Contract boost for veteran Rauhihi

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Warrington have given prop forward Paul Rauhihi a new contract for 2009 which will see the veteran New Zealander playing beyond his 36th birthday.

Capello: Terry choice down to me

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Fabio Capello has insisted the choice of John Terry as England captain was his alone.

Robinho's dream Chelsea move 'broken'

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Robinho no longer has any chance of joining Chelsea due to Real Madrid's refusal to even discuss a possible deal, according to the Brazilian's advisor.

Reade bounces back from early fall

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Olympic gold medal favourite Shanaze Reade survived an injury scare in her first seeding race for the semi-finals of Thursday's BMX.

Stubbs forced to retire

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Derby defender Alan Stubbs has been forced to retire following a recurrence of a troublesome knee injury.

Cisse to join Black Cats on loan

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Sunderland are on the verge of completing the loan signing of Djibril Cisse after reaching an "agreement in principle" with Marseille over the transfer of the striker.

Mixed emotions for surfing pair

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

It was a day of mixed emotions for Great Britain at the Olympic sailing competition on Wednesday as Bryony Shaw delivered the country's first ever women's windsurfing medal but Nick Dempsey narrowly missed out in the men's RS:X event.

Blonska 'fails drugs test'

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Lyudmila Blonska, the Ukrainian athlete who won silver in the women's heptathlon, is facing disciplinary action after failing a drugs test.

Ebor meeting abandoned

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

York have been forced to abandon the rest of this week's Ebor meeting due to a waterlogged track.

British duo claim open water medals

1:15pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Britain made it five swimming medals in Beijing as Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten claimed silver and bronze in the open water event.

Pensioners may lose backdated cash

Updated 1:29pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Thousands of pensioners could miss out on hundreds of pounds worth of backdated benefits as a result of rule changes that come into force later this year.

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