The Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon takes place this Sunday the 12th of October, with 12,500 runners making their way through Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park, and St Jamess Park. Most will be dressed in the finest sports clothing, purchased with both comfort and aerodynamics in mind.
Emile Heskey believes the 15,000 given to the Croatian Football Federation over racist chanting was not enough. Fifa handed Croatia the fine after fans targeted Heskey with monkey chants during England's 4-1 win in Zagreb.
The 39th game wasn't a popular idea when it was anounced here but Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam has warmed to the idea. He has confirmed that he is no longer opposed to AFC member states hosting English top-flight matches as it may boost the continent's standard of football.
Former Fulham, Birmingham and West Brom striker Geoff Horsfield has revealed he is suffering from testicular cancer. The 34-year-old has been forced to retire as a result and will undergo surgery next week.
Captain John Terry is an injury doubt for the World Cup Qualifier against Kazakhstan on Saturday. Terry, who is struggling with a back injury, failed to complete training on Wednesday, but playing some part in the session is a major improvement on Tuesday, when he sat out the whole day.
Willie Talau was part of one of the most successful sides in St Helens' history. Salford City have signed New Zealand centre Willie Talau from St Helens. The 32-year-old played his last game for Saints in Saturday's 24-16 Grand Final defeat to Leeds Rhinos after six seasons with the club.
Michael Robinson has been at the club for three years. The Australian has been responsible for bringing in the likes of Nutley and Manu to the club.
Liverpool forward Kuyt says he is eager for a challenge for the Premier League title. The 28-year-old has scored in each of his last two appearances.
Martin Skrtel joined Liverpool from Zenit St Petersburg in January. Liverpool have been boosted by the news that Skrtel does not need surgery on his knee injury.
West Ham have admitted they will have to sell players before they can buy any new ones in the January transfer window. The club's owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is a major shareholder in Icelandic bank Landsbanki, which went into receivership on Tuesday.
The UEFA Cup group stage draw took place today and handed Portsmouth a huge clash with AC Milan in Group E. Manchester City will face former England manager Steve McClaren's Twente in the group stages og the UEFA cup.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called for stricter rules on foreign ownership of clubs in the UK and abroad. "Something has to be done about these billionaire owners," Blatter told reporters at the European Parliament.
Hull pulled off another North London away win, beating Tottenham 0-1 at White Hart Lane to put them third in the table. The result puts the Tigers ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United as their debut Premiership campaign continues to flourish.
There were celebrations and commiserations for the British teams in the UEFA cup last night with Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspurs progressing to the next stage while Everton and Motherwell were dumped out of the competition. Villa booked their place in the group stages after a 1-1 draw with Litex Lovech and a 4-2 win on aggregate.
Chelsea were held to a goalless draw away to Romanian champions CFR Cluj in last night's Champions League tie. Striker Didier Drogba had a frustrating game and was stretchered off with what appeared to be a serious injury in the second half.
Robbie Keane scored his first Liverpool goal in last night's Champions League 3-1 win over PSV, a game which also saw captain Steven Gerrard net his 100th goal for the club. Visiting keeper Andreas Isaksson did well to deny a Fernando Torres volley, who had ghosted in unmarked to meet Steven Gerrard's cross
Marcos Senna's free-kick was enough to give Celtic another Champions League defeat as the Scots lost 1-0 to Villarreal. Celtic needed to taka something from this game after a disappointing draw at home to Aalborg in their first match.
Arsenal got their home campaign in the Champions League off to a fantastic start with a comfortable 4-0 win over Porto, with braces from Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor. Van Persie slid in to convert Adebayor's cross and open the scoring. The Dutchman's corner was headed in by Adebayor making it 2-0.
Dimitar Berbatov opened his scoring tally for Manchester United with a brace in last night's Champions League win against AaB Aalborg. Wayne Rooney open the scoring on 22 minutes, sliding home a pass from Ryan Giggs.
Luca di Montezemolo has launched an attack on Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso took victory at the Marina Bay circuit.