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Fernando Torres says it is imperative that Liverpool find new owners quickly if they are to avoid falling further behind the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea. Torres, who last month pledged his future to the club amid speculation linking him with a move away, also confirmed more than one team had a bid turned down [...]

UEFA has decided that vuvuzelas – the trumpet that came to prominence at games during this summer’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa – may not be brought into stadiums at matches in UEFA competitions. European football’s governing body has informed its 53 member associations that it has taken the move for reasons related to Europe’s [...]

World number one Rafael Nadal began his campaign for a first US Open title with victory over Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia in the first round. The Spaniard won 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in three tough sets as Gabashvili stayed competitive with solid serving. Nadal goes on to face Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in round two. [...]

Rafael van der Vaart’s £8m transfer to Tottenham Hotspur from Real Madrid has been officially ratified by the Premier League, the club’s website confirmed this afternoon. It is understood that the delay in confirmation was due to the late arrival of paperwork at the governing body close to yesterday’s transfer window deadline. Gloucester Place received a deluge [...]

The Barclays Premier League’s joint top scorer, Florent Malouda, won’t argue with suggestions that he is in the form of his life but he insists hard work is the reason why. The France international’s fourth goal of the season set the Blues on the way to victory over Stoke and continued his happy habit of breaking [...]

BLACKBURN 1-2 ARSENAL 18′ 0-1 Walcott 26′ 1-1 Diouf 51′ 1-2 Arshavin CHELSEA 2-0 STOKE CITY 31′ 1-0 Malouda 76′ 2-0 Drogba (pen.) BLACKPOOL 2-2 FULHAM 35′ 0-1 Zamora 71′ 1-1 Pantsil (o.g.) 75′ 2-1 Varney 86′ 2-2 Etuhu TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0-1 WIGAN ATHLEIC 80′ 0-1 Rodallega WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED 43′ 1-0 Ebanks-Blake 62′ 1-1 Carroll MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 WEST HAM UNITED 33′ 1-0 Rooney (pen.) 49′ 2-0 Nani 68′ 3-0 Berbatov BOLTON WANDERERS [...]

It is unlikely that Springbok coach Peter de Villiers will make major or indeed any changes to the Springbok side, despite a disappointing performance at the weekend, for the Tri-Nations Test against Australia in Bloemfontein next Saturday. The Springboks defeated Australia 44-31 in Pretoria after a poor first half performance and a gutsy but average [...]

Spa was never going to be Red Bull’s favourite circuit, but after clinching their 12th pole of the season on Saturday, things were looking pretty good. That was before Mark Webber’s slow start, sporadic showers, a collision between Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button and two safety-car periods intervened. Amidst all the drama it was McLaren’s [...]

Andy Murray is encouragingly relaxed before this US Open but so is the man who has twice blocked his way to winning a first grand slam title and remains the biggest threat to everyone here, Roger Federer. The Swiss world No2 (that still sounds odd)is the first of the leading pack on to court when he [...]

AFTER the ‘Blunder Down Under’ the inevitable question: Toby or not Toby? Or to put it another way: Do England drop fly-half Flood and revert to Jonny Wilkinson for this weekend’s return to the scene of his World Cup-winning drop goal? The case for Wilko’s return is built around England’s lack of control at half-back during Saturday’s [...]