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Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is being lined up for a shock move by Dubai-based Al Wasl, currently being managed by Diego Maradona.   Drogba became the spearhead of the Chelsea attack under former bosses Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti and helped the club to three Premier League titles.

George Groves says that he will not rush into a world title challenge after his two-round dismantling of Paul Smith on Saturday night at Wembley Arena.   Groves defended his British and Commonwealth titles very securely by landing a technical knockout victory over his Liverpudlian opponent with a barrage of robust right hooks.

Lewis Moody yesterday announced his retirement from international rugby. In doing so he relinquished the England captain's armband.   After 71 caps the man they call "Mad Dog" has finally called it a day. Predictably, the response from the sport and the rugby public, and the praise has been effusive.

By Ian Stafford

If super-middleweight Kenny Anderson can see off Sheffield’s Lee Duncan at over six rounds at Meadowbank this Saturday, his manager is hoping he’ll become the mandatory challenger for British and Commonwealth champion George Grove’s titles.   The last meeting between Anderson and Groves was the Commonwealth title clash in Manchester last November.

For the past decade Jurgen Melzer has been dreaming of one day winning the coveted Wimbledon title. Having claimed the title as a junior in 1999, the Austrian has struggled to replicate his success as a senior and has never made it past the third round of the illustrious grass court event.

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As Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Bradley Wiggins and others proved last summer at the Beijing Olympics, Britain rules the world when it comes to cycling, and not just on the track inside the world’s velodromes.