Chelsea deny reports that Frank Lampard has broken his toe and insist he will be fit for the new season. Read more…

MILAN (Reuters) - European champions AC Milan have won the race to sign 17-year-old Brazilian playmaker Alexandre Pato from Internacional, the Italian club said. Read more…

Luke Wright flourishes after being given a chance by Sussex Read more…

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica sets the quickest time in first practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix. Read more…

NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) - Last season's Champions League finalists Liverpool will take on French club Toulouse in the third qualifying round of this season's competition. Read more…

Liverpool, Arsenal, Celtic and Rangers are all handed hard tasks in the qualifying round of the Champions League. Read more…

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South Africa announce that players who are based outside the country will no longer be picked for the Springboks. Read more…

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A heavy downpour on Sunday afternoon would go a long way to raising Jenson Button's spirits. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - England forward Alan Smith joined Newcastle United from Premier League champions Manchester United on Friday in a five-year deal. Read more…

The ins and outs of the Argentine striker's protracted move to Man Utd Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - A record 1,000 dope tests will be conducted at the world athletics championships in Osaka, Japan, between August 25 and September 2. Read more…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian players joining the unofficial Twenty20 Indian Cricket League (ICL) this year will be banned from international cricket for life, Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shan said on Friday. Read more…

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - McLaren's Fernando Alonso set the pace on Friday in free practice for a Hungarian Grand Prix that could send the Spaniard back to the top of the Formula One standings. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - West Ham United have reached a 2 million pound settlement with Carlos Tevez's representatives that will allow the Argentina striker to leave the club, West Ham announced on Friday. Read more…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Weeping tears of joy and pride, Iraq's soccer champions arrived home on Friday to celebrate the Asian Cup victory that inspired their nation, but heavy security meant few Baghdadis were able to join the party. Read more…

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Formula One champions Renault will attend an appeal court hearing into a spying controversy between McLaren and Ferrari, team head Flavio Briatore said on Friday. Read more…

COBHAM (Reuters) - Chelsea's Frank Lampard was declared fit on Friday to face Manchester United in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday even though he has a toe injury. Read more…

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Lorena Ochoa leads but Catriona Matthew is closing in fast after round two of the Women's British Open. Read more…

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Ferrari denied on Friday that their cars were illegal in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and castigated Formula One rivals McLaren for making "serious and false" accusations against them. Read more…

ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - Theo de Rooij has stepped down as general director of the Rabobank cycling team who sacked Danish rider Michael Rasmussen during the Tour de France. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - Leeds United's new owners have been cleared to start next season in the third division but have been given a 15-point deduction by the Football League, the Yorkshire club said on Friday. Read more…

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Liverpool scored a goal in each half to beat Shanghai Shenhua of China 2-0 in the opening match of the Port of Rotterdam tournament on Friday. Read more…

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Captain Barry Ferguson scored twice to help Rangers to a 3-0 win away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in their opening match of the Scottish Premier League season on Saturday. Read more…