Paul Rogers will be at today’s FA Cup semi-final hoping that Wigan Athletic can repeat their victory over Millwall in the teams’ previous Wembley meeting, when he scored the only goal of the 1999 Auto Windscreens Shield final.

Creditors, such as suppliers and landlords, are likely to have lost more than £1bn from the retail sector's 20 biggest insolvencies since the start of last year, according to the credit information specialist Company Watch.

Sports Direct will step up its challenge to Decathlon's European dominance when it opens its first Spanish store in April.

Insolvency specialists warn of more trouble for high streets shunned by many shoppers

The entrepreneur behind Appliances Online has tabled a bid for Comet in a move that could see the failed electrical chain disappear from retail parks and high streets.

They're great, aren't they? I'm handing out loads at Christmas

Nearly every other shop in Britain might be struggling to pay its way, but Sports Direct is flogging enough £1.49 tracksuit bottoms and 29p Wayne Rooney masks to send sales up 18 per cent to £403m in the nine weeks to October.

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United Carpets has become the latest retail casualty after it collapsed into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

The organisers of rival motorcycling race series MotoGP and World Superbikes have agreed to bring their interests together for the first time.

JJB Sports has become the latest high street retailer to cease trading after administrators closed 133 stores yesterday, with the loss of 2,200 jobs.

Around 2,200 staff at JJB Sports were made redundant today after administrators closed 133 stores and agreed to sell 20 remaining outlets to Mike Ashley's Sports Direct International.

Sports Direct to buy 60 JJB stores

Retailers had high hopes for this year, but the weather has deflated all but the most resilient. James Thompson reports