Messi wins Europe's Ballon d'Or
Tue, Dec 1
Lionel Messi, the Barcelona and Argentina forward, wins the prestigious European Footballer of the Year award.
Serena given fine & suspended ban
Mon, Nov 30
Serena Williams is fined and given a suspended three-year ban from the US Open for her verbal tirade at a line judge at Flushing Meadows.
Manor set for Virgin rebranding
Mon, Nov 30
Manor GP are set to be rebranded as Virgin Racing for the new Formula 1 season.
Woods pulls out of own tournament
Mon, Nov 30
Tiger Woods withdraws from this week's Chevron World Challenge, a tournament he has hosted for the past nine years, because of injuries sustained in a car crash.
BBC sports award shortlist named
Mon, Nov 30
The top 10 contenders for this year's Sports Personality of the Year are revealed.
Monday's gossip column
Mon, Nov 30
Manchester United eye Micah Richards, plus other rumours
Crusaders face 60,000 visa fine
Mon, Nov 30
The Crusaders could be fined 60,000 over the visa irregularities that led to six of their players being deported by the UK Borders Agency.
Flower urges Pietersen patience
Mon, Nov 30
Andy Flower urges England to show patience with Kevin Pietersen as he returns to form after injury.
England confident for Ashes clash
Mon, Nov 30
England are upbeat for their Champions Trophy meeting with Australia, despite having not beaten them for 24 years.
Juniors Meadow drawn away to Hibs
Mon, Nov 30
Junior side Irvine Meadow are drawn away to Hibernian in the fourth round of the Active Nation Scottish Cup.
Emirates throwing incident probed
Mon, Nov 30
The Football Association is to investigate the throwing of an object - believed to be a camera - on to the pitch during Sunday's league match between Arsenal and Chelsea.
Republic ask for extra Cup place
Mon, Nov 30
The Republic of Ireland ask Fifa for an extra place in the 2010 World Cup finals following the handball by Thierry Henry in the play-off against France.
BMW's Theissen leaves Formula 1
Mon, Nov 30
Mario Theissen ends his involvement in Formula 1 after BMW sell their team to founder Peter Sauber.
McLaren relishing driver rivalry
Mon, Nov 30
McLaren say they will be able to cope with running Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in the same team and giving both competitive cars.
Kucera injured in Games build-up
Sun, Nov 29
Canadian skier John Kucera, rated as one of his country's top medal hopes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, suffers a suspected broken leg.
Woods hits out at 'false rumours'
Sun, Nov 29
Tiger Woods hits out at "unfounded rumours" circulating since he was involved in a car accident early on Friday.
Barca leapfrog Real with key win
Sun, Nov 29
Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 at the Camp Nou to overtake their arch rivals at the top of La Liga.
Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea
Sun, Nov 29
Premier League leaders Chelsea left Arsenal's title challenge reeling by beating the Gunners to increase the gap to 11 points on their London rivals.
South Africa's second new World Cup stadium opens in Durban
Sun, Nov 29
The new World Cup stadium in Durban is officially open having hosted its first game between Amazulu and Maritzburg United in the South African premier league.
Davydenko takes World Tour title
Sun, Nov 29
Nikolay Davydenko wins the ATP Tour World Finals title with a 6-3 6-4 win against Juan Martin del Potro at the O2 Arena in London.
Chelsea to face Watford in FA Cup
Sun, Nov 29
FA Cup holders Chelsea will kick off the defence of their trophy with a home tie against Watford after the Londoners were drawn together in the third round.
Everton 0-2 Liverpool
Sun, Nov 29
Goals by Javier Mascherano and Dirk Kuyt hand Liverpool the spoils against luckless Everton.
Dutch hit out at Wenger criticism
Sun, Nov 29
The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) hits back at Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's criticism of their handling of the Robin van Persie ankle injury.
Anderson leads England to victory
Sun, Nov 29
James Anderson takes 5-23 as England bowl out South Africa for 119, winning by seven wickets to lead the one-day series 2-1.
Wolves 0-1 Birmingham
Sun, Nov 29
Lee Bowyer's early strike proves enough to earn Birmingham a deserved win over struggling rivals Wolves and push the Blues up towards mid-table security.
England held to draw with Spain
Sun, Nov 29
England draw 3-3 with Spain in their second group match at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne.
Ancelotti targets European glory
Sun, Nov 29
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti says he would prefer to win the Champions League over the Premier League.
Italy edge to World Cup win
Sun, Nov 29
Edoardo and Francesco Molinari hold off Ireland and Sweden on a tense final day to secure Italy's first victory in the World Cup of Golf in China.
Sunday's gossip column
Sun, Nov 29
Man Utd chase Villa and Man City eye Torres, plus other rumours
Battling Del Potro reaches final
Sat, Nov 28
Juan Martin del Potro beats Robin Soderling in three sets and will face Nikolay Davydenko in Sunday's final at the World Tour Finals in London.