The Independent | Sport | Latest Sport News

Benitez calls for 'realism' at Liverpool

Rafael Benitez has for the first time played down Liverpool's title dreams and asked for "realism" as the club fight to end a run of disastrous results.

England fall for 89 in South Africa new

England's winning start to their tour of South Africa is under threat after they could only manage a paltry 89 in their Twenty20 warm-up match against South Africa A.

Inside Sport

Female footballer falls foul of web video

A hard-tackling, hair-pulling female footballer has become an internet sensation after a series of violent fouls were caught on camera.

DON'T MISS...

Exposed cheats
High-profile drug cases in WADA's ten-year history
It's a knockout
British fighters who claimed the heavyweight crown

England tickets
Win Twickenham tickets and the chance to meet Dallaglio
Take a dive
Ngog becomes latest footballer to hit the deck

Showing support
The 25 best supported clubs in Europe
Kerching!
England v Brazil: When sport sold out

Fashion disaster
Fashion faux-pas in the world of football
Weird Sport!
Wife carrying to haggis hurling. A look at strange games...

Brawn set to lose Virgin tag

Ross Brawn does not expect his team's cars to carry the sponsorship of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group next season.

Brawn upbeat over F1 future

Desperate England turn to Doran-Jones

The last thing England need ahead of a Test match against Argentina, the most powerful scrummaging side in world rugby, is a zero-option situation in the tight-head prop department.

KP is back. But will he get a hero's welcome?

As England's biggest talent (and ego) arrives in South Africa, Stephen Brenkley gauges the mood of the dressing room, from a side that won the Ashes without him

9071a396-fe56-4b5a-a00c-346eb6d1fe43

Marat Safin takes his frustration out on yet another racket

Final bow for Safin, the hot-head who smashed 700 rackets

From pulling down his shorts on court, to brawling in Moscow – as Marat Safin plays his final tournament, Paul Newman recalls the bizarre career of a former world No 1

James Lawton: Is Haye one of the greats? Only if you swallow the heavyweight hype

This was an insult of a fight, a dreg of the dregs. How bad was the hype afterwards?

High-profile drug cheats exposed by WADA new

Caffari and Thompson build on good start

Going into the second night of the double handed Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre to Costa Rica , three of the British teams were 10th, 12th and 13th in the 14-boat Open 60 fleet.