Kevin Pietersen has said that England will always play to their optimum under his captaincy

Nottinghamshire's bowlers put a dent in Somerset's hopes of winning the county championship

Highlights of England's first two qualifying games, against Andorra and Croatia, are unlikely to be shown on terrestrial television

Yorkshire bowler Steven Patterson was in fine fettle against Sussex's batsman yesterday

Dominic Cork could move to Lancashire's current opponents Durham at the end of the season

First world championship sees 23 young athletes compete in London event

Saracens' director of rugby Eddie Jones thinks that new signing Steve Borthwick could be the club's Martin Johnson

After being promoted back to the Premiership, Northampton coach Jim Mallinder is ready for a long, hard season

Manchester City may now be the only Premier League club able to stir up excitement when it comes to transfers, writes Kevin McCarra

Kevin Pietersen has turned England's fortunes around, but he must ensure his side can cope with cricket's constant changes, writes Mike Selvey

For the first time neither the BBC or ITV will show highlights of competitive England games after a row with Setanta

Minute-by-minute: Find out if Andy Murray can make it to the semi-final of the US Open with Rob Smyth

Leon Pryce and Stuart Reardon will appear at Bradford magistrates court on Thursday charged with assault

Ricky Hatton will be trained by his rival's father for his upcoming fight in Las Vegas, after Floyd Mayweather Snr agreed to prepare Hatton for his clash with the light-welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi at the end of the year

Their caricatures suggest they are very different men - Kevin Keegan a firebrand, Alan Curbishley just bland - but what is clear is that both are suffering from very similar problems. Or suffered in the case of Curbishley, who today decided to put himself out of West Ham's misery by submitting his resignation