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Team chiefs confirm fast bowler suffered cracked rib while boxing on pre-Ashes training camp but expect him to be fit for opening showdown

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The deeds were even greater than the expectations – but Britain were taught a few lessons at the Commonwealth Games, tooCharles van Commenee’s butt-kicking is paying offAfter the European Championships in Barcelona, Charles van Commenee, the UK Athletics head [...]

Olympic double gold medal-winning swimmerI haven’t really thought about what it will be like to compete at the London Olympics, I am just concentrating on experiencing what I am doing now and enjoying the process of building up to it.The Commonwealth Games are a big part of that so I have had a great couple [...]

South Africa captain Smith admits confusion after champions Rajasthan Royals are barred from the league over franchise ownership rules

From murder to romance to the ‘atomic theory’ whereby bikes develop human characteristics and vice versa, the author of Cyclopedia takes a spin through fiction’s best bikesWilliam Fotheringham is the Guardian’s cycling columnist and the author of Cyclopedia: It’s All About the Bike, which is published by Yellow Jersey Press. He tweets about cycling [...]

• Bout to take place at Liverpool Echo Arena on 11 December• Champion Smith has won all but one of his 30 fightsJames DeGale will meet Paul Smith for the British super-middleweight title at the Liverpool Echo Arena on 11 December.The contest marks a significant step up in class for the Olympic gold medallist, who [...]

Batsman had a furious bust-up with Wahab Riaz during controversial series but the new dad says he will not let the Aussies get to him this winter

Australia paceman Brett Lee has leapt to the defence of under-fire Test skipper Ricky Ponting and insisted the team will bounce back in the Ashes

• David Millar thanks Scotland team for showing faith in him• England move above India in medals tableOn a day when the Games was hit by its third positive drugs test, there was also a welcome dose of redemption for one former drugs abuser. Shortly after it was announced that the A sample of the [...]

The village of Ramsbottom hosts 77 cyclists competing on the 947-yard course with a 1 in 4 gradient. The first prize is a set of bike wheels worth £400Christoph…

• Jets claim 29-20 win to maintain first place in AFC East• Dwight Lowery’s interception return for touchdown seals win The New York Jets held off a second-half comeback by Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings to claim a 29-20 victory yesterday and take sole possession of first place in the AFC East.The cornerback Dwight [...]

Kasparov’s third book on his chess battles with Karpov reveals much about this clash of titansKarpov-Kasparov, Linares 1991. How does Black to play save himself?DK: A cartoon once depicted the arch-rivals Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov as wizened elderly men sitting on a park bench, still animatedly discussing chess variations, and it is this image [...]

Drugs are again said to be pervasive in cycling, but the numbers who struggle and fail would suggest that is not the caseThe announcement of Alberto Contador’s positive test for clenbuterol is the worst news to hit cycling since Floyd Landis’s disgrace four years ago – even more damaging, since the sport has been redoubling [...]