Sports

Jermain Defoe capped a superb individual display with two well-taken goals in Tottenham's 3-1 win over Reading.

The Spanish champions slumped to their second La Liga defeat of the campaign in a 1-0 reverse at Sevilla on Saturday.

Champions came from a goal behind to secure a point as their new Spanish signing Garcia cancelled out Crouch's opener.

Scholes scored on his 700th appearance for Man United and Alexander Buttner and Nick Powell grabbed debut goals in a 4-0 win.

Mourinho says Ronaldo is an example for everyone and he's not worried about things that are supplementary.

The feud between QPR's defender Anton Ferdinand and Chelsea captain John Terry continued in the pre-match handshake at Loftus Road.

Dutchman Van Persie, suffered a strain on international duty but manager Alex Ferguson said he had recovered in time.

The crisis seems to be over as of now as the striker trained with team-mates on Wednesday.

Arsenal are ready to offer Didier Drogba an escape from his China crisis as Gunners look to fill the void left by Robin van Persie.

Goals by Viktor Faizulin and Roman Shirokov gave Fabio Capello's Russia a winning start in their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Iker Casillas and team mate Xavi have been jointly awarded the nation's most prestigious sports prize.

The Chelsea left back was sent back to his club on Monday for ankle treatment.

Barcelona edged out Valencia 1-0 to remain perfect after three games and lead the Spanish league standings.

Falcao scored a hat-trick as the Spanish side beat Champions League winner Chelsea 4-1 in the European Super Cup.

The 27-year-old winger, who played under current Swans manager Michael Laudrup at Getafe, signed a three-year contract.

Sydney chairman Scott Barlow said Del Piero had rejected other offers to move to Australia.