David Elsworth's travelling head lad Peter Maughan has been named as Employee of the Year at the fifth annual Stud and Stable Staff Awards.

FORMER champion jockey Kieren Fallon may be about to launch a legal action against the British Horseracing Authority over its role in the race-fixing investigation which led to a collapsed criminal trial last year.

FA CHIEFS were yesterday quizzed by MPs over why Rio Ferdinand is still being paid a “massive salary” by Manchester United despite being suspended for eight months for missing a drugs test.

Football will be allowed to opt out of several key parts of the worldwide code on drugs in sport, it emerged today.

RIO FERDINAND last night spoke of his devastation at being left out of the England squad to face Turkey on Saturday – a repercussion of the Manchester United defender’s failure to attend a drugs test.

The Football Association in England have appointed Nic Coward and David Davies as acting chief executives following the resignation of Adam Crozier last month.