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Amjad Khan receives ECB backing

13.10.09

Kent seamer Amjad Khan has been told he is still in the England frame after being included in the top category of players in their latest performance squad... more

'My brother is no street rat' says youth in burning car case

29.09.09

Latest: Youth accused of tormenting mother and her disabled daughter before they died in a burning car, defends his brother... more

Luke Wright’s a doubt after batting blow

14.09.09

England's Luke Wright is an injury doubt for the fifth one-dayer against Australia... more

Complaint lodged over naked Fourth Plinther

03.09.09

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Gangs learn a sense of fair play by taking up cricket

17.08.09

Teenagers from rival gangs have learned to overcome their hostilities by playing cricket... more

Coach: Suit pressure didn't fit well with beaten Adlington

03.08.09

Olympic hero Rebecca Adlington has been backed by the GB team chief after her surprise defeat in the World Championships... more

Brixton riding club wins charity prize of Ł60,000

09.07.09

Riding club that helps reduce youth crime on tough London estates by offering free lessons has won a Ł60,000 sports charity award... more

Andy Flower optimistic ahead of Ashes

17.06.09

Cricket: Andy Flower remains convinced England will start their Ashes campaign next month full of confidence despite their disappointing exit from the World Twenty20 tournament... more

Paul Collingwood: Kevin Pietersen’s ready for South Africa showdown

10.06.09

Cricket: England skipper expects star to be on top form against the country of his birth in Super Eight clash... more

Kevin Pietersen in race to prove full fitness

01.06.09

Cricket: Kevin Pietersen has two warm-up matches this week to wipe away lingering concerns about his fitness before England begin their bid for a Twenty20 World Cup glory... more

Paul Collingwood looks for Ashes momentum

01.06.09

Cricket: Paul Collingwood is intent on helping England's Ashes hopes later this summer by making history and lifting the ICC World Twenty20 trophy in the next few weeks... more

University of sport to be created in Olympic Park

21.04.09

A research centre specialising in sports medicine and technology is to be built in the Olympic Park after the 2012 Games... 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

Yet another knee blow puts Simon Jones out of Ashes contention

16.04.09

Cricket: England's hopes of recreating the Ashes magic of 2005 when the old enemy arrive this summer have been dealt a blow with the news that Simon Jones faces a two-month spell on the sidelines... more

Face it, ECB are the fools in this fiasco

07.01.09

The indecent haste in which England’s cricket managers appointed both coach and captain is what lies behind the shambles... more

Crisis-hit Muslim school bailed out with state funding

28.10.08

A Muslim school has been given state funding to save it from closure... more

Man found stabbed to death in flat

27.10.08

A 34-year-old man has been stabbed to death on a south London housing estate... more

Nice guy Davies splashes out in lakeside drama

21.08.08

Exhausted to the point of delirium, battered swimmer David Davies had to be carried off to an ambulance after earning the most courageous medal of any British athlete at these Olympics... more

Goldie consigns misery of Osaka to distant past

19.08.08

Goldie Sayers exorcised the wretched memories of her world championship calamity to qualify for the Olympic javelin final in Beijing... more

7/7 victim nears end of marathon walk from bombers' city

15.08.08

A woman who lost both legs in the 7/7 bombings is on the final stretch of a 200-mile walk aimed at bringing communities together... more

Phelps' gold rush gathers pace

12.08.08

American swim star joins list of all-time greats with ninth Games title - and he's still not finished... more

Tancock dreams of life in fast lane

05.08.08

Olympic swimmer would like a Ł200,000 Lamborghini - but admits he still drives his mum's Astra... more

Special one Montell can lead sprint revolution

22.07.08

Having broken Kathy Cook's 27-year-old British record, Montell Douglas is now eyeing an Olympic medal... more

Olympic hopefuls

07.07.08

Sports Correspondent Matthew Beard runs the rule over the British athletes hoping to play a part in London 2012... more

Friends reunited in clubland

16.11.07

The Big Uni Reunion is a great party night for catching up with pals from those good old student days.... more

Protest artist nominated for Turner Prize

08.05.07

The artist who recreated the Parliament Square anti-war protest in Tate Britain has been nominated for this year's £25,000 Turner Prize. ... more

There's life in the old gastropub yet

18.04.07

Moves are afoot to call time on gastropubs. But The North Star in Islington makes a good argument for their survival, says Fay Maschler.... more

London transport on 31 December

29.12.06

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Sharp Knives a cut above

17.08.06

They might look like a gaggle of junior accountants, but an hour of turbo-charged jagged individualism from The Young Knives proved them to be an altogether more startling proposition.... more