National Sport for 4 May 2009

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Tigers bitten by Carew May 04 2009

John Carew's first-half goal clinched an automatic European spot for Aston Villa for the first time in 11 years and piled on more misery for relegation-threatened Hull at Villa Park.Read

Strauss and Taylor take awards May 04 2009

England captain Andrew Strauss and Women's World Cup winner Claire Taylor have been named Vodafone's two players of the year for 2008/09.Read

Higgins crushes Murphy at Crucible May 04 2009

John Higgins won the third World Championship title of his career as he completed a crushing Crucible victory over Shaun Murphy on Monday night.Read

Middlesex slump to heavy loss May 04 2009

Monday's Friends Provident Trophy action saw games all over the country curtailed by rain, but Somerset needed no concessions for weather as they condemned Middlesex to an embarrassingly quick defeat.Read

Carrick welcomes back Rio May 04 2009

Michael Carrick is delighted England team-mate Rio Ferdinand will be around to aid Manchester United's bid to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday night.Read

Anderson ready to lead May 04 2009

Jimmy Anderson is cast in an unaccustomed but deserved role this week, as the senior lynchpin of a raw England attack out to overturn uncomfortable statistics.Read

Higgins closes in on title May 04 2009

John Higgins stretched his lead to eight frames as he closed in on victory over Shaun Murphy in the Betfred.com World Championship final.Read

Munster flanker Quinlan cited May 04 2009

Munster flanker Alan Quinlan has been cited for allegedly making contact with the eye or eye area of Leinster captain Leo Cullen in Saturday's Heineken Cup semi-final.Read

Gold unaware of McLeish unrest May 04 2009

Birmingham chairman David Gold expects manager Alex McLeish to see out his contract with the club after guiding them to promotion back to Premier League.Read

Tigers boss targets speedy recovery May 04 2009

Leicester boss Richard Cockerill admits "recovery will be key" this week as the Tigers continue their relentless bid for a third European and domestic double.Read

Hyypia heading to Leverkusen May 04 2009

Veteran Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia will join German side Bayer Leverkusen on a two-year deal in the summer.Read

Gunners triumph in final May 04 2009

Vic Akers won his 30th honour as Arsenal women's manager in his penultimate game in charge as they beat Sunderland 2-1 in the women's FA Cup final.Read

Noon confirms Falcons exit May 04 2009

Newcastle centre Jamie Noon has confirmed he will be leaving the Falcons this summer to join a French club, widely reported to be Brive.Read

Ferdinand boost for United May 04 2009

Manchester United have been given a major lift ahead of their Champions League semi-final with Arsenal as Rio Ferdinand returned to training.Read

Westerman on road to recovery May 04 2009

Castleford youngster Joe Westerman is making encouraging progress in his recovery from a head injury.Read

Crane makes Cardiff pay the penalty May 04 2009

Jordan Crane booted Leicester to a history-making Heineken Cup semi-final victory over Cardiff Blues, and then admitted: "I am in no hurry to take another kick."Read

Hatton camp eager to end blame game May 04 2009

The Ricky Hatton camp has moved to stop the blame game being played out in response to the former world champion's devastating loss to Manny Pacquiao.Read

Murray breaks into top three May 04 2009

Andy Murray will become the first Briton to reach number three in the world rankings next week.Read

Baggies can bounce back - Mowbray May 04 2009

Tony Mowbray is confident West Brom can make a big impression in the Coca-Cola Championship next season if they are relegated from the Barclays Premier League.Read

O'Neill confident of keeping young guns May 04 2009

Martin O'Neill is optimistic Aston Villa can "withstand" any offers this summer from the Barclays Premier League big guns for the club's group of talented young players.Read

Moyes wants more May 04 2009

Everton boss David Moyes is demanding even bigger things from his players as they prepare for a thrilling finale to the season.Read

Gerrard the Reds star attraction May 04 2009

Steven Gerrard made sure he had his picture taken with actor Daniel Craig after guiding Liverpool to a comprehensive 3-0 destruction of Newcastle at Anfield but it is the Geordies who need the help of James Bond to get themselves out of their relegation mess.Read

Giggs: United are better by half May 04 2009

Ryan Giggs has called on Manchester United to repeat their first-half super show against Arsenal on Tuesday in order to complete their passage to the Champions League final.Read

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