Wales concede late winner

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Georgia grabbed an injury-time winner through substitute Beka Gotsiridze as Wales were beaten 2-1 despite taking the lead through Jason Koumas' long-range drive.

Silvestre seals surprise Gunners move

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has bolstered his defensive options after the Gunners completed the signing of Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre for an undisclosed fee.

Silver medal for Davies

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Britain's David Davies took silver in the 10-kilometre open water marathon behind Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden after the 23-year-old dominated for most of the race on Wednesday morning.

Saddened Barwick prepares for FA exit

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick has expressed sadness after it was confirmed he will be leaving his post at Soho Square.

Cole saves England's blushes

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Joe Cole scrambled an injury-time equaliser for unimpressive England as they drew 2-2 with the Czech Republic in their final warm-up game before the World Cup qualifying campaign.

Bolt clinches sprint double

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Jamaica's Usain Bolt on Wednesday night became the first man to win the Olympic sprint double for 24 years with his second world record in five days in Beijing.

Bronze for injury-plagued Danvers

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Britain's Natasha Danvers turned the worst season of her life into the best with an Olympic bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles in Beijing.

Degale wins in style

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

James Degale produced one of the finest performances of his career to score a comprehensive 8-3 victory over Kazakhstan's Bakthiyar Artayev and guarantee Great Britain's third boxing medal of the Beijing Games.

McGregor the hero in draw

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Scotland were grateful to substitute goalkeeper Allan McGregor for securing a goalless draw against 10-man Northern Ireland in Wednesday's friendly at Hampden Park.

Irish held in Oslo

7:36am Thursday 21st August 2008

Robbie Keane's 34th international goal was enough only to claim a 1-1 draw for the Republic of Ireland as Norway staged an impressive fightback.

Row over 'cancelled' NHS operations

Updated 6:56am Thursday 21st August 2008

A dispute has broken out over the issue of cancelled operations after figures from the Conservatives suggested thousands of NHS patients had their surgery cancelled more than once.

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