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Idowu 'hurt' by missed gold chance

Phillips Idowu

11:05pm 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.

Galliani: Sheva move is off

Andriy Shevchenko

11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has revealed talks to bring Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko back to the San Siro are "frozen" because of a disagreement between the two clubs.

Black Cats snap up duo

Djibril Cisse

11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Sunderland have confirmed the double signing of Djibril Cisse and David Healy.

Hamburg accept city bid for Kompany

Vincent Kompany

11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Hamburg have accepted a bid from Manchester City for Belgium defender Vincent Kompany.

Harmison makes England one-day return

Steve Harmison

11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Steve Harmison has dramatically reversed his decision to retire from one-day international cricket and joined up with England's squad for the NatWest Series against South Africa.

Silver medal for Davies

David Davies

11:05pm 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.

Duo round off superb regatta

Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson

11:05pm 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.

Traore joins Pompey on loan

Armand Traore

11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Portsmouth have signed Arsenal's French left-back Armand Traore on a one-year loan deal.

Brits disqualified from relay

Marlon Devonish (right) and Craig Pickering (second right)

11:05pm 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

Armand Traore

9:44pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Portsmouth have signed Arsenal's French left-back Armand Traore on a one-year loan deal.

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Family tribute to fall death boy

Trelawney estate in Hackney, where a boy fell to his death

Updated 4:27am Friday 22nd August 2008

The family of a teenager who fell to his death from a building while fleeing a gang of youths has paid tribute to the youngster.


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