John Joe Nevin bowed out of the Olympic Games today after being outpointed by Mongolian bantamweight Badar - Uugan Enkhbat in a last 16 bout at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing today.

SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane has confirmed that striker Kenwyne Jones will miss up to two months of the new season through injury.

Sunderland boss Roy Keane has confirmed that striker Kenwyne Jones will miss up to two months of the new season through injury.

Asafa Powell clocked 9.96 seconds in Port of Spain yesterday as the former 100 metres world record holder returned to action after injury at the Trinidad national championships.

Rio Ferdinand has set his sights on being permanent England skipper but wants to see captaincy qualities throughout the team to take Fabio Capello’s men to the next level.

David Beckham has been given back the captain’s armband for England’s friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain.

PRINCE SHAUN is set to put his unbeaten record on the line at Leopardstown tomorrow, with connections already harbouring Royal Ascot aspirations for their son of Acclamation.

WEST INDIES claimed a 2-0 series triumph over Sri Lanka after the third one-day international was abandoned following heavy rain.

British Airways is to start four new services from Gatwick while axing three routes from the West Sussex airport.

DEPARTING Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has described Bob Woolmer as “a good coach and a much better human being”.

Canada cricket coach Andy Pick hopes victory over a tough Ireland side will send his team into the World Cup in confident mood.

Mobile phone company Digicel is thriving in the Caribbean and is eyeing further expansion, reports Ian Guider in Port of Spain.

New Peru head coach Franco Navarro has urged Nolberto Solano to come out of international retirement.

Southampton’s Sweden midfielder Anders Svensson looks set to return to his old club Elfsborg at the end of the season.

Blackburn Rovers’ United States goalkeeper Brad Friedel has announced his retirement from international football.

There is no major oil leak threat from the sunken BBC China cargo vessel that ran aground off over the weekend, the South African maritime safety authority said today.

A 17-year-old armed with his father's gun has died in a shoot-out with police after injuring a security guard at a school in Trinidad.

Bandits tied up and then hacked to death a former BBC producer, her mother and her British brother-in-law on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.