ANDREW BALDING has his string in good nick and looks booked for a good day at Salisbury with Cloudesley the headline act in the Racing Here On Sunday Handicap.

MARK JOHNSTON has his string in fantastic nick and Rock Of Love has been found the perfect opportunity to open his account at Beverley.

NICKY Henderson faces a possible disqualification from the training ranks after being found in breach of the rules of racing in relation to the running of The Queen's Moo

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Spain have failed to reach the semi-final stage

A Bucks official with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday that Milwaukee plans to trade scoring forward Richard Jefferson to the San Antonio Spurs for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto, giving them a veteran cast and financial flexibility.

Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki says he is recovering from his soured relationship with jailed former fiancee Crystal Taylor and still wants to have a family someday.

The Miami Heat have made qualifying offers to forward Jamario Moon and center Joel Anthony.

The Boston Garden will be quiet for the NBA draft.

Sean May faces a summer of uncertainty as an unrestricted free agent after four years of seemingly never-ending knee and weight issues in Charlotte.

The first draw in the history of the new UEFA Women's Champions League is made at 11.15CET on Wednesday at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, with 28 qualifying round entrants involved including FC Bayern München.

Considering the potential of this team, we haven't shown what we're capable of yet," said Änis Ben-Hatira as Germany edged into the last four with a 1-1 draw against a second-string England side.

Still basking in the achievement of being named man of the match as England secured the point needed to win Group B, there is no danger of Adam Johnson losing sight of the real target - the title.

Belarus have it all to do against Italy in their final Group A game in Helsingborg and forward Leonid Kovel is under no illusions about the size of the challenge ahead - "this will be our hardest game."

Crestfallen captain Raúl García told uefa.com it was time to "close this chapter and start a new one" after victory over Finland proved insufficient to salvage a disappointing finals in Sweden for Spain.

Finland failed to pick up a point in their maiden finals, but having proved they can rub shoulders with European football's élite, Mehmet Hetemaj believes they will take a lot from the experience.

Germany blog: With the Under-17 and U19 prizes already in their trophy cabinet, Germany have the chance to become the first nation to hold all three titles at the same time. Will they do it?

Spanish side RCD Espanyol have agreed a two-year deal with Celtic FC's Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura the day after signing Israeli striker Ben Sahar from Chelsea FC.

Spain blog: Captain Raúl García was unwilling to class Spain's early exit as a failure, explaining: "I don't like that word. When you have battled for something, you cannot consider it a failure."

Domenico Criscito's hero Fabio Cannavaro helped Italy to the Under-21 title in 1994 and 1996 and the young left-back wants to "follow in his footsteps and win the tournament here in Sweden".