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Oscar Pistorius and winner Kirani James swap pinned-on name labels.

‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius misses out on 400m final

History-making Oscar Pistorius missed out on the Olympic 400m final when he finished last in his semifinal.

Boks and co not assured of quarterfinal spots

South Africa, England and Ireland head into the final round of World Cup pool action top of their groups, but are not set for quarterfinal spots.

England turn on the style to crush Romania

Wingers Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton both scored hat-tricks as England turned on the style to run in 10 tries in a 67-3 thrashing of Romania.

Schwartzel nabs ninth place in the world of golf

Talented new blood fills ‘Tiger vacuum’

Even the keenest statistician might be hard pressed to name the winners of the last 11 Major championships.

Nadal shatters Murray’s dream again

Nadal shatters Murray’s dream again

Rafael Nadal delivered a command performance to withstand a fired-up Andy Murray and beat the home favourite to a spot in the Wimbledon finals.

Fifa dishes out life bans

Fifa’s ‘compelling’ case of bribery

A preliminary report says there was "convincing and overwhelming" evidence that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner were involved in attempted bribery.

Chelsea ready for crunch Valencia showdown

Chelsea appoint Villas-Boas as manager

Chelsea confirmed the appointment of Portugal’s Andre Villas-Boas as their new manager on Wednesday.

Brilliant Barcelona lift European Cup again

Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona cemented their place in soccer’s pantheon when they overwhelmed Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League on Saturday.

Chelsea sink City to keep title hopes alive

Chelsea scored two late goals to beat a toothless Manchester City 2-0 on Sunday and keep alive their faint hopes of retaining the league title.

Chelsea rally to beat United 2-1 in thriller

Chelsea blew the race wide open when they came from behind to beat Premier league leaders Manchester United 2-1 thanks to Frank Lampard’s penalty.

Man Utd beat Stoke 2-1 to go three points clear

Manchester United finally put space between themselves and the chasing pack with a 2-1 home win over Stoke City on Tuesday.

United and City march on, Cole fires Liverpool

Premier League pacesetters Manchester United and Manchester City ground out wins to stay clear at the top on Saturday.

All eyes already on Rugby World Cup

New Zealand have been the dominant force in rugby yet even a Tri-Nations clean sweep and a European grand slam are viewed as a mere warm-up.

No fireworks this time as England beat Samoa

England finished strongly to beat a doughty Samoa 26-13 on Saturday.

England roll back the years to run Australia ragged

England produced their best performance since 2003 with winger Chris Ashton scoring two tries as they stormed to a 35-18 over Australia.

Chelsea slump at Liverpool, Arsenal lose at home

Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season as Fernando Torres scored twice to guide resurgent Liverpool to a deserved 2-0 victory at Anfield.

Chelsea, Arsenal leave it late for vital wins

Chelsea snatched a 2-1 victory at Blackburn Rovers with a late Branislav Ivanovic goal and Alex Song’s header secured a 1-0 home win for Arsenal.

Super Sunday for United, Arsenal and Liverpool

Manchester United and Arsenal enjoyed landmark victories over Stoke City and Manchester City respectively on Sunday.

Montgomerie finally finds his smile as Europe triumphs

Colin Montgomerie looked like the cat who got the cream as he milked every moment of Europe’s one-point victory in the Ryder Cup’s closing

All eyes on Woods as US arrive for Ryder Cup

The United States Ryder Cup team arrived at Cardiff airport on Monday, with all eyes on Tiger Woods.