question to them is: how are you going to measure up to the best players in the world? ... more
Martin Johnson refused to get involved in a war of words with Sir Clive Woodward, who claimed England's new team manager is short of experience in the role... more
As the Camerons and Browns choose British resorts for their summer holidays, Connie Allfrey seeks out the seaside towns where demand for second homes is still soaring... more
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