I hope now that in the longer term they will give authority to the fourth official to suspend matches where there is racist abuse of the type we witnessed in Madrid, and if the chanting...

I am making no bones about it. I am supporting the ECB in what it has done,

That’s what he [Brook] wants to tell me about, not what I want to tell him about. It was a very short conversation, but I said my door’s always open.

It’s time for the game to take bold steps toward better governance, and a Europe-wide solution is the only answer. There needs to be a control of the excesses that are out there and further...

We have had the pantomime. Let’s now have the serious stuff.

a great day for the future of the motor industry in the UK.

The covenant stops you from building sports facilities, which I said is not very helpful,

The best way here for all parties is to have an agreement and I’m hopeful that will happen in the next 24 hours.

We are investing a quarter of a billion pounds between now and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The slate has been wiped clean and every local authority will have their chance to make its case.

Whatever the surplus the clubs will save as a consequence of a salary cap, what better way to use the extra money than to give some of it back to their fans.

I think it’s an important step forward for women’s sport. The Open really is now truly open. I think the R&A has listened to what people think and I’m very pleased they are changing the...

Every young footballer can remember watching their hero play and wanting to emulate them on the park or the school playground, … I’d now like to see the chairmen of all football clubs back the...

Football has something to learn from cricket: respect for officials, for each other as professionals and for the opponents.

All the evidence we have says foreign nationals brought in to play have actually enhanced teams and indeed some would argue it has enhanced our national teams too,

I was down at the Oval on Friday and I said if you want to come and see me, then fine.

The government has been discussing with the FA for some time the feasibility … but we are a long way off still, … It is the same process as we went through before deciding to...