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Manchester City top the ‘injury league’, with Manchester United bottom
The results of new research into every significant injury suffered by every Premier League footballe...
Stereotypical Germany? With the defence ‘forgotten’, think again
The blunt exposure of Germany's defensive problems in their last two friendlies has certainly served...
Bradford praise new heart project after Purtell scare
30 May 2012 12:00 AM
Bradford have welcomed plans to implement a cardiac screening programme across all Super League clubs as centre Adrian Purtell continues his recovery from a heart attack.
Usain Bolt hungry for Olympic Repeat despite slow start Ostrava
29 May 2012 04:39 PM
Usain Bolt insists he would not care about losing every race between now and the Olympics as long as he retains his titles in London.
Adrian Purtell suffered heart scare during Magic Weekend
29 May 2012 11:42 AM
Australian centre Adrian Purtell suffered a heart attack following Bradford's Magic Weekend game against Leeds on Sunday.
Bunce on Boxing: Johnny Tapia, a great fighter who dodged bullets but not needles
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
Tapia was crazy, but he could still fight when he made his York Hall debut
Trending: The 'oof' word – when charity gets nasty
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
Forget the antics of Joey Barton, the toughest footballers these days are to be found playing in charity games. It's something that Gordon Ramsay discovered at the weekend, after he was floored by Teddy Sheringham during the Soccer Aid event at Old Trafford.
Jessica Ennis won the battle but not the war – Tatyana Chernova
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
As Tatyana Chernova packed her bags at the athletes' hotel yesterday after the two days of the Hypo-Meeting here in the west of Austria, it helped that she had been this way before. In fact, 12 months ago she suffered a more comprehensive defeat at the hands of Jessica Ennis in Götzis, yet ended the summer as the golden girl of the heptathlon.
Tomkins' tries set example but red cards mar Wigan display
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
St Helens 16 Wigan 42
Cycling: Mark Cavendish's brave bid denied by one point
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Mark Cavendish's bid to become the sixth rider in cycling history to take the points jersey in all three Grand Tours fell short almost at the final fence yesterday when overall race contender Joaquim Rodriguez deprived the Briton of victory in the Giro d'Italia classification by just one point.
Triathlon: Brownlee wins again in Madrid
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Britain's Jonny Brownlee won his second straight World Triathlon Series race in Madrid yesterday.
'It's all going in the right direction,' says Farah
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Mo Farah was back on home ground yesterday and back in winning form. Two months on from the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, where he was run out of the medal frame in the 3,000m final, the 29-year-old was a comfortable winner of the Bupa London 10,000 road race for the fourth successive year.
Jessica Ennis weighs in with telling response to 'fat' critics
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Stunning victory makes her favourite for London and breaks Lewis's British record
Gebrselassie runs out of chances to run in London
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Haile Gebrselassie's hopes of appearing at the London Olympics were dashed yesterday after the two-time Olympic 10,000m champion could only finish seventh at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo.
Something From The Weekend: Simon Grayson; Broken Olympic dreams; Bizarre final coverage
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
The Good, The Bad and The Odd
Boxing: Froch takes his place among British greats
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Nottingham fighter can gain wider recognition after his superb title triumph over highly rated Bute
McGuire try magic saves Leeds' blushes on hard day for defences
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Five tries from Danny McGuire saw the Super League champions, Leeds, avoid the ignominy of ending the Magic Weekend at the Etihad Stadium out of the play-off positions.
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