Michael Carrick’s late winner moved Manchester United to within a point of a third successive Premier League title with a battling victory at Wigan.
Hugo Rodallega brushed off Nemanja Vidic to give Wigan a shock lead after 28 minutes.
Substitute Carlos Tevez’s outrageous flick diverted in Carrick’s shot as United equalised in the 61st minute.
And Carrick sealed [...]

Alan Shearer blew the dust off an old one by claiming it was better to be a lucky manager than a good one - but Newcastle United’s Premier League life may just have been saved by fortune favouring the brave.
Shearer’s courage as a player was beyond question and it was a quality he saw in [...]

I can understand why Rubens Barrichello was confused and disappointed at the end of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix.
After finishing second and climbing out of his car, the Brazilian met his Brawn team-mate Jenson Button in the pre podium room, and turning to the race winner he said: “I don’t know how I lost the race.”
It [...]

 
France’s Richard Gasquet has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine.
The 22-year-old, who could face a two-year ban from the sport, failed the test at the Miami Masters in March.
“His provisional suspension begins today (Monday),” said Dr Stuart Miller, the head of the International Tennis Federation’s anti-doping commission.
Gasquet said: “I want to prove my [...]

The Czech-born German took advantage of benign morning conditions to shoot a near-flawless five-under-par 67 in the second round of the 9.5 million-dollar tournament at the Sawgrass TPC.
“I didn’t hit the ball as well as yesterday,” world No. 267 Cejka said. “Yesterday was kind of flawless (but) today I made a couple of up-and-downs and [...]

We check out the two extremes of EA’s upcoming change in direction for the Need for Speed series.
At EA’s recent spring press event in San Francisco, the company had two stations running builds of its upcoming Need for Speed: Shift, the latest in the long-running racing series. Depending on which version you sat down to [...]

Winger Theo Walcott has signed a new long-term contract at Arsenal.
The 20-year-old has become a regular fixture in the starting XI this season having joined the north London club from Southampton in January 2006.
The England international’s new deal is believed to run up to and including the 2012-13 season.
Walcott said: “I’m delighted to have signed [...]

Arsene Wenger’s managerial cv is scarred by the absence of a European trophy - and he admits the failure to win the Champions League also represents a gap in Arsenal’s rich history.
So it will be with a sense of personal and professional mission that Wenger sends Arsenal out to face Manchester United in the Champions [...]

From headlining on Las Vegas Boulevard to flat on his back on Queer Street in five minutes and 59 seconds. Ricky Hatton and thousands of his loyal fans were exposed to boxing in all its brutality on Saturday night.
I think I’ve seen bigger left hands, but I really can’t remember when. Mind you, Manny Pacquiao’s [...]

Venus Williams opened her European clay-court season with a scrappy 6-2 4-6 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova in the second round of the Italian Open.
The fourth seed eased through the first set but 22-year-old Safarova broke in the third game of the second set and held serve easily to level the match.
The Czech had four [...]