McNish plays part in Audi victory at Le Mans

Scot finishes third behind trio of Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller as manufacturer enjoys clean sweep

How a bad system failure cost Britain glory

Sir Clive Woodward gives Owen Slot some advice on coaching

Ennis still Britain’s best bet

Heptathlon champion produces career best in the long jump, the event she had wanted to improve before European Championships

Relative values: 'I knew Rebecca would succeed'

The swimmer Rebecca Adlington, olympic double gold medallist, and her sister Laura who is training as a PE teacher

Nigel Mansell’s 17 minutes at Le Mans

Round-up: Sport in brief

Yafai’s revenge sweeter than birthday cake

Flyweight from Birmingham reaches final of the European Amateur Championships along with Iain Weaver and Tom Stalker

Jessica Ennis: What links me to Usain Bolt?

Easy to be left exhausted with patched-up body from trying too hard

Khan unlikely to return before December

The WBA light-welterweight champion has had to shelve plans for a July bout in Britain after pay-per-view plans meet cool response

Semenya remains in competitive limbo

South African teenager still no nearer a return to the track

Franchitti eyes family double with Le Mans success

Marino is one of the favourites in the 24-hour race and wants to match triumph of his brother, Dario, who won the Indy500

Powell starting to up the pace again

Jamaican No 2 clocks up the fastest 100 metres in the world this year with 9.82sec at Diamond League meeting in Rome

Webber provides inspiration to Rossi

Injured MotoGP champion’s morale is boosted by phonecall from the Red Bull driver who broke his leg in a cycling accident

Financial losses force changes to RallyScotland

Organisers admit “haemorrhaging money” in previous year but have hopes of breaking even in 2010 thanks to major alterations

Semenya ready to make statement of intent

South African 800-metres runner still harbours hope of claiming Olympic gold medal after trauma of controversial gender tests

Haye manager: bout with Harrison is possibility

Olympic champion gives up his European title to bring prospect of an all-British world heavyweight title bout closer

Olympic cyclist collects gold 62 years late

Eugene van Roosbroeck, 82, was a member of the victorious three-man Belgian cycling team at the London Olympics in 1948

Size does matter when new laws come into force

River anglers will be prevented from taking big fish for the table, and even from preserving whoppers in a glass case

Rossi keeps his spirits high after crash

Future of seven-times MotoGP world champion remains in the balance after high-speed crash during Italian Grand Prix practice

Fabio fit for the big stage

If there isn't an extended run at the World Cup the Italian could find previously supportive reviewers turning on him

Rossi is ‘out for three months’

Dunlop glad to carry on family’s legacy

Young racer will not let deaths of older relatives deter him

Sports Watch: England wing it with Wright-Phillips

Sports Watch: Rick Broadbent assesses the week’s sporting heroes and villains, including Shaun Wright-Philips, Red Bull and Jessica Ennis

Greene planning to teach big names a lesson

Welshman who makes his Diamond League debut in Norway has proved himself a student of his craft in every respect

Franchitti not ready to put brake on career

After handing out a racing masterclass to dominate and win his second Indy500, the Scot says he has no intention of retiring

Hearn’s revolution given the green light

WPBSA chairman handed control of snooker's future