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The Guardian: Sport

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Liverpool and RBS wait on high-court decision after day of drama

Lawyers for Liverpool, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett met at the high court in London today

Peter Crouch is brought low by England obsession with height up front

Paul Hayward: Another night of massed ineptitude at Wembley should not make us as blind to the Spurs striker's abilities as his manager is
England frustrated in goalless draw against Montenegro

England produced a disjointed performance against Montenegro at Wembley and could only draw 0-0
England return to the dark ages

Richard Williams: Fabio Capello must bear responsibility for his players' sluggishness of mind and body and their failure to improve
England's highly paid stars unable to break Montenegro's red wall

David Pleat: The England midfield were at a tactical loss when confronted by a bank of five midfielders shielding their back four

Wales hit rock bottom to end Brian Flynn's qualification dream early

A second defeat in five days saw Wales plummet to their worst start to a qualifying campaign in 40 years as Switzerland ran out 4-1 winners
Republic left to rue Robbie Keane's missed penalty against Slovakia

The Republic of Ireland left Slovakia with a point after a 1-1 draw but it could have been better if Robbie Keane had scored with a penalty
Kyle Lafferty rescues a point for Northern Ireland against Faroe Islands

Kyle Lafferty scored a 76th-minute equaliser as Northern Ireland could only draw against Faroe Islands in Toftir

Fernando Llorente's late strike for Spain snuffs out Scotland fightback

Joseba Llorente's late goal left Scotland with an uphill battle to qualify for Euro 2012
England Under-21s reach European Championship finals after stalemate

A 0-0 draw in Romania was enough to send England Under-21s through to the European Championship finals 2-1 on aggregate
Dirk Kuyt faces long lay-off after 'serious' ankle injury with Holland

Liverpool's manager, Roy Hodgson, ran into more trouble when Dirk Kuyt and Daniel Agger were injured on international duty last night

Tom Hicks and George Gillett play injured parties in Liverpool saga

David Conn: The American owners' last throw of the dice was the claim in court that they have Liverpool's best interests at heart
Even the judge wears red for Liverpool's slow-burning theatre

Mr Justice Floyd arrived on the dot of 10.30am sporting a set of good-omen red silk ribbons – would this be the Liverpool fans' day in the high court?

Andy Murray to face mystery man Yan Bai in Shanghai

Andy Murray faces the unexpected challenge of Yan Bai after the Chinese No4 defeated Radek Stepanek in the Shanghai Masters 1000 event
Derek Chisora leapfrogs David Haye to take on the Klitschko brothers

Derek Chisora, from Zimbabwe via north London, has landed consecutive world title chances against the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali
Yeongam gets green light to host Korean grand prix

With 12 days to go before the scheduled race, the Korean grand prix was finally given the green light following a track inspection

Commonwealth Games 2010: Mark Lewis-Francis secures relay gold

The English track team ended their Commonwealth Games in style, with contrasting back-to-back wins in the men's and women's sprint relays
Commonwealth Games 2010: Tom Daley projects taste of gold to London

Tom Daley said after winning the 10-metre synchro dive with Max Brick that he had one more title to get before he retired: Olympic gold

Indian spinners leave Australia facing a second Test defeat

India's spinners combined to put the hosts on top at the end of the fourth day of the second Test against Australia
Criquette Head-Maarek has Fuisse in fine form for Champion Stakes

Criquette Head-Maarek has lamented the transfer of the Champion Stakes to Ascot but has Fuisse ready for its last running at Newmarket on Saturday
Martin Johnson flexes his muscles over France-based England trio

England were adamant Jonny Wilkinson, Tom Palmer and James Haskell must be released by their French clubs for a training camp before autumn internationals

The Commonwealth Games needs its Tempest in a Turban

Frank Keating: What has the Commonwealth Games become since the days of Daley Thompson, Ian Stewart and Milkha Singh?