Roy Hayes

England captain Steven Gerrard last night hailed the contribution of matchwinner Wayne Rooney and said the team were gaining momentum as they looked forward to a quarter-final showdown on Sunday night with Italy.

World No7 Stephen Lee has been suspended by snooker’s governing body after he triggered a new investigation into suspicious betting patterns when he lost 4-2 to four-time world champion John Higgins in the Premier League on Thursday night.

Players from relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers turned a team bonding trip to Dubai last month into something akin to a stag party, a newspaper report claimed last night.

Vincent Kompany left feeling aggrieved after French referee denies City penalty after Edin Dzeko was felled

Manchester United striker says it was a great honour for Ferguson to bring him to Old Trafford from Everton

England star riles fans further after an image is circulated on social media sites of him allegedly smoking a shisha pipe on a night out

United are planning another spending spree, with some stellar names on Louis van Gaal’s radar

Five Irish and French players and four All Blacks make the official team of the tournament