gareth bale will demand to leave tottenham if the club sells croatian midfielder luka modric, who is wanted by chelsea. full story: sunday mirror but spurs are prepared to make modric the highest-paid

  the winner of next month's open at royal st george's will earn £900,000 - an increase of £50,000 on last year. the rise puts the championship level with the other three majors. u

  bbc scotland has learned that the scottish football association is likely to examine an outburst from hearts. club owner vladimir romanov has a history of eccentric rants. the latest statement, attr

  mark foster takes a two-shot lead going into the final day of the international open while sergio garcia kept alive his hopes of sealing an open spot. foster shot 66 to head garcia, pablo larrazabal, ge

  red bull team principal christian horner has played down the chances of lewis hamilton joining the team. speculation has been raging about the mclaren driver's future since he had an impromptu meeti

  fifa's ethics committee found "comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming" evidence that mohamed bin hammam and jack warner were involved in attempted bribery according t

  an emotional pele watched his former side santos win the copa libertadores for the first time since he was the star of the team as the brazilians beat penarol in sao paolo. santos were crowned champions

  japanese olympic committee (joc) chief tsunekazu takeda has formally requested tokyo to bid for the 2020 olympics after the city failed to land the preceding event. tokyo, which lost out to rio de janei

  english premier league champions manchester united continued their acquisition of home-grown talent when they signed england forward ashley young from aston villa. young, who agreed a five-year contract

  serbia's novak djokovic fired to an emphatic win over south african kevin anderson in the second round at wimbledon as serena williams came through a tough start against simona hal

  three-time wimbledon finalist andy roddick suffered a third-round exit as he was beaten 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 by spain's feliciano lopez. both men offered few breaking opportunities on serve, forc

  the international cricket council has banned upul tharanga for three months after the sri lanka opener failed a drugs test. the 26-year-old pleaded guilty after taking a herbal remedy during the world c