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Boxing: Derek Chisora knocks out unbeaten Malik Scott and sets his sights on Vitali Klitschko rematch
Sunday 21 July 2013
29-year-old scores controversial victory with sixth round stoppage
Football Association amend ruling to allow retrospective action
Friday 12 July 2013
Under new ruling, FA will be able to punish clashes that match officials are not in a position to witness
PSG announce Leonardo is to step down as sporting director
Wednesday 10 July 2013
The Brazilian had been banned for the forthcoming season
Boxing: David Price suffers second defeat to Tony Thompson to destroy any world title hopes
Sunday 07 July 2013
English heavyweight stopped in fifth round by American
Wimbledon 2013: Andy Murray keeps nerve after furious row over roof closure
Saturday 06 July 2013
Andy Murray reached his second successive Wimbledon final but only after a furious on-court row with an All England Club official as his semi-final against Jerzy Janowicz was suspended because of bad light.
PSG sporting director Leonardo has ban for push extended to 13 months
Thursday 04 July 2013
Television footage showed the Brazilian bumping into referee Alexandre Castro with his left shoulde
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill handed nine-match ban
Tuesday 02 July 2013
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill has been suspended for nine matches by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel after he was found guilty of using words that were “obscene, inappropriate and unprofessional” during the Aviva Premiership final.
British and Irish Lions: Leigh Halfpenny misses last-gasp penalty to take Test series to decider
Saturday 29 June 2013
Australia claim narrow 16-15 victory as Adam Ashley-Cooper scores a late try to break Lions' hearts
Play up and play the game, chaps... and push over anyone in the way: Sheffield school teams prepare to play football according to the 1858 rules
Tuesday 25 June 2013
The match is taking place at Hallam FC’s Sandygate Road ground – reputed to be the oldest in the world – to celebrate its history in the local community
British and Irish Lions: Warren Gatland relieved with victory after Kurtley Beale slip sees Lions home
Saturday 22 June 2013
Coach Warren Gatland admitted he was relieved not have succumbed to another last-minute defeat to Australia as Lions take first Test win
Japan 23 Wales 8 match report: Wales wilt in historic Japan victory
Sunday 16 June 2013
Eddie Jones’ emerging side leave second-stringers with shattered egos and one broken nose
Paris St Germain plan to appeal after Leonardo is given nine-month ban for pushing referee
Friday 31 May 2013
The ban will keep the sporting director from "the touchline, the referees' dressing room and all official functions"
Rory Best almost driven to distraction by 'dream' Lions call-up
Monday 27 May 2013
Ulster hooker received joyful news in his car while Gatland expresses sympathy for Hartley
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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