Reports suggest that Lance Armstrong could return to the Tour de France next year. Photograph: Peter de Jong/ AP
Rumours that the American cyclist Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement next year to compete in five road races, enabling him to compete for an eighth Tour de France title, have sparked confusion.
Armstrong, 37 next week, [...]

The peloton of the Tour of Britain passes the London Eye on the first stage of the race. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
These are heady times for British cycling. Two weeks on from the almost embarrassingly lavish success at the Beijing Olympics, yesterday was the opening day of the Tour of Britain in central London. Cycling [...]

Nick Easter, whose New Zealand tour is over following a hand injury. Photograph: Paul Harding/Action Images
England’s options for Saturday’s first Test against New Zealand at Eden Park were complicated yet again yesterday when the Harlequins no 8 Nick Easter was ruled out of the tour with a broken bone in his right hand which will [...]

Martin Petrov and Goran Stankouski. Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP
Sven-Goran Eriksson refused to be drawn on his future at Manchester City after the club concluded their post-season tour of Asia with a humiliating defeat to a South China Invitational XI. Eriksson’s position has been the subject of feverish speculation since it was revealed club owner Thaksin Shinawatra [...]