West Brom 5 Man United 5: Ferguson denied a winning send-off as West Brom roar back from three goals down

Spain’s Rafael Nadal with the trophy after thrashing Roger Federer in Rome
A one-sided final brings the Spaniard his sixth title of the year after comeback from injury
Delon Armitage, left, and Jonny Wilkinson, right, lift the Heineken Cup
Flawless display of kicking from England legend leads Toulon to maiden Heineken Cup
Jonny Howson celebrates his winner for Norwich at the Etihad
Manchester City 2 Norwich 3: City in tame home defeat to Norwich

Graeme McDowell celebrates victory in Bulgaria
Graeme McDowell makes amends for his defeat in the event last year
Michael Owen says his goodbyes in his final game before retirement
Southampton 1 Stoke 1: Stoke held to a draw in striker's final game
Alexander Kacaniklic opens the scoring for Fulham in their 3-0 win over Swansea
Swansea 0 Fulham 3 Fulham cruise to win to ease pressure on Martin Jol
Emmerson Boyce of Wigan Athletic heads his side's first goal during the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa
Wigan 2 Aston Villa 2: Aston Villa end season in 15th thanks to draw

Yeovil Town players celebrate James Hayters goal during the NPower League One play off final against Brentford
The West Country club will be playing in the second tier of English football for the first time next season
Jones took to Twitter to clarify circumstances of incident that led to Stoke opening internal investigation
Luis Suarez took a nip in the arm of an astonished Branislav Ivanovic
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Hero or villain? Under Uli Hoeness, Bayern Munich make more money from commerce than any other club
All-German Champions' League final is being overshadowed by a Bayern Munich saga that has reached the very top
A Bradford fan watches as his team goes on to get promoted

Bradford City 3 Northampton Town 0: Three months after their 5-0 defeat by Swansea, Bradford City enjoyed a very different Wembley experience

Adieu: After 13 years at Plymouth, working without pay and fighting cancer, Romain Larrieu has been sacked
Michael Calvin: A farewell without the fanfare
Tottenham discover the result at Arsenal
Late Gareth Bale wonder goal not enough for Tottenham
Liverpool 1 QPR 0: Forward Philippe Coutinho was Liverpool's match-winner but Jamie Carragher was the star of the show
Devon Alexander lands another blow on a struggling Lee Purdy
Late stand-in comes up short as his conqueror looks to take on Khan
Chelsea 2 Everton 1: Fernando Torres scored his first Barclays Premier League goal of 2013

Kevin Nolan celebrates his hat-trick for West Ham in the 4-2 win over Reading
West Ham 4 Reading 2: Captain scores three as West Ham finish 10th
Stuart Broad of England celebrates the wicket of Brendon McCullum of New Zealand

REPORT Stuart Broad produced an irresistible spell of new-ball bowling to kickstart New Zealand's collapse to 68 all out at Lord's

Flying high: Toulon's Delon Armitage scores
Toulon 16 Clermont Auvergne 15: Vast investment by Mourad Boudjellal pays dividends as two of his England players produce the telling moments in final
Italian Giovanni Visconti crosses the finish line
Giro d'Italia: Giovanni Visconti claimed his first-ever stage win on the Giro

Tears streamed down David Beckham’s cheeks for several minutes before he was substituted in the second half for Paris Saint Germain (Reuters)
GALLERY Former England captain signs off with win in Paris
Safety first: Nick Hutton and Pierluigi De Felice of Luna Rossa show off their protective gear, which team boss Patrizio Bertelli wants enhanced
Move follows death of Andrew "Bart" Simpson
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McDowell joins list of World Match Play legends

Graeme McDowell became the first Irish winner of the World Match Play Championship yesterday, making amends for his defeat in the event last year with a hard-fought victory over Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee in Bulgaria.

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Serena Williams shapes up to put last year's Paris horror behind her

Serena Williams will head to Paris for next week's French Open in the form of her life, but the world No 1 will be taking nothing for granted. Williams, who extended her career-best winning streak to 24 matches in Rome on Sunday by beating Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 to claim her second Italian Open title, remembers how she seemed just as invincible 12 months ago, only to suffer the most extraordinary defeat of her career.

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Gary Stevens returned after seven years out to ride Oxbow to Preakness Stakes win

Farhh's breakthrough cheers Godolphin

Frankie Dettori may remain in bureaucratic limbo, instead of ending his ban at Leicester this evening, but it was a weekend of inspiring comebacks all the same.

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