Minaad, four times a winner on the Flat in Germany, made it two out of two over hurdles when justifying 8-11 favouritism under Josh Byrne in the AJ Glassfibre Novices' Hurdle at Market Rasen.

Howle Hill is a confident selection in the Bet Now At WBX.COM Graduation Chase at Kempton.

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has pulled Kanu and John Utaka out of Nigeria's friendly against Australia at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes his current crop of players are the finest he has coached in his 21 years at Old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson is not interested in having a goalscoring wager with Cristiano Ronaldo this season - unless the target is 50 goals.

Gabriel Agbonlahor expects Birmingham's Liam Ridgewell to remove him from his Christmas card list after breaking his heart at St Andrews.

Spain and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas insists he is keen to see out the rest of his career at the Emirates Stadium.

Reading manager Steve Coppell insists he will still be proud of his players even if they are given another footballing lesson by Arsenal.

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is heartened by the fact he expects to have more options among his squad after the international break.

Manuel Almunia says Arsenal will visit Reading on Monday night ready to show they can win ugly if necessary.

The Honda Racing F1 Team's performance in 2007 was 'unthinkable', and will not be tolerated again, so says Takeo Fukui, who became the sixth president of Honda Motor Co Ltd in June 2003, following a previous stint at the top

Honda are set to secure a major coup by signing ex-Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn as their new team boss.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says his current table-topping squad is the strongest he has had in 21 years at Old Trafford.

Gardner-Webb over Kentucky, Findlay over Ohio State. Utah Valley State over Marquette? UVSC fans can only hope that in a year of upsets, the Wolverines can shock the basketball world with what would be the biggest win in its school

NEW YORK -- LSU is getting a second chance at No. 1. The Tigers took advantage of Ohio State's loss and regained the top ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday. Oregon is not far behind at No.

NEW ORLEANS -- Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce found the old magic, teaming with Marc Bulger on Sunday to give perviously winless St. Louis a surprising 37-29 victory over a New Orleans Saints squad that hadn't lost in a month.

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Nobody could touch Jeff Gordon in his prime, a three-year stretch when he won 33 races and consecutive championships. That was almost 10 years ago, and few thought they'd ever see a driver capable of dominating the

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Once they stopped beating themselves with penalties, the Dallas Cowboys took command of the NFC East by riding their biggest stars: Tony Romo and Terrell Owens. Romo hit Owens on two of his four touchdown passes

Tennis Henin beats Sharapova MADRID, Spain -- Justin Henin finished her record-breaking season undefeated after Wimbledon. She won the Sony Ericsson Championships on Sunday, rallying past Maria Sharapova 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the longest three-set final in tournament history. The

SAN ANTONIO -- Manu Ginobili scored 21 points and the San Antonio Spurs routed the Milwaukee Bucks 113-88 on Sunday night. Michael Finley added 17 points and Tim Duncan had 16 points for the Spurs, who led by double digits