Brendon McCullum fell cruelly short of a Lord's hundred once again after instigating a New Zealand fightback in the first npower Test.

Friends, former team-mates and admirers of Tommy Burns united to hail the Celtic legend as one of football's good guys after the 51-year-old lost his battle with cancer.

Rangers believe the trouble in Manchester city centre which marred the UEFA Cup final involved many people with no known history of following the club.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has revealed he was "desperate" to stay at Old Trafford after he signed a new five-year deal to remain at the club.

Fabio Capello was at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground to watch two of his current squad score for England Under-21s in their 2-0 friendly victory over Wales.

Happy returns were in short supply for Andy Murray at the Hamburg Masters as he was predictably outclassed 6-3 6-2 by an imperious Rafael Nadal on his 21st birthday.

Alex Arthur has been crowned WBO super-featherweight champion after Joan Guzman opted to relinquish the world title and move up to the lightweight division.

Dwain Chambers will confess to anti-doping chiefs on Friday that he was on an astonishing cocktail of seven banned drugs in 2003.

Speculation over the future of manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is set to continue with Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra in no hurry to complete a post-season review.

Steve Borthwick has admitted his "surprise" at being appointed England's first captain of the Martin Johnson era.

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