Today sees the start of the 2008/09 Premiership season with the now traditional Twickenham double header.

Leicester's new head coach Heyneke Meyer has named his team for the first match of this season's Guinness Premiership which pits the Tigers against the team they beat in last season's play off semi fi

And so the games finally get under way and the waiting is over, For those appearing on the first day it could be a nightmare - perform badly and the dream is over before most of your teammates have ev

As the break in the County Championship caused by the slap around known as 20Twenty comes to an end perhaps it is time to reflect on what has been a strange season so far.

And so we come to the final weekend of Northern Hemisphere v. Southern Hemisphere matches.

The estimated cost of the main stadium for the 2012 Games has hit £525m, the mayor's Olympics watchdog has revealed.

The draw for next season's Heineken Cup has been made in Dublin.

Pool One

England have reacted to their thumping by the All Blacks by making six changes, five in the backs, for Saturday's second Test in Christchurch.

The team is:

As the Beijing Olympic's get closer so do the trials for selection, and both the UK and the USA face potential legal challenges from convicted drug cheats desperate to compete.

With four matches today featuring Southern Hemisphere playing Northern hemisphere teams there were hopes that the Northern sides might improve on last weekends dire results.