Mitch Phillips

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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