Mecca Bingo owner Rank has abandoned a major revamp programme launched four years ago to attract younger players to the UK company after admitting results had been disappointing.

Mansfield winger Louis Briscoe insists all the pressure is on Liverpool ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup clash.

2012 has been an annus horribilis for Stephen Hunt, 12 months during which his Euro dreams turned to dust and his very career as a top-flight player appeared to be threatened by injury.

The cold snap continued to wreak further havoc to the British sporting calendar today after the npower Championship clash between Peterborough and West Ham was postponed.

Former Liverpool and Manchester City midfielder Dietmar Hamann has been named the new manager of non-league Stockport.