Andrew Flintoff took two quick wickets to help put Lancashire in charge against Somerset at Old Trafford. The visitors stumbled to 195 for seven at the tea break.
Durham have signed former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock as a Kolpak player for the Twenty20 Cup. He will make his debut against Derbyshire on June 11.
Hampshire seamer Shane Bond continued his excellent early season form in the LV County Championship clash with Yorkshire at a damp Headingley Carnegie Stadium.
England captain Michael Vaughan missed out on a long innings, falling for just 19, as he returned to action with Yorkshire in their opening LV County Championship 2008 encounter with Hampshire at Headingley Carnegie.
FC Levski goalkeeper, Georgi Petkov, who plans to part with the Blue in the summer, got injured in the calf during yesterday`s practice of his club. FC Levski have only one fit goalkeeper now, Tsvetan Dimitrov, because their third goalie,
Wales were 6-0 winners in their U19 international Football game against Bulgaria yesterday (22 April) , at the National Sports Academy, Sofia . Shan Jones gave Wales a 21st minute lead, which Lyndsey Davies doubled three minutes later, Jones then
Bulgaria's soccer federation has suspended six referees for making significant mistakes in recent premier league and Bulgarian Cup matches. Angel Bekyarov, who was temporarily removed from officials list for errors and poor fitness in October 2006, wa...
Their Spanish title hopes over, Lionel Messi says FC Barcelona have agreed they need "one massive effort to attack Manchester United" and save their season.
They may not need reminding of the past, but this Manchester United FC vintage "are good enough to shape their own history" according to their manager.
As the new Ryder Cup course, the 'Twenty Ten' at Celtic Manor, was being officially unveiled, it was announced that Padraig Harrington will be among those playing it for a first time in this year's Wales Open. Lewine Mair reports
A stoppage time own goal from John Arne Riise changed the complexion of this Champions League semi-final as fundamentally as it did the result of the first leg.
Just 24 hours after England lost Jonny Wilkinson for their series against the All Blacks, Olly Barkley expressed his extreme relief at being available for selection, writes Mick Cleary.
Andy Murray played intelligent and patient tennis on the way to beating Italian Filippo Volandri, a decent clay-courter, to slide into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters, writes Mark Hodgkinson in Monte Carlo.
It would obviously be another huge blow for the sport if another prominent athlete, even a retired one, also went down for drugs, writes Michael Johnson.
Liverpool (1) 1 Chelsea (0) 1Advantage Chelsea. With almost the last touch of the game, deep into stoppage time, Chelsea gained a lifeline in this Champions League semi-final with John Arne Riise's terrible own goal cancelling Dirk Kuyt's first-half strike.
