Speed targets wide man for Blades in emergency loan window
SHEFFIELD United chief executive Trevor Birch has confirmed that an attacking midfielder is the Championship club's priority during the emergency loan window.

Owls must bounce back
SHEFFIELD Wednesday boss Alan Irvine has challenged his ambitious side to bounce back from yesterday's "disappointing" loss to League One strugglers Brentford.

St Leger: Red hot favourite is Rewilding
RED-hot favourite Rewilding features among 12 remaining entries for the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday.

Spireites at Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday have been drawn at home to local rivals Chesterfield in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy second round draw.

Millers plan 'Alf' talks
ROTHERHAM United chief Ronnie Moore will speak to top scorer Adam Le Fondre today about his future at the club.

Teenage triple jumper seeks improvement
SHEFFIELD triple jumper Adam Khan vowed to return to the Sainsbury's UK School Games bigger and better next year after seeing his debut end agonisingly short of the podium

Toseland left frustrated by broken hand
JAMES Toseland believes he can perform for any team in the World Superbike paddock despite extending his podium drought to 13 races during round 11 at the Nurburgring yesterda

Bloody marvels! Steelers score 11
Dundee Stars 0 Sheffield Steelers 6 (Sunday) Sheffield Steelers 5 Cardiff Devils 1 (Saturday)

Ballance clinches runners-up spot for Barnsley
A CENTURY from Zimbabwean ace Gary Ballance helped Barnsley secure second spot in the 2010 league with one week remaining, when they beat third-placed rivals Yorkshire Academy

Captain elated by England form
Paul Collingwood hailed another "great performance" after seeing his England side win by five wickets in yesterday's Twenty20 international against crisis-hit Paki

Blackwell snubbed QPR proposition
FORMER Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell has revealed he turned down an approach from Queens Park Rangers to stay at Bramall Lane at the end of the 2008/09 campaign.

Putting down a permanent marker
GARY Speed, the Sheffield United manager, yesterday vowed there must be no repeat of the chaotic scenes which saw the club flooded with loan signings last season.

Shez return
Sheffield Wednesday and Chesterfield are to play each other in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.

Cahill recalls Hillsborough influence
SHEFFIELD-born Gary Cahill insists he is "ready for it" if handed his full England debut in tomorrow's Euro 2012 qualifier in Switzerland.

BRENTFORD 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0 - MATCH REPORT
SHEFFIELD Wednesday stay top of League One, but Alan Irvine and his ambitious side will want to forget this disappointing defeat away to Brentford as the hosts deservedly shed

Handsworth sparkle at home again
BOTH Handsworth and Staveley Miners Welfare recorded excellent 2-0 victories in Division One over Barton Town Old Boys and Louth Town respectively.

Aussie ace blows hot in final sprint
Australian star Craig Mottram won the BUPA Great Yorkshire 10K at Sheffield yesterday after a close battle with Chris Thompson (Aldershot) which went to the wire.

CHESTERFIELD 2 LINCOLN CITY 1 - MATCH REPORT
The game was nowhere near as close as the scoreline suggests. It took Chesterfield a while to click into gear but when they did City couldn't live with the home side. H

Controversial late penalty denies Tigers
Both Stocksbridge Park Steels and Sheffield FC drew a blank, while Worksop Town were denied a fourth win in five games by a last gasp Bradford equaliser.

Super Socino stars in Titans late show
Rotherham Titans 19 Bedford Blues 16

SHREWSBURY 1 ROTHERHAM 0 - MATCH REPORT
TWO teams with promotion aspirations put on a great advertisement for League Two football and showed why they will both in contention when the prizes are handed out in May.

Monday Papers: Capello to assess Rooney's state of mind
READ what is making the sports headlines in today's UK national papers - Monday, September 6, 2010.

Owls lose: Brentford 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0
LEAGUE One leaders Sheffield Wednesday suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away to bottom of the division Brentford this afternoon.

Ice Hockey: Steelers hit the high road
Sheffield Steelers completed an 11-goal thriller weekend tonight.

England: Rooney faces allegations over private life
WAYNE Rooney is still scheduled to travel to Switzerland tomorrow for England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite allegations about his private life, Football Association source