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Why England need a good ‘result’ in Qatar

13.11.09
Capello’s men face Brazil but the real battle is taking place behind the scenes, as fight to host the 2018 World Cup hots up... more

£9m bill tells us 2012 sports legacy target will be missed

22.10.09
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All Olympic athletes face bedroom raids in anti-doping crackdown

16.10.09
Athletes competing at the London Olympics face regular bedroom raids by anti-doping officials, ministers said... more

Lord Triesman: World Cup cash injection is a 'no-brainer'

08.10.09
Lord Triesman is confident the Government will provide £5million towards England's 2018 World Cup bid and describes the investment as a "no-brainer" in terms of a getting a return on their money... more

Gerry Sutcliffe tells FA to reform or face £25m cut in funding

24.09.09
The Government has demanded immediate reform of the FA, insisting they implement recommendations made by Lord Burns four years ago in full, or face a cut in grassroots funding and the withdrawal of political support... more

West Ham violence - the return of the repressed

27.08.09
My paternal grandfather and father were both Londoners and their relationship was extraordinarily close, loving and respectful. Only one thing divided them - football... more

West Ham and Millwall fans fight 'like animals'

26.08.09
Police are hunting the men behind the mass violence inside and outside Upton Park which saw a return of Eighties-style football hooliganism... more

Sports Minister attacks Wimbledon flops

25.06.09
British tennis players’ failures at Wimbledon were today branded an embarrassment as Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe attacked the standard of British tennis... more

Free lunch: The food expense claims of MPs revealed

18.06.09
More than 30 MPs claimed the maximum £400 allowance for food every month last year, with many billing the taxpayer for meals when the Commons was not sitting... more

The £80m Ronaldo question: Has football now lost touch with reality

12.06.09
Football: Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Real Madrid has drawn criticism from UEFA chief Michel Platini, who called it ‘excessive’... more

ITV’s got viewers as 15m tune in for football clash

27.05.09
More than 15 million people are expected to watch the European Champions League final tonight - giving the broadcaster a much-needed boost... more

Digging and planting will count towards fitness target for 2012

03.04.09
Gardening will rank alongside sport to meet a government target to make Britons more active ahead of the Olympics... more

Umpires rule on playing field sales are ruled offside

11.03.09
Ministers are to introduce rules to make it harder to sell playing fields to property developers... more

Sutcliffe fears GB football team will be all English

10.03.09
Football: Great Britain will have a football team at the London Olympics even if it consists entirely of English players, sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe insisted... more

Caught in the act: touts sell Champions League tickets for up to £500

25.02.09
Illegal ticket touts are charging up to £500 for seats at Champions League matches... more

Axe for blunder linesman won't change a thing

03.12.08
Andy Warhol promised us all 15 minutes of fame, and this week's lucky winner is John Stokes. He was the plonker who failed to spot that Robin van Persie was at least three yards offside when he scored the equaliser at Stamford Bridge... more

The jealous French are plotting an end to our dominance

26.11.08
The French are planning to set in train a chain of events that ends up destroying the Premier League as we know it, says David Mellor... more

Sports minister backs Games legacy campaign

22.09.08
Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has thrown his weight behind the Evening Standard's campaign for a proper sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics... more

Premiership clubs pay staff 'poverty wages' as players earn millions

14.08.08
London's Premier League football clubs are paying their backroom staff "poverty wages" of as little as £200 a week, a report claimed... more

Unsynchronised Tom must learn to duck and dive

12.08.08
It is easy to forget that Team GB diver is only 14 years old and he has already gained good experience... more

Gerry's the weak link in our Olympics team

11.08.08
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Gerry's the weak link in our Olympics team

11.08.08
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Australians throw down the gauntlet to Team GB

07.08.08
Australia's sports minister has thrown down the gauntlet to Britain over where the two countries will finish in the Olympics medal table.... more

'Junket' to China costs taxpayer £7m

07.08.08
The Government is under fire over the number of public servants heading to the Beijing Olympics at a reported £7million cost... more

Foster joy as he is chosen to fly the flag

06.08.08
Veteran swimmer will carry the Union flag into the national stadium at Friday's Olympic opening ceremony ... more

Give us a run for our money or else, says Minister

05.08.08
Britain's athletes must win a record haul of medals at Beijing Olympics or risk having funding cut in build-up to 2012 ... more

Cheap visas for tourists at 2012 Games

25.06.08
A new "Olympics visa" and separate specialist visas to allow entertainers and sportspeople to enter Britain were announced as part of an immigration shake-up... more

Boris cuts £1m off cost of Beijing Games trip

12.06.08
Boris Johnson is slashing his official Beijing Olympics budget by more than £1 million after discovering a plan to fly 18 Gordon Ramsay chefs to China... more

Chelsea fans face £5,000 bill and red tape on way to Moscow

01.05.08
Chelsea fans could pay a total of £5,000 to watch their team play Manchester United in the Luzhniki Stadium on 21 May... more

FA ploughing £200m into football at grassroots level

18.03.08
The FA announces plans to plough more than £200million into the sport's grassroots... more

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