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Brits follow Becks and look Stateside

DAVID Beckham has been proclaimed as the flag bearer for football (OK, soccer) in the United States, but there’s already a big British presence in the country’s universities. Read

Indians’ excellence overshadowed by juvenile behaviour

TYPICAL. With the sun finally breaking through and the great spectacles of pulsating Test match cricket and Twenty20 finals day, the cricketing headlines are grabbed by some misplaced sweeties, and over-publicised verbals. Read

Indians’ excellence overshadowed by juvenile behaviour

McLaren feud gives Grand Prix a boost

GRAND Prix racing has at last become interesting. Years after years of watching Michael Schumacher winning everything in sight has now been replaced by an in-house rivalry better than any soap opera. Read

Saved by the Bell, thrilled by the Bale

RARELY has a football season beckoned the Welsh players and clubs with so many questions hanging in the air with the shrill of that whistle. Read

Jellybean-gate leaves sour Test

AS Chrissie Hynde almost sang: There’s a thin line between success and failure. Read

Wet summer could be blessing for the game

THERE has been much talk over the last couple of weeks about the weather and its effect on the amount of county cricket being played. Or rather, not being played. Read

Leeson nets top job at Galway United

NICK Leeson, the former trader who caused the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995, has landed the top job at Galway United Football Club in Ireland. Read

Cricket: Abergavenny didn’t deserve a soaking

IT seems my prayers for good weather at Abergavenny fell on deaf ears. Read

Cricket: Abergavenny didn’t deserve a soaking

IT seems my prayers for good weather at Abergavenny fell on deaf ears. Read

No Welsh stars to put your money on

THERE’S a distinct lack of a Celtic connection in a poll to find the first sporting figure people would like to see on a Bank of England note. Read

Don’t tell me this does not matter

REMEMBER the scene four years ago? There you were around the breakfast table with your child beaming up at the kitchen door and those two tickets for Wales-England hanging off the magnet. Read

Stars pay tribute to legend Gareth

GARETH EDWARDS can throw a party with as much style as he whipped the ball from the base of the scrum. Read

Stenson’s excuse not to be sneezed at

NEW dad Henrik Stenson had the perfect excuse for missing the cut at last week’s Open at Carnoustie. Read

Maynard job will strengthen Glamorgan

SO the worst-kept secret in Welsh sport is finally out in the open – Matthew Maynard is to be Glamorgan’s cricket manager from the end of this season. Read

Kiwis on a booze cruise in London

EXILED New Zealand fans could have something to cheer when the Rugby World Cup come around. Read

Third time lucky for Padraig in play-off

CARNOUSTIE was the third time Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia had met in a play-off – and the Spaniard had won the previous two. Read

Union puts sock into Welsh hopes

SO, that’s it then. Any hope of Welsh success in the Rugby World Cup gone because of one rash decision. Read

India series will test England to the limit

ONE of the few plus points about being out for the rest of the season is that I will be able to get my teeth into England’s three-match Test series against India. Read