Football news  

Premier League previews: Bellamy out

All the team news, injury problems and squads from around the grounds for the midweek matches in the top flight

• City worried by Bellamy injury at vital time

• Blood clot shatters Cahill’s England dream

Robinho hits out at Mancini's tactics

The Brazilian has criticised the Manchester City manager for not giving him the freedom to express himself in England

• City worried by Bellamy injury at vital time

• Complacent City get shock wake-up call

Arsenal beat rivals to sign Chamakh

London club are on brink of signing Bordeaux striker after edging ahead of Liverpool and Inter Milan in long-running saga

• Arsenal to pounce for Morocco star

• Wenger lets slip severity of Van Persie blow

Gold: West Ham are bigger than Birmingham

Joint-chairman stokes controversy with former club after being disappointed by the manner of his departure from City

• Gold and Sullivan complete West Ham takeover

• West Ham debt up to £110m, say new owners

Super Bowl news  

‘Fans saying thank you, not congratulations’

Scott Fujita, the Saints’ linebacker, tells The Times what the Super Bowl victory means for him and for New Orleans

• New Orleans parties as Saints win

• How the Saints preserved New Orleans

New Orleans savours shift from hurricane to Brees

Saints’ victory over Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl brings joy to the community devastated by Katrina in 2005

• How the Saints won the hearts of the nation

• New Orleans parties as Saints win

What the Saints' victory means

New Orleans's success gives hope to hopeless teams everywhere and is another triumph for the NFL itself

• The new Invictus? Five feelgood victories in sport

• Brees dedicates win to people of New Orleans

Brees dedicates win to people of New Orleans

Saints quarterback, who was named MVP, says Super Bowl victory was destiny after the city overcame despair of Hurricane Katrina

• Saints claim their first Super Bowl title

• Pictures: New Orleans Saints win Super Bowl XLIV

Rugby union news  

Johnson will not rest on laurels

Fit-again Riki Flutey at inside centre, in place of Toby Flood, is the only likely England change for match with Italy

• Barnes's team of the weekend: Haskell stands out

• Haskell ensures Wales have an expensive trip

Robinson recalls Parks for Wales clash

Glasgow fly half returns in place of Phil Godman for trip to Cardiff, with Euan Murray and Rory Lamont also back in starting XV

• Robinson keeps options open for Cardiff

• Beattie and Lamont issue battle cry in aftermath

Beattie issues battle cry in aftermath

Johnnie Beattie and Sean Lamont have assured Scotland supporters that the problems that cost them against France can be solved

• Scotland must consign blues to past

• Charge of the heavy brigade

Jones to keep place against Scotland

The Wales second row will not be dropped despite his match-turning sin-binning for tripping Dylan Hartley at Twickenham

• Jones pays price for moment of madness

• England happy to accept gifts from Wales

More sport  

Letting Strauss opt out is big risk, says Warne

Australian legend says the England captain has shown a "lack of respect" for Test cricket by refusing to go to Bangladesh

• Strauss wrecks England selection policy

• Former England captains criticise Strauss rest

Arrest of Catalans takes gloss off super start

Exhilarating beginning to Engage Super League season overshadowed by detention of five Dragons after alleged brawl

New F1 teams can delay start, says Todt

The FIA president will allow the four entrants in F1 to miss the first three races of the season without incurring punishment

America's Cup forced to reset first race

Sailing: prestigious regatta suffers a setback when unreliable winds force crews to reschedule opening day in Valencia

Racing and Betting News  

Dunguib promises Festival fireworks

Alan Lee wonders whether Ireland's rising star, who seems to take nothing out of himself when winning, is too good to be true

Nicholls has Tricky Trickster rethink

Champion trainer tempted to run the Grand National favourite against Denman, his stablemate, in the Aon Chase at Newbury

Henderson’s charges come into focus

Binocular and Punchestowns both win at Sandown to cheer the trainer as he prepares for the Cheltenham Festival

King revival builds momentum

Trainer is on the mark with Whistlejacquet at Taunton and will give Mille Chief another run at Huntingdon next week