LOSE in a normal tennis tournament and that's it, you're out. Lose here at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and all it does is make your task a lot clearer.

ROBIN Soderling is the first man through to the knockout stages of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals thanks to his straight-sets win over an exhausted Novak Djokovic yesterda

ANDY MURRAY will bid for victory against Fernando Verdasco today hoping it will be enough to send him through to the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

BRADDOCK ISLAND impressed when opening his winning account over fences recently and looks a sound bet at Musselburgh tomorrow.

UNLIKE most trainers this weekend, Malcolm Jefferson is hoping for more rain ahead of the WBX.COM "Fighting Fifth" Hurdle at Newcastle for Cape Tribulation.

FUN is the buzz word for England at the Mission Hills World Cup, but when the serious business begins today Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher know solid performances can further e

A remarkable performance in the Open Championship has helped Chris Wood land the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

BOB HUMBLE, the East team manager, stepped in as a replacement and emerged with the winning point as his side beat Fife 5½-4½ to put themselves in a strong position in this se

ANDREW OLDCORN has defended his decision to try and win a European Tour card for next season - even though he admits he might not use it once he becomes eligible for the Seni

PRESTONFIELD professional Gavin Cook and David Kidd, who plays off 14 at the Capital club, are off to Turkey next week to compete in the PGA's final event of the 2009 se

BATHGATE'S Paul Di Resta will take another significant step to joining world champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton on the 2010 Formula One grid when he undertakes a t

WORLD and Olympic medallists Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson will find themselves in the unusual position of being on the same team as Italian rival Federica Pellegrini afte

STUART Broad is impatient to make up for lost time as he targets a winning return from injury for England against South Africa.

CLOUDS of doom hung over Ibrox yesterday, not for the first time this season, as Rangers came to terms with an early exit from European competition, with midfielder Steven Dav

THE twitching corpse of another failed Champions League campaign by Rangers will not be formally interred until they complete their Group G obligations against Sevilla in Spa

TONY Mowbray has urged everyone at Celtic to "stick together" as the club aim to get their spluttering season back on track.

HEARTS defender Jason Thomson insists the prospect of being bottom of the SPL come Saturday evening has not entered the players thoughts as they look to arrest their alarming

RANGERS' squad is not "good enough or big enough" to compete in the Champions League, according to former Ibrox striker Derek Johnstone.

AIDEN McGeady admits he would not pay to watch Celtic at the moment. The Republic of Ireland winger, a lifelong Celtic fan, does not blame supporters for staying away from Par

MANCHESTER United, already qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, only needed a point against Besiktas last night to top Group B. In the end, Sir Alex Ferguson'