You hear it now and again from certain forum heads on the forums, "They are all armchair climbers", or "What do they know? None of them climb."Not so of course.Nick Smith, UKClimbing.com's...

Hans Florine emailed us at UKClimbing.com yesterday thanking us for our interest and support of his and Yuji Hirayama's attempt to break the Nose speed record set by Thomas and Alexander Huber at two...

Worcestershire eased to their second LV County Championship Division Two win of the season, beating Leicestershire by 10 wickets with a day to spare at Grace Road.

A career-best innings from Ben Scott gave Middlesex a chance of their third successive win as they enter the final day with a lead of 340 runs in their LV County Championship Division Two match at Uxbridge.

Opposing bowlers Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard made the right impression in front of England selector Geoff Miller as Durham beat Yorkshire by eight wickets at Headingley Carnegie.

An exceptional performance with both bat and ball from Martin van Jaarsveld gave Kent the chance of an unlikely victory in the County Championship Division One match against Surrey at the Brit Oval.

Ian Bell played himself back into form with a brilliant double century as Warwickshire declared on 528 for eight against Gloucestershire on the third day at Edgbaston.

Essex are closing in on their third LV County Championship Division Two victory of the season against Derbyshire at Chelmsford.

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Britain’s men’s Water Polo squad looked strong and confident on their way to vistory in a three-way competition which saw Britain’s 15-strong squad take on Poland and Turkey. Britain came from behind after losing to Poland in their first round

Crystal Palace, who narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League last season, are resigned to losing talismatic midfielder Ben Watson.

Mike Tindall and Ben Kay were the big names left out as England announced their first elite player squad under new team manager Martin Johnson.

England team manager Martin Johnson announced his 32-strong elite player squad, choosing to cut some of his team mates who won the World Cup with him in 2003.

Rangers could face FBK Kaunas in second round of qualifying for the Champions League. Kaunas must overcome Andorran side Santa Coloma before setting up a two-legged second-round tie.

A television audience of more than 10 million watched Andy Murray experience his "best moment on a tennis court" last night when he came from two sets down against France's Richard Gasquet to reach his first Wimbledon quarter-final.

Robinho could be Luiz Felipe Scolari's next recruit after the Real Madrid forward's agent claimed he had met Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen to discuss a move to Stamford Bridge.

Tottenham have a fight on their hands to hold on to vice-captain Robbie Keane this summer after the striker was linked with a move to Liverpool.

Newcastle United have announced they plan to meet with Joey Barton at the "earliest possible opportunity" after the jailed midfield player was handed a four month suspended sentence at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for his assault on former Manchester