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Andrew Flintoff reacts as Australian batsmen, Michael Clarke (centre) and Marcus North (left) take more runs from his bowling

England search for a glimmer of hope

Late wicket under floodlights at Sophia Gardens offers morale boost after Australia shine brightest

Liverpool lurk as Sunderland's Cattermole bid fails

Sunderland have had a bid for the Wigan Athletic midfielder Lee Cattermole rejected but the player is attracting interest from higher up the Premier League and there could be yet more pressure to sell.

Cycling: Armstrong left trailing by Contador

Seven-times winner cannot respond to attack on final climb by team-mate and favourite

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City call time on pursuit of Eto'o

Deadline for striker's decision on transfer passes as club again miss out on marquee signing

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Rubens Barrichello: 'Good things will come my way soon'

At Ferrari he played second fiddle to Michael Schumacher. Now at Brawn, Rubens Barrichello is used to the sight of Jenson Button's rear wing. He tells David Tremayne how he hopes to be the next man setting the pace

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Sometimes, sport is more than just sport. Sometimes, the greatest champions reach a zone of near-perfection that approaches the divine. Introducing our week-long celebration of such moments, James Lawton pays tribute to one of the greatest tennis matches of all time

Habana unlikely to join Toulon

South Africa winger Bryan Habana is unlikely to be joining fellow superstar Jonny Wilkinson at Toulon, according to the club's president Mourad Boudjellal.

Rory McIlroy: Closer to the dream

Rory McIlroy believes he can triumph in The Open at Turnberry next week – and no one is arguing. James Corrigan reports

Combat sport: Bisping carries British hopes

Michael Bisping carries the hopes of British mixed martial arts on his improbably-broad shoulders tomorrow, when he takes on legendary American Dan Henderson at UFC 100, the biggest event in the emerging combat sport's ten-year history.

Chris Boardman: 'I just didn't have enough testosterone for the Tour'

Draper and 'Oman' continue to standout in Hyeres

In a final day of hectic Mediterranean action off Hyeres, the standout team in the second of six iShares Cup regattas continued to be Oman with British Olympic bronze medallist Chris Draper at the helm of the red boat and French ocean racing legend Loick Peyron on the blue boat.

Mixed fortunes for the British in Hyeres

Chris McGrath: Fleet-of-foot Spirit outdoes Blast

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Great Sporting Moments: Australia 18 Great Britain 25, Brisbane, 1958

The captain had a broken arm; four other players were badly injured; there were no substitutes. Yet still they found the courage to play on - and win. David Hadfield on the 'Rorke's Drift Revisited' test match

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Cyber criminals 'preparing to attack Olympics'

International organised criminal networks are already preparing to target the London 2012 Olympics, a senior police officer warned today.

Chambers is ready to assert his authority

The last time Dwain Chambers lined up for a 100m race on home soil he was still chasing his Olympic dream. He proceeded to win the final of his event at the British team trials for Beijing, clocking 10.00sec flat, but then suffered the tribulation of failing to obtain a High Court injunction against the British Olympic Association by-law which precludes reinstated doping offenders from representing Great Britain on the Olympic stage.