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Olympic middleweight gold medallist James DeGale is to make his professional debut in Birmingham next month.

Swansea City's loan winger Nathan Dyer could make his debut at Burnley on Saturday.

England's David Beckham plays 45 minutes on his AC Milan debut as the Serie A side run out winners on penalties against Hamburg.

Pictures as David Beckham makes his AC Milan debut in Dubai

York City boss Martin Foyle must wait to give new loan signing Kyle Critchell his debut after the postponement of Tuesday's game at Weymouth.

Daryl Gurney beat Garry Thompson to reach the last 16 of the BDO World Championship.

Non-league side Blyth Spartans are knocked out of the FA Cup by Premier League outfit Blackburn Rovers.

Plymouth Argyle's on-loan full-back David Gray says he did not score an own goal on his debut at Arsenal in the FA Cup.

The debut album by US indie rock group Fleet Foxes wins the Art Vinyl prize for best cover.

West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Mowbray says loan striker Jay Simpson made a good impression against Peterborough.

Former world 100m champion Kim Collins will be among the competitors at the Aviva International Match at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.

Both Armagh and Antrim are likely to include debutants in Sunday's opening McKenna Cup Section C clash at the Athletic Grounds.

Oxford United loan striker Ricky Sappleton says he is delighted to score on his debut against Salisbury

James Constable and debutant Ricky Sappleton help Oxford overcome Salisbury in Thursday's Blue Square Premier match.

York Acorn ARL are aiming for a play-off place in their debut season in the National Conference League's Premier division.

Top tastemakers speak up for the new acts they have picked for the BBC Sound of 2009 list.

Kate Moss sculpted in gold, a £50m price tag for a painting and a dead pianist makes his Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) debut - what happened in the arts world in 2008.

Karl Pryce scores two tries on his Wigan debut as the Warriors brush aside an inexperienced Warrington outfit 44-4 in a pre-season friendly.

Anastasia Dobromyslova talks up her chances ahead of her PDC world darts debut

Harrogate Town manager Neil Aspin says it is unlikely that new signing Noel Whelan will play for the club this season.

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