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Carragher plays down title tilt

Defender Jamie Carragher accepts Liverpool's best chance of silverware this season will come in cup competitions as they have too much ground to make up on the likes of title-contenders Chelsea and Manchester United.Read

Two-year deal for Radford

Hull's club captain Lee Radford has ended speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract.Read

Onions out of Ashes

England bowler Graham Onions is to have back surgery next week that will rule him out of this winter's Ashes series in Australia.Read

Capello happy with Rooney form

England manager Fabio Capello is encouraged by Wayne Rooney's return to goalscoring form ahead of Friday's opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria.Read

Gerrard hoping for opening win

Skipper Steven Gerrard has called on England to make a statement of intent in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria on Friday night.Read

Pakistan players maintain innocence

Pakistan high commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan has maintained the innocence of the three Pakistan players named in the spot-fixing allegations surrounding the fourth npower Test against England.Read

Carson released from England squad

Goalkeeper Scott Carson has been released from the England squad to play against Bulgaria following a family bereavement.Read

Miller and Weir to start

Kenny Miller and David Weir are certain starters for Scotland in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier in Lithuania, although manager Craig Levein is yet to name his team.Read

Pakistan trio to miss rest of tour

Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed has confirmed Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer will play no further part on the current tour of England.Read

Curbishley in frame for Villa job

Former Aston Villa player Alan Curbishley has emerged as one of the candidates to succeed Martin O'Neill as manager of the midlands club, it is understood.Read

Saints may leave Franklin's Gardens

Northampton are considering leaving their Franklin's Gardens home if they are not given permission to expand the ground's capacity.Read

Surrey skipper keen for KP to stay

Surrey captain Rory Hamilton-Brown has urged loan signing Kevin Pietersen to make his move to the Oval permanent.Read

Barry: We must put things right

Gareth Barry accepts no matter how well England perform in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign they will still have to win over a sceptical public once they get to Poland and Ukraine.Read

McFadden targets early morale boost

James McFadden claims Scotland owe their fans some early success in their Euro 2012 campaign after a disappointing World Cup bid.Read

Afridi turns focus to cricket

Shahid Afridi was set to lead the charm offensive in Taunton this morning, as Pakistan tried to keep the pressures of the 'spot-fixing' crisis off the field.Read

Rafa enraptured by Spurs switch

Rafael van der Vaart described Tottenham as "a beautiful club" after completing his £8million move from Real Madrid on Wednesday.Read

Solskjaer: Rio is ready to return

Manchester United reserve-team boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Rio Ferdinand can be thrown straight into first-team action after the defender came through Wednesday night's second-string clash with Oldham.Read

Murray opponent hopes for LTA call

Andy Murray will face a unique opponent in the second round of the US Open on Friday - a Jamaican with a German mother and British grandmother who wants to play alongside Murray in Britain's Davis Cup team.Read

Ranting Roddick crashes out

Former champion Andy Roddick has crashed out of the US Open after ranting at a line judge who called a foot fault against him.Read

Champion Clijsters gaining momentum

Reigning champion Kim Clijsters insisted her game was still a work in progress despite easing into the third round of the US Open with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Australian Sally Peers.Read

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