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By SKIP BANDELE The 2006/07 season kicked off in confusion as Benfica’s inaugural league game was cancelled at the eleventh hour. It is still not clear if supposed opponents, Gil

More big names – By SKIP BANDELE Bolton manager, Sam Allardyce, has beaten Portsmouth’s Harry Redknapp to the signature of ‘enfant terrible’ Nicolas Anelka. The 27-year-old striker, who has never

INTERNATIONALS: New faces  By SKIP BANDELE THE POST-2006 World Cup era kicked off with three Euro’2008 qualifying games and a host of friendly matches barely five weeks after the last penalty

Escaping the bunker Officially, bunkers are called hazards, and the original idea was that if a player hit their ball into a sand bunker, they would lose between a half

TRANSFER MARKET: Top moves  By – SKIP BANDELE ALTHOUGH NOT yet completed, Ashley Cole’s protracted move from Arsenal to Chelsea is set to be finally completed this week for a fee

Stroll in the sunshine – BY SKIP BANDELE The ATP Senior Tour may have to rethink its qualifying criteria, as Chile’s Marcello Rios continued to dominate the season in general

Rising star – BY SKIP BANDELE Andrew Murray continued his good form ahead of the US Open by reaching the semi-final of a Masters Series event for the first time

Gothenburg face-saver – BY SKIP BANDELE Great Britain’s athletes narrowly avoided becoming the first team from these shores to return home without a single gold medal in the 68-year history

White Heart samba Wales will play a friendly international against five times world champions, Brazil in London on September 5. The match at Tottenham’s White Heart Lane will take place

Hoops Ahead of the Basketball World Cup, to be held in Japan, the United States easily beat China 119-73 in Beijing, with LeBron James contributing 23 points. In a further