England paceman Stuart Broad says he will not mind if he is targeted by the Australian supporters during the upcoming Ashes series down under.
Full Story Broad: I like a bit of niggle
Super League champions Leeds Rhinos face the prospect of elimination from the play-offs on Friday when bogey team St Helens come to Headingley Carnegie.
Full Story Rhinos v Saints: Teams
Sebastian Vettel says he will miss the competitiveness of longstanding Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber when the Australian retires from F1 at the end of the season.
Full Story Vettel ‘will miss’ Webber
Former Sunderland captain Lee Cattermole could feature for them against West Bromwich Albion this weekend, Paolo Di Canio has confirmed.
Full Story Cattermole could face Baggies
Castleford Tigers have announced that assistant coach Danny Orr will be staying until at least the end of 2015, having signed a new two-year contract.
Full Story Orr handed Cas extension
Ryan Sidebottom has committed himself to Yorkshire for the remainder of his career after extending his contract until 2015.
Full Story Sidebottom agrees new deal
Alex Wood had a fiery exchange with home-plate umpire CB Bucknor which seemed to spur the Atlanta Braves on to a 5-2 win over Washington Nationals.
Full Story MLB: Row spurs on the Braves
A look back at the career of former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who died aged 70 on Wednesday.
Full Story Ken Norton factfile
Former heavyweight world champion Ken Norton, who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1973, has died at the age of 70.
Full Story Ali conqueror Norton dies
Jordan Eberle scored a goal and added two assists as the Edmonton Oilers downed the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Wednesday in NHL pre-season action.
Full Story Oilers strike early against Luongo, rout Canucks
Atletico Madrid continued their stunning start to the season with a 3-1 Champions League victory over Zenit St Petersburg.
Full Story Atletico down luckless Zenit
Gloucester prop Nick Wood has been banned for eight weeks for stamping on Saracens’ Jacques Burger.
Full Story Wood banned for eight weeks
Joffrey Lupul skated with his Toronto Maple Leafs teammates on Wednesday for the first time this training camp after being held out because of back spasms.
Full Story Joffrey Lupul returns to Leafs, skates with Kessel, Bozak
Home favourite Mikhail Youzhny bowed out of the St Petersburg Open in the second round as Guillermo Garcia-Lopez held his nerve to go through.
Full Story Youzhny tumbles out in Russia
Hull prop Andy Lynch has confirmed he will be re-joining Castleford at the end of the season.
Full Story Prop Lynch rejoins Castleford
Peyton Manning will have a new left tackle protecting his blindside after the Denver Broncos placed Ryan Clady on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday.
Full Story Broncos lose lineman Ryan Clady for season
Coach Jon Lewis says Durham are happy to play the long game to secure their third County Championship in six years this week.
Full Story Lewis: Durham happy to wait
Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson has outlined his intention to work hard in order to ensure he remains at the heart of the Reds’ campaign.
Full Story Henderson: I’m working hard
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoyed a straight-sets win over fellow Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin as he eased into the quarter-finals of the Moselle Open in Metz.
Full Story Tsonga motors to Metz win
Leeds veteran Jamie Peacock has been short-listed for the 2013 Man of Steel award – 10 years after lifting the coveted trophy.
Full Story Peacock up for Man of Steel
