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We all love to win a prize or two, remember those school sports days, those chess championships? Ah sweet recognition. Being commended for our efforts is great for the spirit. And it looks like the great British weather has brought out the convivials in all of us, because there are awards left right and centre!

Nottinghamshire cricketer Ryan Sidebottom picked up Player Of The Year Award for his prodigal return to international cricket, and our favourite piece of news yet has to be of an equine nature. It’s with a sentimental sigh and memories of our big winnings that we speak of Denman.

Yes the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2008 winner, has been named Horse Of The Year at the Anglo-Irish Jump …

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You get the feeling Didier Drogba and John Terry could have broken a leg or two each last weekend and still declared themselves fit for next week’s Champions League Final. On Sunday, both were major doubts for the biggest club match in the world but now Chelsea’s two big guns have recovered at breakneck speed. They’ll both line up against Man United in a game Chelsea will be doubly determined to win after losing the title to Alex Fergie’s mob on the last day of the season.

“I got a blow on my knee and immediately put some ice on it,” Drogba told French newspaper L’Equipe. “There is nothing serious and I’ll resume training this week. Anyway, no one wants that …

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The 62nd Tony Awards will be happening on June 15th. Anyone who’s anyone knows that this means the stars of the US stage get together and give each other a pat on the back for treading the boards.

It’s all about the biggest Broadway shows and Whoopi Goldberg will be hosting (let’s hope she doesn’t cry for being ignored this time). But we’re not really that bothered about Whoopi or the other host of US actors; we’re more concerned with the Brit pack - oh yes!

Yes, today is the day that the Tony Awards Nominations 2008 went public and our very own veteran luvvies are ripping up the competition. In the Leading Actor category we have Rufus Sewell for Rock …

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Remember being at school all cocky to be picked for the first team, already thinking of the glory when you beat the poncy school a few miles away in a nice little tournament. Imagine being the top goal scorer, the rush of wind in your hair and the good honest sweat of champions. It felt great, then before you know it that lad Jimmy comes shunting in with his bad tackle and bang your ankle’s a gonner. Yes it’s gutting, you’re rolling around in pain and wonder whether you’ll make it to the next game?

Well imagine John Terry and Didier Drogba at the weekend, nuts of steel they may have but I bet they still cried like babies when it …

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Has Hugh Hefner finally lost his marbles or has his penchant for young pretty things gone too far? We all know that precocious teen Miley Cyrus daughter of country and western crooner and hair criminal Billy Ray, did a soft porn shoot recently for Vanity Fair magazine. But Hef has suggested that the whipper-snapper gets her kit off for Playboy.

OK strictly speaking he didn’t say right now but when she turns 18. The 82 year-old randy goat said:

"She’d be welcomed in the magazine. Very pretty lady."

Photos of Miley wrapped in nothing but a bed sheet caused a storm and the teen star had to admit that she was really embarrassed by them. Hugh Hefner has a very different …

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Andrew Flintoff was in fine form last week as he discussed the prospects of making an international return with England. “I definitely feel I could play a Test match now,” he told one of the tabloid newspapers.

Brilliant news! Or so we all thought. Because just a day later, it turned out that ‘Freddie’ couldn’t play a Test match at all. Not just yet, anyway – a side strain (whatever that is, it all sounds very feeble to us. Is like a bit of an ache?) ruled him out of England’s squad against New Zealand. Boooooo, we all thought.

Should Flintoff, after an injury-ravaged past year and almost countless ankle operations, have been recalled immediately to the team? Damn right he …

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Right now the job of a Manchester city centre roadsweeper is a bit similar to being one of those soldiers from the Welsh Borders regiment at Rourke´s Drift.

No sooner have you dealt with one horde of Zulus, erm strewn beer bottles, thinking you´re in the clear, then another even bigger swathe of them come charging over the hill.

And these ones are far more savage. They come from Glasgow for starters and will be armed to the teeth with McEwans Export. Terrifying.

Scotland fans don´t get to celebrate success too often but when they do it´s usually an impressive sight, especially if you happen to own a bar. Although I don´t much fancy Rangers´s chances of turning over Zenit St Petersburg in …

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