By Brian Sears 18 November 2010 When Arsenal host Tottenham on Saturday lunchtime in the Premier League, the game will feature the two sides who have the most head-to-head draws in the League’s 18-and-a-bit-year-history. The north London pair have played 36 times in the 18 completed seasons, with 16 draws – or 44.44 per cent. […]

By Alexandra Willis 17 November 2010 Some of the most famous names in tennis have predicted who they think will emerge victorious at the end of next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena. Speaking ahead of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, which takes place the week following […]

By Nick Harris 17 November 2010 Football’s European governing body Uefa has open disciplinary proceedings against Vlatko Markovic, the president of the Croatian Football Federation who caused outrage with a recent interview saying no gay players would represent his country during his reign. Uefa will examine whether Markovic was guilty of making the homophobic comments as […]

16 November 2010 The missed shot on goal yesterday by Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan is already being called the worst miss of all time, and it’s certainly a contender. (Watch here). But it’s not a certainty for the title, as this effort (below) by Kei Kamara of the Kansas City Wizards in the MLS […]

16 November 2010 The missed shot on goal yesterday by Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan is already being called the worst miss of all time, and it’s certainly a contender. (Watch here). But it’s not a certainty for the title, as this effort (below) by Ronny Rosenthal for Liverpool against Aston Villa in 1992 shows. […]

16 November 2010 The missed shot on goal yesterday by Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan is already being called the worst miss of all time, and it’s certainly a contender. (Watch here). But it’s not a certainty for the title, as this effort (below) by former Luton forward Rocky Baptiste shows. Rocky was playing for […]

16 November 2010 It’s already being called the worst miss in football history. It’s certainly a blooper. Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan really should have scored this one (see video below) against Uzbekistan to put the Asian Games holders into the quarter-finals yesterday, but hit the post rather than tap into an open goal. Uzbekistan […]

By Brian Sears 15 November 2010 If there is a perception in some quarters that Manchester United are faltering this season, it should be balanced against the fact that they are enjoying their longest ever unbeaten run at the start of a Premier League season. They are unbeaten after 13 league games following the weekend’s […]

By Nick Harris 14 November 2010 John Higgins completed the perfect return to competitive snooker this evening by winning the first event he’s played since April. The former world No1 won the final of Euro Players Tour Championship in Hamm, Germany by beating Shaun Murphy 4-2. The final was Higgins’ seventh match since Friday; he also […]

12 November 2010 Can you identify the sporting arena? We take an aerial view of a topical ball park, football stadium, marathon course, golf course, Games venue, race track, iconic arena, athletic theatre (some literally theatres), pitch, park, stretch of water or wherever else sport takes place. And we ask you to identify it with the […]