According to Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon, Manchester United should be "happy and proud" to facilitate in the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Samuel Dumoulin of France won the third stage of the Tour de France by leading a small group of sprinters to the finish.

Spanish club Barcelona refused to increase their initial 15 million-euro bid for Russia international forward Andrei Arshavin, Zenit Saint Petersburg have said.

Bath second-row Danny Grewcock has signed a contract extension that will keep him playing at the Rec until the end of the 2009/10 season.

St Helen's came away from their clash against Northern with a tie even though for most of the gane at Ruskin Drive, they were in the driving seat in the Business Assistance (NW) Liverpool Premier League match.

Sapphires were crowned Super 4s champions after the final round of fixtures fell victim to the weather. They lost their penultimate game but rain on Sunday ensured they could not be caught.

Will Sneath and Chris Goode bowled Finedon Dolben to a vital win against NCCC Academy in the weekend's big fixture to move to within a point of the County youngsters at the top of the Hevey Building Supplies Northamptonshire premier

James Anderson admits England's attack will be "looking over their shoulders" as they prepare for the npwer Test series against South Africa.

Godmanchester's former captain Paul Swannell put a disappointing season behind him to set a new club record for an eighth wicket stand and rescue their his from defeat to Norwich.

The Twenty20 Cup quarter-final between Durham and Yorkshire was postponed after the ECB received allegations that Yorkshire fielded an ineligible player in a crucial group match.

Only a handful of games started on a soggy Saturday in the Francis Clarke Devon Cricket League and not one of them was played to a conclusion.

Frank Lampard moved a step closer to leaving Chelsea when Inter Milan reportedly made an official bid for the midfielder.

Tottenham are close to offloading Pascal Chimbonda after the club reportedly agreed the terms of a transfer with Valencia.

Kaka could be next on the Chelsea's summer shopping list as Luiz Felipe Scolari has first day at new club.

Sergio Garcia, an obvious favourite for the Open at Birkdale with Tiger Woods out of the way, would not want to do things Hogan's way and will not be putting in an appearance until Sunday, writes Lewine Mair.

Briton, Ross Fisher, beats bad weather to win European Open after leading from opening round, writes Lewine Mair.

Queiroz, in his second stint at Manchester United, is reported to be meeting with Portuguese FA officials in Lisbon to finalise his move, opening the door for the former United forward.

Rafael Nadal's epic victory over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final was the "greatest ever seen", according to John McEnroe, the three times winner of the event.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting is likely to miss the country's forthcoming series against Bangladesh and is a doubt for September's ICC Champions Trophy after undergoing surgery on his right wrist.

Despite offering twice the salary that AC Milan are willing to pay, Ronaldinho will not be joining Manchester City according to Adriano Galliani, the Italian club's vice-president