World & UK Sport for 8 October 2010

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Saints claim narrow win Oct 08 2010

Northampton got their Heineken Cup campaign off to a nervy start with a somewhat fortunate 18-14 win over a lively Castres side at Franklin's Gardens.Read

Republic fightback falls short Oct 08 2010

Republic of Ireland's 100% record in Euro 2012 qualifying came to an end with a 3-2 defeat to Russia, but not before Giovanni Trapattoni's side had mounted a stirring comeback in a game in which they had looked dead and buried.Read

Northern Ireland hold Italy Oct 08 2010

Northern Ireland followed their 1-0 win over Slovakia last month with a stirring goalless draw against former world champions Italy in the Euro 2012 qualifier at Windsor Park.Read

Wales suffer Popov blow Oct 08 2010

Wales' Euro 2012 qualification hopes suffered a crushing blow at Cardiff City Stadium after Ivelin Popov's second half strike gave Bulgaria a 1-0 victory.Read

Hubnik sinks negative Scots Oct 08 2010

Craig Levein's decision to drop Kenny Miller and play a defensive line-up failed to pay off as Scotland suffered the first defeat of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, going down 1-0 against Czech Republic in Prague.Read

Jagielka ruled out Oct 08 2010

Fabio Capello has been spared the nightmare of deciding whether to axe Rio Ferdinand or John Terry for Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro after Phil Jagielka was ruled out with a hamstring injury sustained on Friday morning.Read

New Magpies contact for Carroll Oct 08 2010

Newcastle striker Andy Carroll has signed a new five-year contract with the Barclays Premier League club.Read

Matthew leads English clean sweep Oct 08 2010

Nick Matthew held off team-mate James Willstrop to claim the Commonwealth Games men's singles squash title while a bronze play-off win for Peter Barker ensured an historic clean sweep of the medals for England.Read

Folwell strikes gold again Oct 08 2010

England's Luke Folwell underlined his standing as the male gymnast of the Games by adding gold and silver to his medal haul in Delhi on Friday.Read

Turner heads England clean sweep Oct 08 2010

Andy Turner led an England hurdles clean sweep at the Commonwealth Games but Alex Smith was beaten to hammer gold in the final round in Delhi.Read

Gold hat-trick for England Oct 08 2010

Rebecca Adlington, Liam Tancock and James Goddard all won gold as the home nations finished the penultimate session of the Commonwealth Games with 13 medals.Read

League approve Liverpool takeover Oct 08 2010

The Premier League have given the go-ahead to New England Sports Ventures (NESV)'s takeover of Liverpool.Read

Davies: I can be the new Heskey Oct 08 2010

Kevin Davies says he is not overawed about being involved in the England set-up and believes he can fill the void left by the retired Emile Heskey.Read

Ljubicic too strong for Murray Oct 08 2010

Andy Murray crashed out of the China Open on Friday after losing in straight sets to Ivan Ljubicic.Read

Gill sees 'very good' accounts Oct 08 2010

Manchester United chief executive David Gill insists there is no pressure to sell star players such as Wayne Rooney despite the club making losses of £83.6million.Read

Van der Sar slams retirement claims Oct 08 2010

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has rubbished suggestions he has decided to retire at the end of the season.Read

Gold for Turner Oct 08 2010

Andy Turner added Commonwealth Games gold to his European title in a hurdles clean sweep for England in Delhi on Friday.Read

Adlington completes gold double Oct 08 2010

Rebecca Adlington claimed her second Commonwealth title in 24 hours after she dominated the 400metres freestyle to secure an emphatic victory in Delhi.Read

Hunt set to return Oct 08 2010

Stephen Hunt will finally return to action when he plays for Wolves in their reserve team clash with Wigan next Tuesday.Read

Profits and losses for United Oct 08 2010

Manchester United have become the first English club to crash through the £100million profit barrier - while at the same time posting an £83.6million loss.Read

Ferdinand back in England training Oct 08 2010

Rio Ferdinand began his bid to re-ignite his England career - and to regain the captaincy - ahead of Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro at Wembley.Read

Halsall has to settle for Silver Oct 08 2010

Fran Halsall won her third medal of the Commonwealth Games when she was second in the 50metres freestyle in Delhi.Read

Westwood struggles on Oct 08 2010

Lee Westwood battled on in the Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews today, but whether he would make it through the entire weekend because of his injured calf remained to be seen.Read

Williamson refuses to blame crowd Oct 08 2010

Alison Williamson refused to blame the home crowd for her team's dramatic failure to claim another Commonwealth archery gold after hosts India edged home by a single point in the women's team recurve event.Read

Players intend to injure - d'Hooghe Oct 08 2010

Michel d'Hooghe, FIFA's top medical official, has spoken out against "criminal" tackles in the game.Read

Houvenaghel bags silver Oct 08 2010

Northern Ireland's Wendy Houvenaghel once again had to settle for silver as Commonwealth Games gold eluded her.Read

England look out for Wilshere Oct 08 2010

Stuart Pearce insists the decision whether or not Jack Wilshere joins up with England for their Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley will be for "the advancement of the player".Read

Red Bulls set pace in Japan Oct 08 2010

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber dominated second practice at Suzuka as Red Bull marked themselves out as the team to beat in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.Read

Levein: Pressure is on the Czechs Oct 08 2010

Scotland have cranked up the pressure on Czech Republic ahead of Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier by telling their opponents it is a match they cannot afford to lose.Read

Evans wary as US suitors close in Oct 08 2010

Former Liverpool manager Roy Evans admits the club "cannot afford to jump out of the frying pan into the fire" with their sale to New England Sports Ventures.Read

Bjorn happy with low-key party Oct 08 2010

Thomas Bjorn moved on to Carnoustie hoping his decision not to party too much on Monday would pay further dividends.Read

England miss out on gold Oct 08 2010

England missed out on another archery gold in controversial fashion at the Yamuna Sports Complex when they were beaten 207-206 by India in the gold medal match.Read

Adlington out in front Oct 08 2010

Rebecca Adlington was relieved as she added the Commonwealth 800 metres freestyle title to her Olympic crown at the Dr SP Mukherjee Aquatics Complex in Delhi.Read

United set for operating profit Oct 08 2010

Manchester United are expected to become the first English club to crash through the £100million barrier when they announce their latest operating profit on Friday.Read

Lewis-Francis 'in a good place' Oct 08 2010

Mark Lewis-Francis was thrilled to claim Commonwealth Games silver in Delhi and believes his best is still to come.Read

Problems continue for Hamilton Oct 08 2010

Lewis Hamilton's Japanese Grand Prix weekend got off to the worst possible start on Friday as the McLaren driver crashed out of the opening practice session at Suzuka.Read

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