Football-The English Premier League’s bottom club Portsmouth say they’re confident of reaching an agreement to avoid being wound up in the High Court.
The club’s lawyers have been in talks with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs over a deal which they hope will lead to tomorrow’s court action being dropped.
Reports suggest that a substantial part of the money owed by the club will be paid immediately with the rest of the debt being rescheduled.

There’s a full programme in the Championship in England tonight.The leaders Newcastle are away at Derby while second placed West Brom host Scunthorpe.Third placed Nottingham Forest visit Coventry.

Cricket-South Africa are pressing for victory on day 4 of the 1st test against India in Nagpur.

West Indies are struggling badly in the second one day international against Australia in Adelaide.

Rugby Union- The Wales kicking coach Neil Jenkins says he doesn’t think that head coach Warren Gatland will carry out his threat to drop Alun-Wyn Jones for being sin-binned against England.
The lock tripped Dylan Hartley during last weekends six nations match at Twickenham.England scored 17 points in his absence and Gatland later said Jones could lose his place for this Saturday’s match against Scotland at the Millenium stadium.

Sailing-a lack of favourable winds forced organisers to abandon the first race in the 33rd America’s Cup on Monday.
The Swiss holders Alinghi and the American challenger BMW Oracle waited off the coast of Valencia for almost 4 hours before the days action was cancelled and they were forced to return to port.
The race has now been rescheduled for tomorrow.