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Hamburg accept city bid for Kompany
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Hamburg have accepted a bid from Manchester City for Belgium defender Vincent Kompany.
Duo round off superb regatta
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson rounded off another impressive Olympic campaign for Great Britain's sailors when they claimed victory in the Star class to collect the fourth gold and sixth medal overall in China.
Silver medal for Davies
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Britain's David Davies took silver in the 10-kilometre open water marathon behind Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden after the 23-year-old dominated for most of the race on Thursday morning.
Idowu 'hurt' by missed gold chance
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Britain's Phillips Idowu admitted he was "upset and hurt" after seeing Olympic gold snatched from his grasp by an agonising five centimetres in the triple jump final in Beijing.
Vagana to retire
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Bradford Bulls prop forward Joe Vagana has decided to retire at the end of the season.
Answer is simple for Berbatov
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos believes the only way for Dimitar Berbatov to silence jeers from his own fans this weekend is to find the net against Sunderland.
Brits disqualified from relay
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Great Britain will not be able to defend their Olympic 4x100metres relay title after being disqualified from Thursday night's semi-finals in Beijing.
Traore joins Pompey on loan
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Portsmouth have signed Arsenal's French left-back Armand Traore on a one-year loan deal.
Davis completes Rangers move
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Rangers have completed the signing of Fulham midfielder Steven Davis on a four-year deal.
Sunderland medical for Healy - Hodgson
5:52pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has confirmed striker David Healy was due to undergo a medical at Sunderland on Thursday.
National News
Over-60s outnumber children in UK
Updated 5:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Children are outnumbered by the over-60s in Britain for the first time ever, official figures show.
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