Roberto Martinez is eager to get the first pre-season of his tenure as Everton boss under way.
Find out who Manuel Pellegrini’s new look team will face in the 2013-14 Premier League season
THE nation’s No 1 betting ace picks his favourite horses from all today’s runners and riders across the UK and Ireland
THE £50million striker also confessed he struggled to deal with the hostility aimed at interim manager Rafa Benitez
Lancashire extended their winning run in the Yorkshire Bank 40 to three matches with a seven-wicket win over Scotland at Emirates Old Trafford.
Stuart Pearce has been informed by the Football Association he will not be kept on as England Under-21s manager.
Iran produced a resolute defensive display to snatch a 1-0 away win over South Korea today and qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil.
The Edward Lynam-trained horse pipped pre-race favourite Shea Shea on the line to claim victory in the second race of the day
Warren Gatland today played down the damage caused by his side’s 14-12 defeat to the Brumbies, insisting the “reality check” could help the Lions prepare for Saturday’s First Test against Australia.
Gale Force Ten takes a drop in class and distance when he bids to land a first Group-race success in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.
The 15/2 shot – ridden by Joseph O’Brien – triumphs in the first race of this year’s festival ahead of Aljamaaheer and Gregorian
FORMER Three Lions full-back has been told he will not be retained after his current deal expires on July 1
Clive Brittain is brimming with confidence ahead of Rizeena’s run in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.
Substitute Josh Kennedy’s goal seven minutes from time sent Australia into the World Cup finals in Brazil next year after a 1-0 defeat of Iraq in front of 80,523 at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium.
Olympic gold medallist Sophie Hosking quits the sport aged 27 and focuses on training to become a lawyer.
Australia left it late but beat Iraq 1-0 to become the second country to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in front of 80,000 rain-soaked but euphoric fans at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium on today.
Our resident ex-professional and new big-name columnist reckons both new developments could have helped him back in the day
There are times when working out races involves poring over statistics and trying to tie together various formlines. Then there are times when the evidence is right in front of your face, as is the case with the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, the highlight of day two at Royal Ascot tomorrow.
Paul Deegan is weighing up the next plan of attack with Midnight Soprano after the admirable mare made a winning return to action in the Noblesse Stakes at Cork.
Widnes Vikings centre Cameron Phelps has pledged his future to the Super League club by signing a two-year contract extension.