Wayne Rooney will be given the opportunity to captain England for the first time in a competitive international in their World Cup qualifier against San Marino after Frank Lampard was ruled out of the match through injury.
England coach Roy Hodgson gave Celtic's tall goalkeeper Fraser Forster a first international call-up when he named the 24-year-old in his squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland.
England begin life without stalwart John Terry on Friday but San Marino are the perfect opponents for his yet unknown replacement to ease his way into the centre back's boots with all the goals expected at the other end.
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has apologised to English Football Association chairman David Bernstein for a Twitter insult he aimed at the FA last week and is free to play for England against San Marino on Friday.
Brazilian Bruno Senna will race for Williams this season, following in the footsteps of his late uncle and triple world champion Ayrton who died in one of the Formula One team's cars at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
Nineteen-year-old Japanese Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa has died after a crash during Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix, the second death in the sport in two events.
Spain and hat-trick hero Pedro turned on the style in a 4-0 World Cup qualifying win in Belarus amid a television blackout while Germany had Irish viewers turning off in droves as they romped to a 6-1 away win on Friday.
MotoGP leader Valentino Rossi extended his advantage over Yamaha team mate Jorge Lorenzo by winning the San Marino Grand Prix in front of his home crowd on Sunday. World champion Rossi, now 30 points clear of the Spaniard with four races left, started on pole for the first time at Misano but quickly dropped down to fourth before battling back up to first where he then sped away from the field.
Olympique Lyon winger Sidney Govou hit a double as France stunned arch-rivals Italy 3-1 in a Euro 2008 qualifier in Paris.
Alonso's victory at Ferrari's home circuit was his third win in a row this season and the team's fourth in four races.
Team by team analysis of Sunday's San Marino Formula One Grand Prix (listed in championship order).\n
James Milner, set to win his 50th England cap against San Marino on Thursday, believes his international captain Wayne Rooney has a good chance of reaching another significant landmark in the coming days.
Michael Schumacher broke the record of late great Ayrton Senna by storming to his 66th pole position of his career
The seven times Formula One champion says Ferrari cannot afford to fire any more blanks.
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello moved to console compatriot Bruno Senna on Monday after beating him to the last remaining seat in Formula One with the Brawn GP team. Barrichello, the sport's most experienced driver who was close to Senna's uncle Ayrton before the triple champion died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, said the youngster has an obvious future in the sport.
The decision confirmed Germany's Nick Heidfeld as the eighth placed driver and relegated Ralf Schumacher to 11th at the San Marino Grand Prix.
Ferrari introduced their F2005 at the last race in Bahrain, advancing its debut in response to Renault's domination
San Marino Grand Prix organisers remained hopeful on Tuesday that they would have a Formula One race next year despite it being left off the 2007 calendar.
The Formula One calendar will be trimmed to 17 Grands Prix next year with Germany and Italy each losing one of their two races.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher says his victory in last month's San Marino Grand Prix was no flash in the pan.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said earlier in the year that the circuit near Bologna, which is looking for government funding to upgrade the facilities, would be making its final appearance on the calendar this season.
McLaren struggled, with Kimi Raikkonen eighth fastest and David Coulthard 11th in Friday's first practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
The goalless draw against Czech Republic ended Wales's hopes of making it to Euro 2008.
She had slipped into a coma following a fall at her home last Saturday and underwent an emergency operation.
"These victories are also going to generate an excess of euphoria so we have to be cautious," said the Spaniard.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in the first qualifying round at the San Marino Grand Prix
The 28-year-old Jordan driver clocked 1 minute 23.842 seconds to finish 17th in the second practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix.
The victory after four qualifiers moved Ireland on to four points but they are still struggling in fifth place.
Italy's Imola circuit will host grands prix for at least another five years, local officials said on Monday after meeting Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
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