Football news  

England fans set to enjoy box seats

Fifa do not expect the full allocation of 308,000 seats reserved for corporate hospitality guests at World Cup to be taken up

• Everything fans need to know about the World Cup

• Eason at large: a great night in South Africa's history

Ferguson confuses all with his mastery

West Ham 0 Man Utd 4: Paul Scholes inspires visitors' mix-and-match side to victory, but Sir Alex Ferguson has major injury concerns

• Zola finds concerns in goal-fest

• Glazers hit the wall over refinancing

Clubs must tackle curse of agents their fees

The revelation that agents were paid £71m is scandalous and the FA should do its duty and banish them, says Patrick Barclay

• Premier League clubs get £70m agents' bill

• If agents a waste, why do clubs pay us?

Hughes and Man City get back on track

Man City 2 Chelsea 1: victory over league leaders may prove to be pivotal moment when manager looks back at time at Eastlands

• Dunne furious with Fifa compensation offer

• Hughes flatters pedigree of Chelsea

Rugby news  

Blues just the ticket for Roberts

Barbarians 25 New Zealand 18: thrilling encounter at Twickenham sees All Blacks fall to a hat-trick of tries from Bryan Habana

Wasps survive late Crane try on eve of hearing

London Wasps 24 Leicester 22: after beating the Premiership champions, club must now convince Premier Rugby panel

Northampton leave it late to cash in on Ashton

Northampton 15 Bath 13: Guinness Premiership’s leading tryscorer scores another two to keep the home side ahead

Dallaglio: Cipriani should stay put

Fly half advised to sign a long-term contract with London Wasps if he is determined to regain his England place

Cricket news  

ICC has fresh referrals problem

Potential crisis looms over controversial umpire decision referral system after Mark Benson withdraws from Test match

• Mystery after English umpire walks out on Test

• Referral system approved for England series

England in difficulty as Anderson struggles

Andy Flower has only four fully fit bowlers in his team with the first Test against South Africa fast approaching

• Davies called up to England squad

• Pietersen: the prodigal’s return

Wisdom of Gooch lights up Port Elizabeth

In the latest installment of his tour diary from South Africa, Richard Hobson is enthralled by the anecdotes of the former England captain

Strauss demands storming form in Test series

After rain at the Sahara Stadium gives England a one-day series win over South Africa, the captain sets a bigger goal

More sport news  

Hopes grow for Schumacher return

Bernie Ecclestone fans flames of speculation over identity of driver to replace Jenson Button at Mercedes Grand Prix

Bambridge brightens outlook with Florida win

Briton wins under-14 crown with a three-set victory over Thai Kwiatkowski, of the United States, at Eddie Herr tournament

Hearn wants to take snooker back to glory days

Chairman-in-waiting promises plan to reinvigorate and modernise the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

Mitchell dodges bombs to break Prescott’s heart

East London boxer succeeds where Amir Khan failed by boxing from the back foot and avoiding the Columbian's heavy blows

Racing and Betting News  

Walsh has bonanza in grasp

Jockey has scooped all the big prizes in recent weeks and earns high praise from Paul Nicholls for his versatility when it comes to tactics

• Sunday's results

Knight back in spotlight as Somersby takes plaudits

Trainer famous for her exploits with Best Mate has another gifted chaser in which she can look forward to lofty days

Johnson tonic as Our Vic resumes winning ways

David Pipe-trained chaser gains his frst win for 18 months in Warwick feature, while Money Trix and Joncol are bound for the Lexus Chase