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The Football Association’s Chairman, Greg Dyke, has set the England football team with a target of winning the World Cup in 2022.

The 66-year-old former BBC director general is to lead a commission with the aim of improving England teams’ success at international level.

Speaking at a lunch hosted by England team sponsors Vauxhall, Dyke admitted the lack of English-qualified players currently playing in the Premier League was “serious, very serious”, and that he intended The FA to work “hand-in-hand” with the all sections of the game for the sake of the national team and...

The last 12 months have seen the Lions roar with a first Tour victory in 16 years, Andy Murray become Wimbledon's first British men's singles champion in 77 years, Chris Froome record a Tour de France success arguably even more comprehensive than Sir Bradley Wiggins' triumph in 2012, and the England cricket team secure an incredible third consecutive Ashes Series win over Australia.

The winning didn't stop on the field, with the last year witness to incredible work from brands, agencies, teams, rights holders and community organisations all successfully capitalising on and helping...

Rob Baxter is confident his Exeter Chiefs squad will have learnt plenty from their pre-season programme, despite ending it with a narrow home loss against Heineken Cup rivals Glasgow Warriors.

Having overcome Scarlets (23-15) and Bristol (51-7) in their first two friendlies, the Devon club were undone home soil by the Warriors who headed back north of the border with a 29-26 win under their belts.

It was a disappointing ending to pre-season for the Chiefs, but head coach Baxter admitted all three fixtures had provided useful work-outs for his players ahead of this weekend’s...

Real Madrid have paid €100m (£85.2m) to sign Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur, making the Welshman the most expensive player in the history of the game.

After the protacted transfer finally came to a conclusion on Sunday evening (1 September), the club announced the news shortly after their 1-0 defeat to Arsenal in the North London derby.

Spurs had initially attempted to hold onto their prized asset, but chairman Daniel Levy and manager André Villas-Boas eventually conceded that the 24-year-old should be allowed to achieve his dream of playing for Real. In so doing, Levy...