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16 June 2010 Roger Federer is the No1 seed for the men’s Wimbledon singles in 2010 despite being knocked off the No1 ranking slot by Rafa Nadal. The seedings are calculated using a formula that takes into account a player’s performance on grass, meaning Federer, tennis king of grass for years and reigning champion in […]

By Nick Harris 15 June 2010 Lalit Modi, the suspended chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League, finished his response to third “show cause” notice against him last night and submitted it to the relevant authorities in India via email from London today. Modi is accused of a variety of misdemeanours and improper conduct […]

By Keira Daley 15 June 2010 A rowing crew hoping to become the first women to row non-stop around Britain’s coastline have completed 600 miles of their 2,010-mile challenge within the first 14 days and are guaranteed to win the two-boat “race” to finish the challenge after their male opponents withdrew yesterday. When they set […]

By Pete Wilson 15 June 2010 Football’s world govering body Fifa has defended the Adidas Jabulani ball today, saying it has not received a single official complaint from the Football Associations of any of the 32 competing nations at the World Cup. Adidas has also defended the ball again, with spokesman Thomas Schaikvan saying: “I wouldn’t […]

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By Pete Wilson 11 June 2010 With the World Cup kicking off in South Africa today, fans around the globe are nailing their colours to the mast, highlighting again the animosity between England and their northern neighbours, Scotland. Or to be more precise, the animosity apparently felt by Scottish football fans towards England at major […]

By Nick Harris 10 June 2010 Australia have withdrawn from the race to stage the 2018 World Cup to focus their attentions of the 2022 event. Fifa and Australia’s football federation (FFA) have released a joint statement to that effect after it became obvious that the 2018 race is going to be a Europe-only affair. […]

By Keira Daley 9 June 2010 Arsenal’s Russian playmaker, Andrei Arshavin, currently in South Africa on lobbying business for the Russian bid to stage the 2018 World Cup, has given a Q&A interview on his personal website in which he talks about his admiration for Liverpool, his confusion at a supporter carving his name on […]

By Pete Wilson 9 June 2010 Blackburn Rovers are selling the cheapest season tickets in the Premier League tickets for the 2010-11 season, with a standard adult ticket available for £209 plus a mandatory £15 minimum direct debit charge taking the price to £224. This makes Blackburn the club with the lowest “entry level” season […]

By Pete Wilson 8 June 2010 Rafa Benitez is the new manager of Internazionale, and his appointment will officially be confirmed tomorrow. The Spaniard has been out of work for less than a week and his move comes as no surprise; he was considering the post even before Liverpool’s hierarchy forced him out. The Inter […]