Running – Blue Riband
Victory in the latest 100m Golden League event in Zurich ahead of the Olympics has made Jamaica’s Asafa Powell favourite for the high-profile race. The 21-year-old student had already left
The road to Athens – The Ancient ‘Games’
Looking back to 2,800 years ago, competitors such as Eddy ‘The Eagle’ Edwards or Sydney’s slowest swimmer ever (from Tonga) would have had little chance of survival, let alone public
Comment – Sweet FA
So Sven has come out of the affair still firmly sitting in the saddle. The chinless wonder with the goofy teeth who has never actually won anything with England will
Football – Asian Championships – Banzai!
Following Greece’s success over Portugal in Europe and that of Brazil over Argentina in South America, it was Asia’s turn to determine the continental champions over the last two weeks.
Football – Champions League
In the third qualifying round for the former European Cup competition (Champions League), Benfica has been drawn against Belgian side Anderlecht. Liverpool face Graz AK from Austria, Manchester United play
Football – Greek revenge
Coach José Romao has announced the Portuguese squad for the Athens tournament, which will attempt to go one better than the full international team at Euro 2004. The list of
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New heights Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva staked her claim for pole vault gold in Athens by breaking the world record in Birmingham last week. She jumped 4.89m, bettering Svetlana Feofanova’s old
The Dons face the Dons
Football’s Wimbledon Dons played the Dons of Huelva in the inaugural Portimão Cup at the Portimonense Stadium recently. But anyone expecting to see the Wimbledon of old would have been
Football – Portimao up
Following the long drawn out saga of whether relegated Portimonense were to take Salgueiros’ place in the Liga da Honra [Portugal’s First Division] or not, which went to the PFA’s
Football – Portuguese connection
Rui Costa looks set to join Christiano Ronaldo and assistant coach Carlos Queiroz at Old Trafford. Benfica’s hopes of signing the ex-international were dashed when AC Milan accepted Manchester’s offer