Pietersen injury blow as heel fails to heal

The Lord’s Test ends before lunch on the final day

England firmly in control at Lord’s

It’s a nice day for ducks at Lord’s.

A captain's innings, and a muppet's bowling, help England to 364-6

Day five: England get out jail for free.

Day Four: Australia build, England crumble

Day Three: Australia bat. And bat, and bat, and bat.

Don’t have time to follow the Ashes? These pass notes should tell you all you need to know…

England finish Day One of the First Test on 336-7.

Never mind whether England can win back the urn, who’s going to win the traditional war of words on the pitch? We put England and Australia’s best Ashes sledges to the test.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh spent his 51st birthday facing the World Motor Sport Council alone and apologising for the team lying to stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.

Formula One championship leader Jenson Button has admitted that he sees Red Bull Racing as the main threat in the early stages of this season.

With some of the drivers openly questioning a late-afternoon start to the Malaysian Grand Prix if there’s no sun in Sepang, things don’t look – or sound – promising.

Joe Montego keeps the peace by wining on in Melbourne ahead of his journey to the Malaysian Grand Prix, while others recover from gaffes…

F1 is costly; F1 isn’t green; F1 makes too much noise – with so many critics, everyone in the Formula One paddock needs to pull together, suggests Justin Hynes.

The start of a new Formula One season brings with it all those things that make sport great – a nervous flutter of anticipation, a slight twinge of anxiety, hope, trepidation…

So, where did I leave you? Ah, that’s right – the surf was pumping, at the Bluff Reef…. six to eight feet and thumping barrels.

With the Australian Grand Prix just days away, I’m leaving on a jet plane – don’t know when I’ll be back again…

Next weekend sees the beginning of the traditional media feeding frenzy that marks the start of a new Formula One season.

Andrew Flintoff's importance to England's Ashes challenge is undoubted, says one of his greatest adversaries.