Football news  

Grant weighs up mission impossible

Israeli may require new work permit application if he is to take up the reins at the Barclays Premier League bottom club

• Portsmouth sack Hart in survival quest

• Hart considering new role at Portsmouth

United find solace in Liverpool humbling

Man Utd 0 Besiktas 1: Rodrigo Tello’s long-range effort leaves home fans to comfort themselves with exit of arch-rivals

• United facing Real problem after defeat

• Foster suffers another uncomfortable night

Hull stave off resolute Everton fightback

Hull 3 Everton 2: home side race into three-goal interval lead and hang on for an invaluable victory in Premier League

• Bullard hits right note for battling Brown

• Moyes supports Old Firm Premier League move

Dempsey’s double gives Fulham deserved reward

Fulham 3 Blackburn 0: United States striker hits two late goals to confirm win which lifts home side into top half of table

• Hodgson says home-grown coaches are devalued

• Dempsey’s double gives Fulham deserved reward

Rugby news  

Cockerill handed four-week ban for abuse

Leicester head coach guilty of unacceptable behaviour towards officials at LV Cup match against Newport Gwent Dragons

• Burns steps up to help Gloucester stop rot

• Cockerill attributes maturity to French polish

England’s rut forms part of wider malaise

This season’s famine of entertainment may yet be a blip but it falls to those on and off the pitch to elevate the game

• Cockerill handed four-week ban for abuse

• The Rolling Maul: Johnson must prove he's a leader

Sexton replaces O’Gara against Springboks

Choice of Sexton to face South Africa confirms that the Munster veteran finally has rival for the fly half jersey

Beale leads the procession for Wallabies

Cardiff's record of never having lost to Australia ended with a comprehensive defeat at the hands of the touring team

Cricket news  

Broad hopes he is in the clear from injuries

The fast bowler is optimistic that he will be able to make his first appearance for England since the Champions Trophy

Test cricket dying in India

Pitches that favour batsmen and reduce bowlers to second-class citizens are killing the game on the sub-continent

Morgan and Trott chase IPL riches

Franchises make contact with representatives of England batsmen after dazzling recent performances in limited-overs game

Referral system approved for England series

Controversial umpire scheme to be used in South Africa but doubts remain over what gadgets will be used and who pays

More sport news  

Adlington and Jackson sign up for dream team

Swimming: British rivals join European line-up preparing to take on the cream of the United States in Manchester

• Phelps hungry to put body back on the line

• Europe could face duel without biggest guns

England aim to blood new talent before 2012

Hockey: Jason Lee has called up an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old to the England squad for the Champions Trophy

• London calling: measuring Britain’s progress

• Britain's hockey heroes remember glory of Seoul 1988

The Kerrs pursue seventh ice dance title

Ice skating: Brother and sister will be joined by second couple in Great Britain team at Winter Olympics in Vancouver

• Ice skating: Kerrs dreaming of bigger things after fourth national title

• Ice skating: Kerrs brush aside family ties to excel in tango

Rackets draws great and good to Queen’s Club

Rackets: Jamie Stout’s victory over Alex Tichener-Barrett is a sideshow to the network of money and power at courtside

• Ron Hughes

• Dogged Chisholm ends Fahey run

Racing and Betting News  

Byrnes plays down claims of Solwhit

Trainer is sceptical about his horse claiming the scalp of Binocular, pictured, in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle

Riled jockeys keen to throw book at Dunwoody

Ex-rider suggests Richard Johnson might have had a better chance of being champion with a different agent

Moore wins recognition with ride on Cappa Bleu

In-form jockey gets Hennessy call-up from Evan Williams as opposition to top weight Denman takes shape