Football news 

Scolari returns sanity to Chelsea

The new Chelsea manager charmed the audience at his first press conference, where he promised success

• Chelsea players keen to impress Scolari

• Portugal and Chelsea clash over Scolari

Palace miffed as Bostock joins Tottenham

Simon Jordan says the Football League tribunal's £1.25m fee for Palace's 16-year-old midfield player is 'scandalous'

• Jordan picks Warnock for Palace manager's job

• Barwick dances to the tune of Blatter

Villa ready to do business on Barry

Martin O’Neill is ready to accept Liverpool’s £15 million bid after Steve Finnan is offered in a part-exchange deal

• Villa will not bow to Barry demand

• Platt urges Barry to join Liverpool

Crouch to complete transfer to Portsmouth

England forward hopes to revive his international career after completing £11m switch to Harry Redknapp's side

• Harry Redknapp’s talent search

• Portsmouth in talks with Crouch

Wimbledon news 

Nadal hungry to claim No 1 spot

Wimbledon champion is fed up with playing second fiddle to Roger Federer in the world rankings

• Hero emerges from the shadows

• Nadal pulls out of Stuttgart Cup

Robson focused after adulation

Teenager's advisers eager to steer young Wimbledon star away from the pitfalls of the limelight as her career develops

• Newcastle owner could be key to Robson future

• Things you didn’t know about Laura Robson

Wimbledon epic draws prime viewing figures

A dramatic Wimbledon final was the second most watched sporting event this year after Champions League final

Murray returns to world's top ten

The British No 1 has moved up from 11th to ninth in the rankings after reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon

Cricket News 

England facing pace ordeal

Andrew Strauss confident of victory as South Africa get ready to unleash high-speed three-pronged attack in opening match

• Tourists gearing up for a battle royale

• Steyn proves size does not matter

Malan quick to make Middlesex feel at home

Middlesex v Lancashire: breathtaking hundred turns match and seals victory despite team's temporary switch to the Oval

Durham demand expulsion of Yorkshire

David Harker, Durham chief executive, says Yorkshire should be thrown out of Twenty20 Cup for fielding ineligible player

Sri Lanka named as new England opponents

ECB announces next summer's replacements for Zimbabwe in build up to Ashes challenge

More sport news 

Johnson to grace Twickenham again

England team manager joins Lawrence Dallaglio in effort to raise £1 million for the rehabilitation of Service personnel

Rooney the boy racer is growing up fast

Britain's budding 400 metres star is catching up with the big guns and is confident of a place in the Olympics final

Beijing is ready to stage Olympics, says IOC

The preparations for next month's Games have been praised, but air quality, human rights and media access remain problems

Green light for shooters boosts 2012 hopes

Pistol shooters given special permission to practise on the mainland in bid to reverse decline of the sport since ban

racing and betting 

Briseida can surprise in Falmouth

Rob Wright believes German invader represents good value at 10-1 and expects Jamie Spencer, pictured, and Great Charm to click in sprint

British trainers left with scraps from top table

Julian Muscat looks at why horses trained everywhere other than Britain seem to be winning all this year's big Flat races

Cecil puts Eclipse defeat into context

Multiple champion trainer reveals to Alan Lee that serious illness has given him a new outlook on life