ENGLAND: Chelsea are top of another league after their fans’ festive chant about manager Jose Mourinho was voted the funniest ever.

Brian Conaghan

Standing outside the Egyptian embassy, Norma Heeney looked like she couldn’t take anymore: “Enough is enough,” she said.

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif today launches his latest appeal over his match-fixing conviction.

Ireland’s Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin has told of his dream of becoming a world champion after signing up to go professional with Amir Khan’s new stable of fighters.

Amir Khan has added some clarity to his future by this morning announcing a new head trainer as well as his next opponent.

Three people have been killed and dozens injured as protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence.

A driver for a Pakistani TV reporter has been reported killed when police fired to disperse protesters against an anti-Islam film who were torching a cinema in the north-west city of Peshawar.

Amir Khan wants to star in a 'Rocky' movie.

Amir Khan must think long and hard about his next move after a shocking and brutal defeat by Danny Garcia even left him facing suggestions he should retire.

Amir Khan believes he is ready to move onwards and upwards providing he beats Danny Garcia in tonight’s light-welterweight unification fight.

Amir Khan has spoken of his hurt and disappointment following the cancellation of his world light-welterweight title rematch against Lamont Peterson and says the American champion’s failed drugs test proves he was “a cheat”.

Amir Khan’s world light-welterweight title rematch against Lamont Peterson on May 19 is in doubt after the show’s promoter Richard Schaefer claimed the American has failed a drugs test.

Amir Khan’s promoter claims they withdrew their appeal over last month’s controversial defeat by Lamont Peterson because they feared Wednesday’s International Boxing Federation hearing would be “one-sided” and not “fully transparent”.

Amir Khan has been granted a rematch with Lamont Peterson by the World Boxing Association, according to his promoter.

Amir Khan’s team are demanding answers to “four or five” questions as alleged ambiguities over his world title defeat to Lamont Peterson last month continue to mount.

Amir Khan has challenged Lamont Peterson to show he has the “balls” to give him a rematch in England after controversially losing his titles to the American in his Washington hometown.

CRICKET has become complacent and has to do more to combat the “massive problem” of corruption in the sport, the game’s former anti-corruption chief warned yesterday, after three Pakistan players were jailed in London for spot-fixing.

Three of the world’s top cricketers were jailed today for their parts in a match-fixing scam that rocked international sport.

THREE of the world’s top cricketers were facing possible jail terms last night after being convicted of match-fixing.

Amir Khan will be ready to face Floyd Mayweather after just one more fight, according to trainer Freddie Roach.

FREDDIE ROACH predicts Amir Khan will become boxing’s next superstar by emulating the popularity of Manny Pacquiao.

Amir Khan denied he had dispatched Zab Judah with a low blow to become unified light-welterweight champion.

PROMOTER Barry Hearn described the referee’s decision to stop Saturday night’s world title fight between Amir Khan and Dungiven southpaw, Paul McCloskey, as the “most staggering decision” he had ever seen in any ring in the world.

Katie Price and boxer Amir Khan were spotted flirting with each at a pre-Oscars party.

PAKISTAN pair Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have criticised the International Cricket Council’s rejection of their appeals against provisional bans.

A leading dissident republican duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer was found guilty today of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into the North.

Trainer Freddie Roach believes Amir Khan has taken a big step towards boxing’s big time following his acclaimed American debut at Madison Square Garden.

Amir Khan's WBA light-welterweight title defence against Paulie Malignaggi will be brimming with tension at Madison Square Garden tonight after the pre-fight weigh-in ended in chaos at a Manhattan hotel last night.

The war of words between Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi developed into chaos at the weigh-in today ahead of their WBA light-welterweight title fight at Madison Square Garden.

Frank Warren hopes WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan does not develop “amnesia” and stays loyal to the man who has stood by him since turning professional.

A thrilling renewal of the Wensley Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle helped lift the Catterick gloom, with Amir Pasha providing Matt Garnett with his first success under Rules.

Boxing promoter Frank Warren believes there is an “unfair” agenda being pursued against Amir Khan after the WBA light-welterweight champion said he would be a bigger star if he was white.

AMIR KHAN expects to go on to become a multi-weight world champion after trainer Freddie Roach backed him to emulate friend and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

PROMOTER Frank Warren has strongly urged Ricky Hatton to retire rather than risk his long-term health by fighting Amir Khan – but admits he would happily pit his young champion against the jaded legend.

PROMOTER Frank Warren would be happy to pit Amir Khan against Ricky Hatton providing the youngster wins his maiden world title challenge this weekend.

Amir Khan will bid to become a world champion for the first time in June when he steps up a division to take on WBA light-welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik.

Promoter Frank Warren will go “back to the drawing board” to plan Amir Khan’s route to a world title after the youngster’s impressive victory over Marco Antonio Barrera on Saturday night.

AMIR KHAN is convinced his brutal defeat by Breidis Prescott will prove the turning point in a career — but Ireland’s Oisin Fagan is aiming to send Khan right back to the canvass tonight (10pm).

Israelis are marking the 13th anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s death at the hands of an assassin opposed to his peace policies.

Amir Khan will bank on the experience of top American trainer Freddie Roach to get his career back on track after his stunning 54 second knockout defeat to Breidis Prescott in Manchester earlier this month.

RICKY HATTON has vowed to produce a more “refined” performance against Paulie Malignaggi after teaming up with new trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr — but promised his fans he will still treat them to some typical “crash, bang, wallop” excitement.

More than 100,000 Israelis gathered in the square where their prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated 12 years ago to remember him – and protest against a decision to allow the assassin to be present at his son’s circumcision today.

Israeli authorities have decided to drop plans to pursue rape charges against president Moshe Katsav in a surprising plea bargain, Israeli media reported today.