Kevin Durant was the star of the show as Oklahoma City Thunder edged out Philadelphia 76ers 103-99 in a NBA pre-season game in front of a crowd of 13,472 in Manchester.
Full Story Thunder roar in Manchester
Holders Crewe were dumped out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy after going down 4-0 to League Two Fleetwood.
Full Story Fleet send holders packing
A judge has found Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones not guilty of an assault charge accusing him of punching a woman in the head. A Hamilton County Municipal Court visiting judge heard the case after Jones waived a jury trial.
Full Story Judge finds Bengals’ Pacman Jones not guilty of assault
An intriguing Eastern Conference clash between Sporting Kansas
City and the Houston Dynamo will lose some of its luster based on
some critical absences.
Full Story Sporting Kansas City-Dynamo Preview
The Winnipeg Jets say they know how much they owe goaltender Ondrej Pavelec after a 2-1 start.
Full Story Goalie Ondrej Pavelec taking too many shots, Jets say
Gareth Southgate believes Ravel Morrison shares an ability with Paul Gascoigne to do things “out of the ordinary”.
Full Story Southgate: Morrison can shine
Phil Jagielka says England’s defenders have total confidence in goalkeeper Joe Hart ahead of their crunch World Cup qualifiers with Montenegro and Poland.
Full Story Jagielka: We all back Hart
Jack Wilshere does not want to see Manchester United teenager Adnan Januzaj being brought into the England squad by the Football Association.
Full Story Jack – Keep England English
The NFL will play three regular-season games at London’s Wembley Stadium next year, hosted by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons and Oakland Raiders. Also at the NFL meetings, owners narrowed down potential 2018 Super Bowl host cities to New Orleans, Indianapolis and Minneapolis.
Full Story London’s Wembley Stadium hosting 3 NFL games in 2014
Chris Robshaw insists he is not thinking about the England captaincy and has all his focus on the upcoming rounds of the Heineken Cup.
Full Story Robshaw focuses on Heineken
Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o has reversed his decision to retire from international football and will join up with Cameroon for next week’s 2014 World Cup Africa Zone play-off in Tunisia.
Full Story Eto’o makes Cameroon u-turn
Sandro Rosell has added to speculation in Spain that Barcelona want Thibaut Courtois to replace Victor Valdes next season by openly declaring his admiration for the Chelsea goalkeeper.
Full Story Barcelona keen on Courtois
Former All Black star Sonny Bill Williams has made himself available to New Zealand for the Rugby League World Cup.
Full Story Sonny Bill headache for NZ
FIFA made a mistake awarding the World Cup to Qatar and will put the health of players and fans at risk if the tournament is not moved from the summer, according to the man who led the official inspection of the bidding nations.
Full Story FIFA ‘made error with Qatar’
The Atlanta Falcons could lose Julio Jones for the season after the Pro Bowl receiver injured his foot Monday in a 30-28 loss to the New York Jets. Coach Mike Smith says Jones, the NFL leader with 41 catches, did not get encouraging results from a visit with doctors Tuesday morning.
Full Story Falcons receiver Julio Jones may be out for season
Matt Kemp will undergo cleanup surgery on his left shoulder, a procedure that was planned before the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger was shut down for the post-season because of a sprained left ankle.
Full Story Dodgers’ Matt Kemp to have procedure on shoulder
Ernie Els believes the International team can take plenty of positives from their performance at last week’s Presidents Cup despite falling to another defeat in the biennial event.
Full Story Els hails Presidents quality
Kent have released veteran fast bowler Charlie Shreck, whilst batsman Alex Blake has been given a new one-year contract.
Full Story Kent release veteran Shreck
Understudies can write own scripts in qualifiers.
Full Story Klinsmann checks out understudies
Stuart Lancaster admits that losing centre pairing Brad Barritt and Manu Tuilagi to injury is disappointing ahead of the autumn internationals but is looking at the situation in a positive manner.
Full Story Lancaster remains positive
