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Man Utd's Ryan Giggs (left) is congratulated by Cristiano Ronaldo after his goal at West Ham Giggs stunner earns Man Utd victory
Man Utd return to the top of the Premier League as a sublime Ryan Giggs strike sees them win 1-0 at West Ham.

Tom Shanklin is congratulated as Wales beat Scotland Wales cruise to win over Scotland
Wales start the defence of their RBS Six Nations crown with a comfortable win over Scotland at Murrayfield.

Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue is shown the red card against Tottenham at White Hart Lane Tottenham 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal salvage a point against Tottenham despite having to play most of the game with 10 men.



Haddin ton sets up Australia win
Brad Haddin hits 109 as Australia end a five-match losing streak with a 32-run win over New Zealand.

Flower plays down 'distractions'
England assistant coach Andy Flower believes the first Test defeat by the West Indies was not due to external distractions.

Benitez stands by team selection
Rafael Benitez defends his decision to rest key players after his Liverpool side secure victory at Portsmouth in the last minute.

Wilkins defends Scolari tactics
Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins criticises a minority fans who booed Blues boss Luiz Felipe Scolari after the 0-0 draw with Hull.

France call up Boyoud for Lecouls
France are confident that Sebastien Chabal, Benoit Lecouls and Imanol Harinordoquy will be fit for Saturday's Six Nations match against Scotland.

Italy call up scrum-half Griffen
Italy coach Nick Mallett brings scrum-half Paul Griffen and Ulster lock Carlo del Fava into his squad for the Six Nations match against Ireland.

O'Driscoll warns against euphoria
Brian O'Driscoll says Ireland must not get carried away despite a perfect start to their Six Nations campaign with victory over France.

Wales will be ferocious - Johnson
Martin Johnson warns England's players they face an extremely intense examination against Wales in Cardiff next week.

Sri Lanka avoid series whitewash
Tillakaratne Dilshan falls three runs short of a century as Sri Lanka beat India by 68 runs in the fifth one-day international in Colombo.

Gayle glad to avenge 2004 defeat
West Indies captain Chris Gayle says his side's innings and 23-run win over England avenged their humilating reverse in 2004.

Tsonga clinches South Africa win
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins his third ATP title with a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) victory over fellow Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the SA Tennis Open final.

Jankovic win seals Serbia berth
Jelena Jankovic's 6-3 6-2 win over Ai Sugiyama puts Serbia through to the Fed Cup World Group play-offs for the first time at the expense of Japan.

London marathon on Kibet schedule
Kenya's world marathon champion Luke Kibet confirms he plans to take part in April's London Marathon.

Smith quits Arsenal for US league
England striker Kelly Smith is to leave Arsenalto play in the Women's Professional Soccer league in the United States.

Sunday's gossip column
Liverpool back in for Gareth Barry, plus other rumours


Football

Beckham returns to England squad
David Beckham is named in Fabio Capello's England squad for the friendly against Spain on 11 February.


Rugby Union

Highlights - Scotland 13-26 Wales
Wales begin their defence of the Six Nations crown with a confident victory over Scotland at Murrayfield.


Tennis

Nadal and Murray head Dutch field
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray head into this week's World Tennis event in Rotterdam with points to prove.


Motorsport

Drivers hit back in licences row
F1 drivers accuse motorsport's governing body of wanting to increase the cost of their racing licences to boost its budget.


Athletics

Ohuruogu beaten in Irish Indoors
Christine Ohuruogu is unable to register a victory in her two events at a low-key Irish Indoor Championships in Belfast.


Olympics and Olympic Sport

Daley dominates to retain title
Teenage star Tom Daley sets a new personal best score on his way to retaining his 10m platform title at the British Diving Championships.


Cricket

England have no direction, says Gooch
Former England captain Graham Gooch says the team lacks direction, leadership and unity after their Test defeat by West Indies.


Rugby League

Wildcats away win stuns Warriors
Injury-hit Wakefield score a surprise 12-6 win at Wigan in their opening Super League match.


Golf

Donald prospers but Rollins leads
Britain's Luke Donald moves into a tie for fourth place at the Buick Invitational, but is six shots behind leader John Rollins.


Boxing

Warren predicts Calzaghe comeback
Frank Warren believes recently retired Joe Calzaghe could make a comeback if the money is right.


Cycling

Cavendish takes final Qatar stage
Mark Cavendish clinches the final stage of the Tour of Qatar as the overall event, marred by the death of Frederiek Nolf, is won by Belgium's Tom Boonen.


Other sport...

Women's downhill race postponed
The women's downhill race will now take place on Monday as bad weather and poor visibility forces the event to be postponed.



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