Surrey Comet Sport: Football, Rugby and other sports news from Kingston, Elmbridge and London

7:13am Friday 1st June 2012

Sale have announced the appointment of former Gloucester head coach Bryan Redpath as their new director of rugby.

6:58am Friday 1st June 2012

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has backed his friend Brendan Rodgers to succeed as manager of Liverpool.

6:38am Friday 1st June 2012

Head coach Charles van Commenee has flatly denied being the "senior figure" in UK Athletics who reportedly called Jessica Ennis fat.

6:33am Friday 1st June 2012

Andy Murray vowed to continue his French Open campaign despite the back problems that almost forced him to quit during his dramatic victory over Jarkko Nieminen.

6:29am Friday 1st June 2012

Usain Bolt admitted to a touch of relief after getting his Olympic preparations back on track with an emphatic victory in the Diamond League meeting in Rome.

6:12am Friday 1st June 2012

The League Cup will be known as the Capital One Cup from the start of the new season under a four-year sponsorship agreement with the credit card company, the Football League has announced.

11:30pm Thursday 31st May 2012

England's Euro 2012 hopes are in danger of being wrecked before they have even left for their Krakow base after Frank Lampard was ruled out with a thigh injury.

11:03pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Wigan assistant manager Graeme Jones has been given permission to talk to Swansea, Latics chairman Dave Whelan has confirmed.

10:55pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Heather Watson smashed her racquet on the clay in frustration at the end of her French Open defeat by 25th seed Julia Goerges because it was a match she expected to win.

10:21pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Robbie Grabarz has provided the top performance from a British perspective at the Diamond League meeting in Rome, winning the high jump with a new personal best of 2.33m which takes him top of the world rankings in 2012.