Mo Farah has apologised for his Twitter spat with fellow 5,000m and 10,000m runner Andy Vernon, saying he has learned a lot from the episode.

A dressing room visit from Jose Mourinho was the “icing on the cake” for Bradford goalkeeper Ben Williams after the Bantams’ astounding 4-2 comeback win over Chelsea in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Former Manchester City manager Joe Royle has backed Manuel Pellegrini’s assessment that their late return from Abu Dhabi had little to do with their shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Middlesbrough.

Amir Khan is thinking globally rather than nationally after beating Devon Alexander in Las Vegas.

FIFA ran a “Wild West” bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups which encouraged would-be hosts to enter into inappropriate behaviour, Britain's former sports minister Hugh Robertson has said.

Muhammad Ali’s personal doctor has revealed he cannot be sure that boxing contributed to the former heavyweight world champion’s Parkinson’s Disease.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke still expects the Qatar World Cup to be switched to autumn or winter.

Steven Gerrard has called on Harry Redknapp to name and shame the ex-Tottenham stars who he claims skipped England duty.

Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has set his sights on playing cricket for Yorkshire after hanging up his spikes.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre admits rivals clubs will "rattle their cage" trying to lure Luis Suarez away from Anfield but he is confident the striker is set for a long stay.

Former Manchester United chief executive David Gill has confirmed there was never a chance the Old Trafford outfit would have sold Wayne Rooney to Chelsea in the summer.

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher expects to miss the start of the new Barclays Premier League season as he continues his rehabilitation from a bowel operation.

Pat McQuaid acknowledges the International Cycling Union made a mistake in accepting a donation from Lance Armstrong in 2002, but insists it was done with the best intentions.

Liverpool will review the full reasons behind the Football Association’s 10-match ban for Luis Suarez today before deciding whether to appeal against the punishment imposed for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.

Former Liverpool winger John Barnes has branded talk of Luis Suarez never playing for the Reds again as “ridiculous” after the Uruguay forward’s bite on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.

Ten fans were arrested this evening following sporadic disorder in the Millwall supporters’ area as the south London club lost their FA Cup semi-final against Wigan at Wembley.

Liam Mackey reflects on the twentieth anniversary of the infamous Grand National that got left at the start.

Paolo Di Canio's controversial political views are "pretty irrelevant", according to the man who gave the controversial Italian his first chance in management.

The referee who controversially sent off Manchester United winger Nani during last night’s Champions League defeat to Real Madrid can point to the laws of the game as justification for his decision.

FIFA’s former head of security Chris Eaton is not aware of any “credible evidence” of match-fixing in the English domestic game but warned the national authorities to remain vigilant against the threat.

Paul Gascoigne’s agent believes the former England midfielder’s life is in danger after he started drinking again.

Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin has claimed he would have done the same as Eden Hazard if he had been involved in the controversial ball-boy incident at Swansea.

Sunday Times journalist David Walsh said today he felt “a little bit of sympathy” for Lance Armstrong following the disgraced cyclist’s admission of drug-taking during his career.

Former world anti-doping chief Dick Pound stands by his view that dropping cycling from the Olympics on a temporary basis may be the only way to drive drug use out of the sport.

Former world anti-doping chief Dick Pound today stood by his view that dropping cycling from the Olympics on a temporary basis may be the only way to drive drug-use out of the sport.

George Graham is backing Arsene Wenger to remain at Arsenal “for a few more years” but believes he needs to rediscover the knack of signing unknown talents and developing them into world-beaters.

Former referee Graham Poll believes the only way Mark Clattenburg could emerge from the current controversy around him “untarnished” would be if Chelsea were to say that their accusation that he used “inappropriate language” towards John Obi Mikel was mistaken.

Players’ chief Gordon Taylor has announced a six-point action plan to deal with racism in football after criticism from some members.

John Terry’s four-match ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand has undermined the Football Association’s hard-line stance on tackling racism, according to players’ chief Clarke Carlisle.

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has revealed the role he played in luring Lewis Hamilton to make the switch from McLaren, reiterating the move was all about providing the British driver with a new challenge.

Former FA chairman Lord Triesman believes black players feel let down by the governing body’s handling of the John Terry racism case.

Graham Taylor today accused Roy Hodgson of getting his tactics wrong in England’s European Championship defeat to Italy.

Rio Ferdinand took a farewell swipe at Fabio Capello today as he joined Wayne Rooney in endorsing Harry Redknapp as his choice to become England’s new manager.

Tributes have poured in for Gary Speed as the football world mourned the death of the popular Wales manager.

Wayne Rooney’s three-match ban that will see the striker miss all of England’s Euro 2012 group games has been labelled “a huge blow” to the team by ex-striker Alan Shearer.

The Football Association could not have retrospectively punished Wayne Rooney for his alleged elbow on Wigan’s James McCarthy, a top official has confirmed.

Tony McCoy is to ride Kauto Star in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on December 26 after Noel Fehily ruled himself out.

Former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is confident the capture of Joe Cole and retention of captain Steven Gerrard will show Fernando Torres just how serious Roy Hodgson is about moving the Reds forwards.

Liverpool are beginning their search for a new manager after confirming the departure of Rafael Benitez this afternoon.

Suspended snooker star John Higgins wept down the phone to Barry Hearn but was warned last night that his snooker future will be in peril if newspaper allegations that he agreed to fix frames at tournaments can be confirmed.

Wayne Bridge is relishing coming face to face with John Terry and former club Chelsea, according to the left-back’s Manchester City team-mate Shay Given.

Manchester United chief executive David Gill has hinted Alex Ferguson could have £100m to spend in the summer transfer market.

Republic of Ireland defender Richard Dunne is coming to terms with being “cheated” out of a place in next summer’s World Cup finals.

Gordon Taylor insists the players' union will support disgraced footballer Marlon King.