Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole is looking forward to the challenge of playing for "the biggest club in the country", insisting his move to Merseyside was decided purely on football terms.Read
Pakistan were on course to end their 15-year wait for a Test victory over Australia after just one day of the second Test at Headingley after they bowled out Ricky Ponting's side for just 88.Read
Pakistan had already taken a stranglehold of the second Test against Australia by tea on the opening day after bowling out Ricky Ponting's side for 88 at Headingley.Read
Andrew Flintoff is hoping he can show Chennai Super Kings what they missed out on last year after being named in their preliminary squad for the forthcoming Champions League Twenty20.Read
Sri Lanka legend Muttiah Muralitharan was left needing two more wickets to reach a Test landmark of 800 as India finished day four of the first Test in Galle on 181 for five.Read
Sports and Olympics minister Hugh Robertson has revealed that a decision on sport's listed events will be deferred until the end of the digital switchover process in 2012.Read
Australia were in danger of failing to reach three figures in a Test innings for just the second time in 25 years after their top order folded on the opening morning of the second Test against Pakistan at Headingley.Read
Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve has confirmed he has joined forces with Italy-based Durango to form a team which will bid to enter Formula One next year.Read
Muttiah Muralitharan was forced to wait for the chance to become the world's first bowler with 800 Test wickets, as India held their nerve to end the second session on the fourth day of the first match at Galle on 68 for two.Read
England batsman Kevin Pietersen will head into next week's first Test against Pakistan having had no match practice for a month after Hampshire refused a request from national selectors to play him this weekend.Read
Retiring spinner Muttiah Muralitharan engineered an Indian collapse on day four of the first Test at Galle, snapping up two more wickets to quell any thoughts of a comeback as the visitors reached lunch at 260 for eight.Read
Former Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram has told clubs outside the Old Firm to forget any pretensions about winning the Clydesdale Bank Premier League next season.Read
Ajax coach Martin Jol will hold further talks with the board of the Amsterdam club on Wednesday morning as Fulham continue their pursuit of the former Tottenham man.Read
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson believes Steven Gerrard's commitment to stay at the club means he will start the season with a squad stronger than one he inherited from predecessor Rafael Benitez.Read