General Sports News

Formula One teams will be encouraged to operate within a £40million budget from next season onwards under new cost-cutting measures. Read More >>

McLaren have escaped with a suspended three-race ban for misleading stewards at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in March. Read More >>

Carlo Ancelotti has attempted to bring to an end the speculation linking him with the Chelsea manager's job after insisting he will still be AC Milan coach next season. Read More >>

Ryan Giggs has been named the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year for the first time in his glittering career. Read More >>

Formula 1 betting favourite Jenson Button moved 12 points clear at the top of the drivers' championship by securing a fine victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Read More >>

Toyota enjoyed a perfect qualifying session at the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix with pole-sitter Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock locking out the front row at Sakhir. Read More >>

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has been charged with two counts of improper conduct following the spitting storm which overshadowed last month's FA Cup clash with Hull City. Read More >>

Ipswich Town have moved quickly to name former Manchester United captain Roy Keane as their new manager. Read More >>

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has admitted Manchester United are now in the driving seat in the title race following his side's 4-4 draw with Arsenal. Read More >>

British and Irish Lions head coach Ian McGeechan has named Ireland's Paul O'Connell as his captain for the three-Test summer tour to South Africa. Read More >>

Sir Alex Ferguson claims he has no regrets over the Manchester United side he picked for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Everton. Read More >>

Cristiano Ronaldo has once again pledged his long-term future to Premier League betting favourites Manchester United by ruling out a summer move away from Old Trafford. Read More >>

Liverpool goalkeeper Charles Itandje has been suspended for two weeks after the club decided that his behaviour during Wednesday's Hillsborough Memorial Service was unbecoming. Read More >>

Sir Alex Ferguson has accused Rafael Benitez of 'arrogance' in the escalating wards of words between the Manchester United and Liverpool managers. Read More >>

Ron Dennis has confirmed that he has stepped down as McLaren's chief executive to bring his involvement in Formula One to an end. Read More >>

Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower has been named as the new team director of the England national side. Read More >>

Five Manchester United players have been nominated for this year's PFA Players' Player of the Year award. Read More >>

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard looks set to feature for the Reds in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea. Read More >>

Rafael Benitez believes Sir Alex Ferguson is feeling nervous as the battle for the Premier League title between Liverpool and betting favourites Manchester United intensifies. Read More >>

Egypt international Amr Zaki believes he still has a future at Wigan Athletic after holding clear-the-air talks with manager Steve Bruce. Read More >>

Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested he will retire after leading Manchester United to two more Champions League successes. Read More >>

Arsenal defender William Gallas has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with medial knee ligament damage. Read More >>

Former captain Michael Vaughan, plus James Foster and Sajid Mahmood, have all returned to the England Performance Squad. Read More >>

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson dismissed renewed rumours linking Portuguese ace Cristiano Ronaldo with a summer move to Real Madrid as pathetic. Read More >>

India upset the cricket odds to seal their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 as the third and final Test match in Wellington ended in a draw following a rain-affected fifth day. Read More >>

Captain Andrew Strauss has been omitted from England's initial 30-man cricket squad for this summer's ICC World Twenty20. Read More >>

Betting favourite Jenson Button made it two wins out of two after securing victory in a dramatic Malaysian Grand Prix that ended early because of torrential rain. Read More >>

Brawn GP ace Jenson Button was delighted after clinching a second successive pole position of the F1 campaign at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Read More >>

Lewis Hamilton insists he is not 'dishonest' amid the growing row over his disqualification from last weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Read More >>

Lewis Hamilton has been disqualified from last weekend's Australian Grand Prix after providing 'misleading' evidence during a hearing held after the race. Read More >>

As predicted by betting experts, former Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer is set to make a sensational return to the club as manager until the end of the season. Read More >>