Ebor meeting abandoned

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

York have been forced to abandon the rest of this week's Ebor meeting due to a waterlogged track.

Capello: Terry choice down to me

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Fabio Capello has insisted the choice of John Terry as England captain was his alone.

Robinho's dream Chelsea move 'broken'

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Robinho no longer has any chance of joining Chelsea due to Real Madrid's refusal to even discuss a possible deal, according to the Brazilian's advisor.

Cisse to join Black Cats on loan

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Sunderland are on the verge of completing the loan signing of Djibril Cisse after reaching an "agreement in principle" with Marseille over the transfer of the striker.

Reade bounces back from early fall

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Olympic gold medal favourite Shanaze Reade survived an injury scare in her first seeding race for the semi-finals of Thursday's BMX.

Degale wins in style

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

James Degale produced one of the finest performances of his career to score a comprehensive 8-3 victory over Kazakhstan's Bakthiyar Artayev and guarantee Great Britain's third boxing medal of the Beijing Games.

British duo claim open water medals

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Britain made it five swimming medals in Beijing as Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten claimed silver and bronze in the open water event.

Mixed emotions for surfing pair

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

It was a day of mixed emotions for Great Britain at the Olympic sailing competition on Wednesday as Bryony Shaw delivered the country's first ever women's windsurfing medal but Nick Dempsey narrowly missed out in the men's RS:X event.

Stubbs forced to retire

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Derby defender Alan Stubbs has been forced to retire following a recurrence of a troublesome knee injury.

Blonska 'fails drugs test'

2:53pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Lyudmila Blonska, the Ukrainian athlete who won silver in the women's heptathlon, is facing disciplinary action after failing a drugs test.

Former Labour MP Abse dies aged 91

Updated 1:29pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Gay rights champion Leo Abse has died at the age of 91, a family friend said.

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