St Johnstone boasted a shock 3-1 lead over Rangers at half-time in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League at McDiarmid Park. The home side raced into a 2-0 lead when Cillian Sheridan and Chris Millar both netted in the opening 12 minutes. Rangers hit back through Sasa Papac but Saints restored their advantage thanks to a Liam Craig header. Rangers named an unchanged side from the one who romped to... 

There was a major upset at the Jamaica High School National Championships on Saturday. The shock came in the boys’ class II 200-metres dash, as overwhelming race favourite Jazeel Murphy was beaten into third place. Murphy, one of the country’s brightest young stars, was seen as the one to beat in the build up to the championships and he looked the part when running 21.19seconds, the... 

In a shock twist, the Athletics Tanzania (AT) announced today that only four athletes without a recognized coach, will represent the country in 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland this Sunday. Earlier, the AT said at least 12 runners will compete in the lucrative event. However, the AT Assistant Secretary General Julius Msomi told the ‘Daily News’ today... 

MADRID – Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is to have his tonsils removed after medication failed to cure a recurrent problem. “When I realised how serious it was I had to sit down and drink a glass of water because it was a huge shock,” the Dutchman told the club’s website on Monday. The operation will take place on Tuesday. Real, who are second in La Liga, play their... 

By Gary Smith for World-Track NEW YORK, USA – It’s almost one year since Usain Bolt ignited the sprinting world with his phenomenal performances in Beijing, but his accomplishments are still lingering in the minds of his fellow rivals.   He is getting his mind ready for a 200-metre outing at the Reebok Grand Prix here on Saturday, but American sprint star Tyson Gay can’t help... 

NEW YORK — When Tyson Gay showed up at the track in Orlando in late November to begin training for the 2009 season, he had only one thing on his mind – redemption. What was shaping up to be a spectacular 2008 season ended in disastrous fashion. The image of Gay walking off the track in Beijing with his head down was not one he wanted the world to remember. He needed to resurrect the Gay... 

It was fair to say that Oscar Pistorius was in something of a state of shock when he arrived in Manchester yesterday to prepare to follow the Lightning Bolt show. The 22-year-old Paralympian might well have still been reeling from the speedboat crash he suffered three months ago in which he suffered broken ribs and a fractured jaw. It was not so much the moment that his life flashed before his eyes,...