Former Boston manager Steve Evans says his appeal against charges of contract irregularities and impeding an FA enquiry will be heard later this month. Evans told BBC Radio Lincolnshire his FA hearing ...

Liverpool and Netherlands winger Ryan Babel should be fit for the start of next season despite missing Euro 2008 with an ankle injury. Babel tore ligaments in training on Saturday, but Dutch coach ...

Houston Astros' late dash for Major League Baseball's play-offs has been halted by the advance of Hurricane Ike. Having won 14 of their last 15 games, the Astros called off Friday and Saturday's games ...

Playing the ball is the most unique feature of rugby league. It is the skill that makes the game so different to any other ...

Stunned Belgians are starting to get a clearer picture of the Belgian woman identified as a suicide bomber killed in Iraq last month. La Derniere Heure newspaper published a photo of the woman it said ...

Start wearing our fabulous BBC Sport masks and join in on the craze that's spreading the world. You can look like England stars Kevin Pietersen and spin king Monty Panesar or India's Sachin Tendulkar.

Cricket Tweets What are tweets? Desperately sad to learn of death of Rory Morrison (48) A familiar TMS Radio4 voice for many years. Lovely man @Aggerscricket 3 mins ago; When Fred ...

Brian Clough was a controversial, larger-than-life figure and one of the last football managers to rule his club without consulting his chairman or his shareholders. Leading his teams to two League ...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has heaped praise on Northern Ireland youngster Jonny Evans. The United youngster's loan spell at Royal Antwerp has coincided with him winning his opening ...

Regulation football is played by two teams of 11 players but there is a variety of formations that can be employed. In a European competition, Premiership or League match, three subs from a nominated ...

The Hard Rock Cafe in central London has been damaged in a fire. Eight fire engines attended the blaze at the seven-storey restaurant in Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner, a London Fire Brigade ...

PET (or PETE) Polyethylene terephthalate Clear drinks bottles, food packaging such as fruit punnets, textile fibres (polyester). PET bottles are collected by 92% of councils. Recycled PET is generally ...