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Theo Walcott scored his first Arsenal hat-trick as the Gunners brought newly-promoted Blackpool back down to earth with a bump at Emirates Stadium

The Slovakian football association has enraged its Irish counterpart by switching the venue of a European qualifier between the two nations

It is the business end of the Toronto Masters and each of the top four seeds features in one of the quarter-finals

Andy Murray is anticipating a difficult encounter when he faces Gael Monfils in the third round of the ATP Rogers Cup later on Thursday

Fabio Capello says he will not pick David Beckham to play in another competitive match for England as he called time on the veteran’s international career

Italy midfielder Mauro Camoranesi has been handed a $50,000 fine for a tackle that injured an opponent during a match in Argentina 16 years ago

Goals from Jermaine Beckford and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov secured a 2-0 victory for Everton against their Chilean counterparts in a momentous occasion for both clubs at Goodison Park last night

FIFA have announced that all of the drug tests conducted during the recent World Cup returned negative

Damien Richardson, the Airtricity League XI manager, has today named his 18-man squad to face Manchester United on 4 August in Dublin

CescFabregas says he is “desperate” to play in the World Cup final against the Netherlands despite only making three appearances for Spain in South Africa

Russia’s Vera Zvonareva came from a set down to beat unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova and reach her first Grand Slam singles final

Carlos Queiroz reluctantly conceded that Spain were the deserved winners after his Portugal side were beaten 1-0 by the Euro 2008 champions in the last 16

Maria Sharapova says her failure to reach round three of Wimbledon for two years running helped inspire her to victory in her second-round match with Romania’s Ioana Olaru

Laura Robson was content with her performance despite losing to fourth seed Jelena Jankovic in the first round of Wimbledon yesterday

Italy manager Marcello Lippi has defended his team selection in the wake of his side’s disappointing 1-1 draw with New Zealand

Cristiano Ronaldo says Portugal “have every chance” of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup following their 0-0 draw with Ivory coast on Tuesday

Franz Beckenbauer has launched a scathing attack on England’s style of play, claiming Fabio Capello’s side play “kick and rush” football

Nadal has accumulated 202 career wins on clay faster than any other man

Murray was knocked out of Roland Garros in tame fashion against Tomas Berdych

Fernando Torres is confident he will be fit to take part in Spain’s opening World Cup match against Switzerland on June 16

Rafael Nadal overcame fierce rival Roger Federer in straight sets to snatch back the Madrid Masters crown a week before Roland Garros gets underway