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Charlton slams 'unethical' pursuit

Sir Bobby Charlton has described Real Madrid's public pursuit of Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo as "unethical" and is adamant the winger will be at Old Trafford next season. Read

St Helens halt Catalans run

Great Britain winger Ade Gardner took over as Super League's leading tryscorer as St Helens brought Catalans' eight-match unbeaten run to an end by winning 28-10 to leapfrog the French club into second place in the table. Read

Hatters secure final berth

Liam Dickinson's moment of early brilliance secured a 1-0 win for Stockport against Wycombe and sent the club into a Coca-Cola League Two play-off final against north-west rivals Rochdale at Wembley. Read

Westwood finishes with a flourish

Lee Westwood produced one of the greatest finishes to a round in European Tour history at the Irish Open on Saturday, and now has his sights firmly set on a 30th professional victory. Read

Kanu secures cup glory for Pompey

Kanu was Portsmouth's hero as his first-half goal won the FA Cup for Harry Redknapp's team, who had just enough Premier League pedigree to see off Coca-Cola Championship outsiders Cardiff. Read

Hoggard to miss Old Trafford Test

England face a selection dilemma for next week's second Test at Old Trafford against New Zealand after Matthew Hoggard was ruled out with a broken thumb. Read

Pedrosa secures pole at Le Mans

MotoGP Championship leader Dani Pedrosa will start the French round from pole position after topping the qualifying times at Le Mans. Read

Rochdale book Wembley spot

Rochdale remain on course for their first promotion since 1969 after beating Darlington 5-4 on penalties to progress to the League Two play-off final at Wembley on May 26. Read

Frustrating day at Lord's

Persistent rain continued to hold up the start of the afternoon session on day three of the first npower Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's. Read

Motherwell claim Gers point

Motherwell's Chris Porter did Celtic a service by denting Rangers' Clydesdale Bank Premier League title hopes following the 1-1 draw at Fir Park. Read

New deal for Carrick

Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has signed a new four-year contract at Old Trafford as the club prepare for the Champions League final on Wednesday. Read

Carvalho keeps believing

Ricardo Carvalho will put aside all thoughts about his own future in order to concentrate on winning his second Champions League medal by stopping Cristiano Ronaldo. Read

Radcliffe 'upbeat' despite injury

Paula Radcliffe's agent insists the world marathon record-holder is "upbeat and positive" about being ready for the Beijing Olympics, despite developing a hip injury. Read

Half-century for Cook

England opener Alastair Cook reached his half-century on the third morning of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's today. Read

Trotters trio released

Midfielders Ivan Campo, Stelios Giannakopoulos and Andranik Teymourian have all been released by Bolton but manager Gary Megson is hopeful of persuading goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and defender Ricardo Gardner to sign new contracts. Read

O'Driscoll: We're only halfway there

A subdued Sean O'Driscoll warned Doncaster it was only "a job half done" after they secured their place in the Coca-Cola League One play-off final against Leeds after a stunning 5-1 victory over Southend. Read

Chambers likely to challenge bylaw

Dwain Chambers is likely to seek a legal challenge against a British Olympic Association bylaw which bans drug cheats from the British team if he wins the 100 metres at the British Olympic trials. Read