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England sealed a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the final Test at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start as Test captain.
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 123 as England looked set to cruise to the 197 needed for the consolation win. Cook departed for a fluent 67, but Ian Bell [...]

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The chief of the Premier League says he would be willing to subject Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra to the fit and proper person test. Thaksin faces corruption charges in Thailand and a warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court in Bangkok on Monday.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore [...]

England sealed a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the final Test at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start as Test captain.
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 123 as England looked set to cruise to the 197 needed for the consolation win. Cook departed for a fluent 67, but Ian Bell [...]

England require 197 to win the final Test at The Oval after heavy rain ended day four prematurely with them on 0-0. The third day was also washed out with only 17 overs possible.
A comfortable consolation win looked likely as South Africa lost Hashim Amla (76) in the third full over to stand three down [...]

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro swept past Andy Roddick in Los Angeles to win his third consecutive tournament.
Del Potro, 19, broke the American’s first two service games and powered on for a 6-1 7-6 (7-2) victory.
The 6ft 6in teenager won back-to-back clay titles in Stuttgart and Kitzbuhel last month and dominated against Roddick on the [...]

Top seed Ana Ivanovic has pulled out of the Olympic tennis tournament because of a thumb injury.
“This is one of the worst moments of my career,” said the Serb, who now faces a battle to make the US Open, which starts on 25 August. Ivanovic, who will be replaced by compatriot Jelena Jankovic as world [...]

Honda boss Ross Brawn has reignited speculation that he is targeting Renault’s double world champion Fernando Alonso for the 2009 season.
The team are reported to be considering offering the Spaniard a short-term deal to partner Britain’s Jenson Button. Brawn told Autosport: “Fernando is one of the top drivers in Formula One and I think every [...]

Formula One’s mid-season break couldn’t have come at a better time for Ferrari, according to current world champion Kimi Raikkkonen.
Ferrari, and Raikkonen in particular, have had a lot of setbacks in recent races with Felipe Massa’s engine failure three laps before the end of the Hungarian Grand Prix their most recent disappointment. Before that, the [...]

Michael Phelps stormed to victory in the men’s 200m freestyle swimming, claiming his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing Olympics.
Phelps, 23, finished nearly two seconds ahead of South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan in a time of one minute 42.96 seconds. The American owned the previous record of 1:43.86 and now has a [...]

China delivered a stunning performance in front of a packed crowd to claim the men’s team gymnastics gold in Beijing.
The host nation scored 286.125 points to regain the Olympic crown they won in 2000 and push defending champions Japan into second place. The Americans had been in the silver medal position until the final two [...]