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The hopes for the Indian Premier League cricket to be staged in London have been dashed according to a recent report in The Times which has revealed that the security services were overlooked in talks with the Indian league and a potential tax issue ...

Sports Desk

The Bourneside Lawn Tennis Club in Southgate is launching its junior and "early bird" tennis camps for Spring and is working hard towards achieving a "beacon centre" status with The Tennis Foundation.

Under the new programme for Spring, players as young as 3 ...

West Ham are set to fork out £15million to Sheffield United to end the Carlos Tevez relegation row.

The Argentinean striker was instrumental in the East London’s clubs Premiership survival at the end of the 2007 season - scoring the winner at Old Trafford to send the Yorkshire ...

An Arsenal fan was stabbed after crazed 'ultra' Roma supporters stormed a minibus on the way to their Champions League tie in Rome.

The driver took a wrong turn near the Stadio Olimpico, the British Embassy said.

The victim was treated inside the stadium for a cut to ...

Chelsea FC has revealed a £65.7m loss for the financial year to June 2008.

£23m was shelled out in compensation to former managers and five coaches including Jose Mourinho and Avram Grant.

The figures do not take into account the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari, who was axed ...

City Hall Desk

Mayor Boris Johnson, Dame Kelly Holmes and Beijing Bronze Medallist Louis Smith today met 30 young Olympic hopefuls, who have each been awarded sports grants of £1,000. The aspiring athletic stars were selected by the Mayor in partnership with the charity SportsAid for their exceptional ...

Sports Desk

The former head coach of Brazil Luis Felipe Scolari has been sacked by Chelsea Football Club, in a statement issued by the club:

"Luiz Felipe Scolari has been dismissed as manager of Chelsea Football Club today (Monday) with immediate effect.

The Chelsea ...

A roundup of the weeks European basketball action with Alkis 

Group E:

Olympiacos Vs Tau Ceramica (S.E.F): 73-70
(18-26, 18-18, 20-14, 17-12)

“Offense sells tickets defence wins games” was once again confirmed. In this Group E derby TAU only scored 26 points in ...

ITV was left red faced last night after missing the only goal of the Merseyside derby for an ad break.

Football fans were left fuming after adverts kicked in during the second half of extra time in a tense goalless FA Cup replay.

Many viewers missed Dan Gosling's ...