Jimmy Anderson has warned England to beware the dangerous New Zealand middle order as both sides battle to gain an early advantage in the opening Test at Lord's.

Veteran midfielder Claude Makelele believes winning the Champions League would earn Chelsea respect throughout the world.

Darius Vassell has reiterated his support for under-pressure Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Rio Ferdinand could be the man to lead the club into an exciting new era.

Andy Murray insisted he could see improvement in his clay-court game despite being predictably outclassed by Rafael Nadal at the Hamburg Masters on Thursday.

Cardiff manager Dave Jones insists teenage prodigy Aaron Ramsey would not look out of place alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.

Dwain Chambers will confess to anti-doping chiefs on Friday that he was on an astonishing cocktail of seven banned drugs in 2003.

Steve Borthwick has admitted his "surprise" at being appointed England's first captain of the Martin Johnson era.

Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted he will consider his Manchester United future after the Champions League final and would be tempted by a move to Real Madrid.

Ricardo Carvalho would not be surprised if some of Chelsea's stars left Stamford Bridge this summer - and he could be one of them.

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