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Top Sport- Gerrard 'obvious captain choice'
- Robshaw relishing Scotland battle
- VIDEO: Explosive Six Nations teaser
- Watch the explosive Six Nations opener as France face Italy, Scotland play host to England and Wales travel to Ireland in the opening weekend's fixtures.
- Bad weather hits Football League
- The weekend's fixtures in the Football League are heavily affected by the freezing conditions.
- GB win to reach Fed Cup play-offs
- Great Britain qualify for the Fed Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group I play-offs by beating Israel 3-0 in Eilat.
- Leeds 34-16 Hull KR
- Kallum Watkins records a second-half hat-trick as Leeds begin the defence of their Super League title by beating Hull KR at Headingley.
- Widnes 14-32 Wakefield
- Wakefield spoil Widnes's Super League comeback party after producing an impressive second-half performance to seal victory.
- Lance Armstrong team probe closed
- US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.
- O'Sullivan reaches German semis
- Ronnie O'Sullivan books his place in the last four of the German Masters with a 5-3 win over Matthew Stevens.
- VIDEO: Ferrari duo buoyed by new car
- Speaking at the launch of Ferrari's new car for 2012, Felipe Massa says he is confident the team can achieve success with the "aggressive" F2012 and win their first drivers' title since 2007.
- Scotland seek 'defining' victory
- Andy Robinson urges his Scotland side to throw off their 'unlucky losers' tag in Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash.
- Gatland dismisses injury worries
- Wales coach Warren Gatland dismisses concerns over the fitness of Jamie Roberts and Rhys Priestland to play against Ireland on Sunday.
- Earls forced out of Ireland team
- Keith Earls withdraws from Ireland's team for Sunday's Six Nations clash against Wales for family reasons and is replaced by Fergus McFadden.
- Scotland A thrash England Saxons
- Fly-half Duncan Weir scores 20 points as Scotland A run in four tries in a 35-0 victory over England Saxons at Galashiels.
- Qatar Masters reduced to 54 holes
- The Qatar Masters is reduced to 54 holes after strong winds allow only three hours of play on Friday.
- Villas-Boas defiant over Mourinho
- Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has told Jose Mourinho to forget a return to Chelsea
- Tevez return possible - Mancini
- Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admits he could pick Carlos Tevez again, after naming him in his 25-man squad for the remainder of the season.
- Redknapp lies 'extremely telling'
- Harry Redknapp's admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is "extremely telling", a court is told.
- NFL Wembley game plans put on ice
- Ticket sales for the latest NFL game in London are suspended because of a legal dispute involving one of the participants, the St Louis Rams.
- In pictures: Egypt football clash
- Images from the Egyptian city of Port Said, where at least 74 people are said to have died in clashes after a football match between bitter rivals.
- VIDEO: Villas-Boas berates FA over Terry
- Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says the FA was wrong to remove the England captaincy from John Terry.
- VIDEO: A good one for the neutral - Anderson
- England bowler James Anderson says that day one of the third Test between England and Pakistan would have been enjoyable for a neutral but was nervewracking to play in.
- VIDEO: Ferdinand rules out England captaincy
- Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand says he does not want to replace John Terry as England captain after the Chelsea defender was stripped of the role.
- VIDEO: Ferguson advises Ferdinand on Terry
- Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson advises Rio Ferdinand to "rise above" the racial allegations surrounding Chelsea's John Terry when the two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
- AUDIO: Taylor backs Terry decision
- Former England manager Graham Taylor says the FA have acted correctly by removing the England captaincy from John Terry.
- VIDEO: Friday Focus with Chris Hughton
- Football Focus presenter Dan Walker looks ahead to this week's programme and gives us a sneak preview of Focus's interview with Birmingham City boss Chris Hughton.
- VIDEO: Slovenia keeper saves Terry header
- England's John Terry tests Slovenia keeper Samir Handanovic with a powerful header from a corner in the second half of the Group C game in Port Elizabeth.
- VIDEO: Gary Anderson casts eye over MP4-27
- BBC Sport's F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson joins Jake Humphrey at the launch of McLaren's 2012 challenger, the MP4-27, to take a closer look at the design of the car.
- VIDEO: Johansson wants 'dictator' Blatter out
- Former Fifa vice-president Lennart Johansson would like to see current president Sepp Blatter removed from his position and replaced by current head of Uefa Michel Platini.
- VIDEO: GB thrash South Korea in Champions Trophy
- Britain's women comfortably beat South Korea 4-1 in their Champions Trophy quarter-final match to set up a semi-final clash with Germany. (UK users only)
- VIDEO: Dawson Debates: Six Nations Preview
- Matt Dawson previews the Six Nations Championship first week giving his verdicts on all the teams and tips Ireland as the side to beat this year. (UK users only)
- VIDEO: History in the making trail
- Previously unseen moments from Welsh history in longer version of BBC trail for Ireland v Wales.
- VIDEO: Six Nations 2011 - Top Tries
- BBC Sport's pick of the best tries of the 2011 Six Nations tournament. (UK users only)
- VIDEO: Six of the Best: Eng v Sco montage
- Watch short highlights of England and Scotland's six best Calcutta Cup clashes. (UK only)
- VIDEO: Irish icons assess Wales opener
- Ireland and Lions legends Willie-John McBride, Syd Millar and Richard Milliken give their views on the Six Nations opener against Wales on Sunday.
- VIDEO: Jonathan Davies and Scott Gibbs preview the Six Nations
- Scrum V pundits Jonathan Davies and Scott Gibbs preview the Six Nations Championship over a chat at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.
- VIDEO: Ferris will be world's best player - Best
- Rory Best believes his Ulster and Ireland colleague Stephen Ferris is "probably going to be the best player in the world".
- VIDEO: England young guns relish opportunity
- Owen Farrell, Phil Dowson and David Strettle share their excitement on being selected for England to take on Scotland in Saturday's Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield.
- VIDEO: Lancaster excited by England line-up
- England coach Stuart Lancaster says his selection of attacking trio Ben Foden, Owen Farrell and David Strettle in his back three indicates how he wants his England side to play in the Six Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield.
- VIDEO: Six of the Best: Eng v Sco 2007
- Watch highlights of England's Six Nations victory over Scotland in 2007 as a battered and bruised Jonny Wilkinson scores 27 points, a Calcutta Cup record, to earn himself a standing ovation from the Twickenham crowd. (UK only)
- VIDEO: Remembering Ireland v Wales 1978
- Action from the Ireland v Wales Five Nations Championship match in 1978, with comment from then Captain Phil Bennett. Victory would secure Wales their third consecutive triple crown. An unprecedented "triple-triple crown".
- VIDEO: Robshaw 'excited' by England captaincy
- Flanker Chris Robshaw predicts "exciting times" for English rugby after he is named captain for England's first two Six Nations games.
- VIDEO: Robshaw will have support - Lancaster
- Interim England coach Stuart Lancaster says he is not expecting Chris Robshaw to "run the show" on his own after naming the Harlequins skipper as England captain for the first two Six Nations games.
- VIDEO: Butler's take on new-look England
- Scrum V reporter Eddie Butler asks if England can emulate Wales by going from World Cup flops to Grand Slam kings in a matter of months.
- VIDEO: Byrne assesses Ireland's threat
- Former hooker Shane Byrne previews Wales' Six Nations opener in Dublin, predicting a "war" as the wounded Irish seek to avenge the 2011 World Cup quarter-final defeat.
- BBC pundits on 2012 Six Nations
- Jeremy Guscott, Andy Nicol, Jonathan Davies and Keith Wood tip the winners and their players to watch
- Jonathan Agnew column
- "That first day was one of the most remarkable I have ever seen"
- Fabio Capello's captaincy choices
- BBC Sport looks at six possible candidates for the England captaincy role.
- Super League 2012 guide
- BBC rugby league commentator Dave Woods gives his pre-season verdict on how Super League XVII will unfold
- Beamon still a step ahead of the rest
- Former Olympic champion Lynn Davies helps BBC Sport recall Bob Beamon's historic 1968 long jump win, which is still an Olympic record.
- The nightmare begins for modern pentathletes
- Six women are fighting demons and their team-mates in a tense battle to be picked for the Great Britain team at London 2012
- British athletes check out Kenya's temple to running
- BBC Radio 5 live's Mike Costello spends time with top GB distance runners in their 'monastic' Kenyan training camp
- Raiders aim for BBL Trophy final
- Plymouth Raiders captain Anthony Rowe says his side are relishing the chance to take on Milton Keynes Lions in their two-legged BBL Trophy semi-final.
- Ali's trainer Dundee dies aged 90
- Angelo Dundee, who worked with Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, dies aged 90.
- Anderson denies confidence crisis
- James Anderson says there is no crisis of confidence in the England batting line-up, despite another stuttering display against Pakistan.
- GB & Australia set up London duel
- Great Britain and Australia announce full-strength teams for February's London stage of track cycling's World Cup.
- Stoke duo after World Cup success
- Stoke-on-Trent and England duo Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor are odds-on favourites to win the World Cup of Darts, which starts in Hamburg on Friday.
- Norfolk lifts quad singles title
- Britain's Peter Norfolk wins his fifth Australian Open quad wheelchair singles title with victory over David Wagner.
- Ferdinand shuns England captaincy
- Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand rules himself out of the running to replace John Terry as England captain.
- Ferrari unveil innovative new car
- Ferrari unveil their 2012 Formula 1 car, saying they have a "responsibility" to win from the start of the season.
- Rhythmic gymnasts launch appeal
- Britain's rhythmic gymnasts launch an appeal against their exclusion from Team GB for the Olympic Games, accusing their governing body of misinforming them.
- Danson helps GB into semi-finals
- Two goals from Alex Danson help Great Britain beat South Korea 4-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.
- Ruby Walsh loses appeal over ban
- Ruby Walsh loses his appeal against a three-day ban incurred for careless riding at Cheltenham.
- Lorenzo wants to cut bikes' speed
- Former world champion Jorge Lorenzo wants organisers to cut the top speed of the sport's new bikes for safety reasons.
- Judoka Fallon ends Olympic dream
- Britain's former world judo champion Craig Fallon says it was an easy decision to retire five months before the 2012 Olympics.
- Wigan's Tomkins keen to kick on
- Sam Tomkins admits committing his future to rugby league was a tough choice - but says his sights are now set on winning more trophies with Wigan.
- Flood set for return from injury
- England fly-half Toby Flood could make the Six Nations fixture against Italy on 11 February, after being named in Leicester's squad for Saturday.
- German Masters scores and match schedule
- Results and the match schedule for final of the 2012 German Masters at Tempodrom, Berlin, in Germany.
- VIDEO: Olympic Dreams - Tom Daley
- BBC South West's Natalie Cornah profiles Plymouth diver Tom Daley and his journey towards London 2012.
- Murray will miss Davis Cup match
- British number one Andy Murray will miss next month's Davis Cup match against Slovakia because of injury concerns following the Australian Open.
- Woodward applauds GB's youngsters
- Head of Britain's Winter Youth Olympic team Sir Clive Woodward insists that the experience gained by British athletes at the Games will help them maximise their potential.
- England falter as wickets tumble
- England's batsmen again fail to support their bowlers as 16 wickets fall on day one of the third Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
- McCoist unfazed by Gers quit talk
- Rangers manager Ally McCoist dismisses speculation he would consider leaving Ibrox over a lack of transfer funds.
- Swansea's Williams 'invaluable'
- Brendan Rodgers is certain Swansea City captain Ashley Williams will soon be the subject of a bid by a Premier League title challenger.
- Barnes wins Irish title in Dublin
- Paddy Barnes is on course to make the Olympic Games after retaining his Irish light-flyweight title on Friday night.
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