Redknapp's moment of triumph threatened by Welsh upstarts

Harry Redknapp was playing golf with his son Jamie when the draw for the FA Cup sixth round was announced in February. When Portsmouth came out as the team away to Manchester United, Jamie says that Harry picked up his clubs and threw them – with the anger of a man who has just seen his best chance of a big trophy go up in smoke.

Rugby risks becoming a different ball game

It is not easy to imagine Kevin Keegan as a rugby man: he would not have been a fat lot of use in the line-out, and even at scrum-half, a position specifically designed for the vertically challenged, his temperament would have worked against him. Remember the anti-Manchester United diatribe a few years back? Had he lost his rag like that against the All Blacks – or even against those amateur teams who draw their players from the less salubrious areas of Gloucester – he would have been left to contemplate life as a public laughing stock from his hospital bed.

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Eto'o's high wages set to scupper Spurs hopes

Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of signing Samuel Eto'o appear doomed to failure as the Barcelona striker is earning £128,000 a week – after tax. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is prepared to fly out to Spain to try to broker the deal and although the Premier League club believe they can cope with the transfer fee, and hope to negotiate Barça down from the £27m they are currently demanding, Eto's wages are prohibitive.

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Mears and Stevens return as Bath battle on two fronts

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New Zealand 277 England 68-0: Sidebottom rises above the clouds to leave England in ascendancy

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Hamilton shuns safety organisation

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Double amputee wins right to race in the Olympics – but is he fast enough?

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Sorenstam earns player praise

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The road to Wembley Cardiff take on Portsmouth in the FA Cup final on Saturday. We take a look at how the two teams got there

The FA Cup

Saturday's final does not feature one of the 'big four' for the first time in 15 years. What does this mean for the quality of the big match?

It'll be as bad as last year	6%
As mediocre as the teams	15%
Can't be worse than the 'big four' finals	25%
Once-in-a-lifetime minnows' final	18%
Expect the first thriller under Wembley's arch	36%