Sir Allen Stanford meets the press at Lord’s on June 11. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images
The Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford yesterday assured England’s cricketers that their potential payday in Antigua would not be jeopardised after a high court ruling in favour of the telecommunications company Digicel forced the West Indies Cricket Board to withdraw its [...]

Dwain Chambers will take the BOA to court to contest his ban. Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Getty
The most expensive legal battle in British Olympic history is set to blast out of the starting blocks this week, after former drugs cheat Dwain Chambers twice achieved the Beijing qualifying time for the 100 metres at a small event in [...]