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RUGBY : Wakefield boss John Kear has issued a statement playing down links with the England coaching vacancy.
FOOTBALL : Ipswich have denied reports that manager Roy Keane is set to lose his job at Portman Road.
FOOTBALL : Cesc Fabregas maintains he will not be distracted by his name being used in Barcelona’s presidential election campaign – and hinted he could even stay at Arsenal for life.
MOTORSPORT : Mercedes Grand Prix have announced Nico Rosberg as their new driver in their first signing since taking over the Brawn GP team.
FOOTBALL : Bolton chairman Phil Gartside says he is not in the business of “pressing panic buttons” after a string of poor results at the Reebok Stadium.
RUGBY : Nathan Hines could not care less if he has to put up with a bit of stick after helping Scotland beat his native Australia for the first time in 27 years.
GOLF : Lee Westwood would have celebrated becoming European Tour number one again well into the early hours no matter how he did it.
CRICKET : Two gritty batsmen from different ends of the experience spectrum have put England 1-0 up against South Africa – and captain Andrew Strauss is delighted to have both in his team.
FOOTBALL : Skipper Steven Gerrard insists that Liverpool can still salvage their season as they prepare for their make-or-break Champions League showdown with Debrecen in Budapest.
FOOTBALL : Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe scored five times to send his side back into the Champions League places as Harry Redknapp’s men ran out 9-1 winners against Wigan at White Hart Lane.
FOOTBALL : Striker Ricardo Fuller applied a clinical finish to a neat passing move to give Stoke a 1-0 victory at home to Portsmouth.
FOOTBALL : Absent Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce got a welcome tonic as his side ended a run of 10 defeats on the road in the league with a 2-0 victory over Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.
RUGBY : Joe Worsley tore medial ligaments in his right knee in the opening minute of England’s 19-6 defeat to New Zealand on Saturday.
CRICKET : England lost two of their most likely match-winners cheaply as they set out in pursuit of South Africa’s 250 for nine at Centurion.
FOOTBALL : A dramatic last-gasp winner from Darren Dods gave Dundee United a 2-1 win and with it their first victory over Celtic in 10 years.
