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Headline: “Muma’s whipping meant I didn’t end up like Tyson”

After being raised in the “ghetto”, Evander Holyfield recalls his incredible journey and how his “Muma’s whippings” meant he didn’t end up like Tyson, the man who infamously bit off and spat out a chunk of his ear, and the ‘animal’ he is about to face once again in this years biggest bout.

Posted: 03/04/08

Interview with Lord Sebastian Coe By James Davies

He may have won gold at the Olympics, but is Lord Sebastian Coe suffering sleepless nights over the awesome responsibility of bringing the games to London?
As chairman of the 2012 organising committee, Coe is the man at the centre of the greatest sporting event to ever come to London.

Posted: 22.05.07

Interview with Joe Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe, ‘The Pride of Wales’ and winner of this years BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, has proved himself one of Britain’s greatest fighters after beating Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler, by unanimous decision, in his native Wales, maintaining his 17 year unbeaten record.

Posted: 05/03/08 By James Davies

Interview with Sir Bobby Charlton

It's not often you get to meet a living legend, but for a whole generation of English football fans my last interview was exactly that. Sir Bobby Charlton, a member of the England World Cup winning team of 1966 is someone who has done it all. He is still the highest international scorer the three lions have ever produced, a former European player of the year and winner of the European Cup with Manchester United, the team that made him a star.

Posted: 05/03/08 By James Davie

Cipriani to Go Head To Head with Wilkinson

The excitement surrounding this weekend’s winner-take-all EDF Energy Cup tie between London Wasps and Newcastle Falcons stepped up a gear today with the news that England fly half Jonny Wilkinson will go head to head with Wasps No10 Danny Cipriani, tipped by many in the game as the coming man, when the two sides meet at Adams Park on Saturday.

Posted: 4/12/07

Logan Promotes Euro 2008 Bike Ride in Aid of Scope

TV presenter Gabby Logan is calling all football fans to take part in a three-day bike ride in aid of disability charity Scope.
The 280km bike challenge starts in Budapest and finishes in Vienna, just in time to celebrate the momentous start of Euro 2008 and soak up its electric atmosphere.

Posted: 25/10/07

Student Gets Eriksson’s Approval

A football-mad student who started a crusade to rid the game of racism has enlisted former England manager Sven Goran-Eriksson to back his cause.

Cardiff University student Dan Tennant-Ralphs has been supported in his campaign "One Game for all Without Racism" by Eriksson, who is now manager of Manchester City.

Posted: 25/09/07

The Kick It Out ‘Week of Action’

One of the most prominent anti-racism and community engagement initiatives in the country…

The week has a strong community focus and celebrates the contribution made to football by black, Asian and other ethnic minorities, whilst continuing the call to challenge racism.

Posted: 08/08/07

Fever pitch at Pride

Some 20 men and women’s teams from around the country have signed up for the first-ever Ford Pride London Football Tournament. Organised by London Falcons FC, the free event on June 23rd will see gay, lesbian and bi-friendly six-a-side teams thrashing it out at the Goals Soccer Centre in Wembley.

Posted: 31.05.07

Athens Prepares For Grudge Match

The Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece is tonight’s venue for the second AC Milan versus Liverpool Champions’ League Final in three years.

After what most would agree was the most enthralling final of all time in 2005, Carlo Ancelotti and Rafael Benitez go head to head once more in the showdown in front of 72,000 fans.

Posted: 22.05.07

Just how many more partners will ride into town?

It is now two years since Malcolm Glazer bought the shares required to take control of Manchester United. Since then two more premiership sides have fallen to American ownership in Aston Villa and Liverpool.

Charlie Whitworth reports on whether the takeovers are proving positive for the club’s involved and whether the growing American influence on our game should be a worry.

Posted 10.05.07
By Charlie Whitworth

EUROPEAN SUCCESS BECKONS FOR U-17’S ENGLAND HOPEFULS

Between May 5-10, England will battle it out with the likes of Spain and Germany, in the UEFA under 17 European football championships in Belgium

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship, (formerly known as the UEFA European Under-16 Championship until 2001) kicks off on 5th May in Belgium.

Posted 27.04.07

Polo

“I thought we are meant to be playing polo, not ice skating”: The Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow is the world's most prestigious winter polo tournament. Four high-goal teams with handicaps between 20 and 22 goals battle for the coveted Cartier Trophy on the frozen surface of Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, January 25 2007. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Posted 15.02.07

Australia dethroned, South Africa ranks first in world cricket

Australia has lost the top spot of the ICC ODI rankings to South Africa, after losing the second match of the Chappell-Hadlee trophy against New Zealand - Australia's fifth defeat in their last six consecutive matches,

It is the first time Australia has dropped from world No.1 since the rankings were started in October, 2002.

New Zealand's win edges them further up the table to within a few decimal points of current world number three team, Pakistan. If New Zealand can win the third match of the Chappell-Hadlee trophy they will take Pakistan's spot.

Current world standings with total points, as of February 18 2007, are as follows-

1. South Africa 128
2. Australia 126
3. Pakistan 111
4. New Zealand 111
5. India 109
6. Sri Lanka 108
7. England 106
8. West Indies 101
9. Bangladesh 42
10. Zimbabwe 22
11. Kenya 0

Posted 08.02.07