It’s a sight familiar to anyone who has played baseball in cold climates: pre-season practices held in gymnasiums, instead of on diamond-shaped fields.

Millwall ended Staines Town‘s FA Cup dreams with a comprehensive 4-0 win at the Den on Wednesday night in a second-round replay.

Following up his London Cross Country Championship victory, Cambridge Harriers’ Dean Lacy stormed to an impressive win Saturday at Danson Park in Bexleyheath.

Members of rock band Dire Straits returned to their roots on Thursday to see the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the spot of their first concert in 1977. Mark Knopfler and John Illsley helped brighten up a grey day on a Deptford council estate where the group used to live.

With the 2012 Games less than two years away, the athletes of London came out in full force last Saturday for the annual Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill.

The club chairman refers to the tournament as ‘our Ryder Cup.’ The format is similar: players spend the morning playing singles matches and the afternoon paired up in doubles teams.

Croydon Athletic received a respite from their recent play when they beat Corinthian Casuals 2-0 at the Keith Tuckey Stadium in Thornton Heath for a second round match in the Isthmian League Cup on Tuesday night.

Hackney Council’s planning committee finally approved developer Hammerson’s plans for redeveloping an area of Shoreditch on Wednesday night, in front of a full audience at Hackney Town Hall.