Tributes paid after ex-U's player dies

FORMER Colchester United trainee, Ernie Cooksey, has died at the age of 28 after a battle against cancer.

U's put £1m price tag on Lisbie

COLCHESTER United are reported to have slapped a £1m price tag on prize asset, Kevin Lisbie.

• Williams signs another defender
COLCHESTER United boss Geraint Williams bolstered his defensive unit still further by signing Paul Reid from Barnsley last night.
• Seagulls' boss compares Virgo to Ronaldo
EX-Colchester United defender, Adam Virgo, has been compared to Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. It was Brighton & Hove Albion chairman, Dick Knight, who made this intriguing comparison, although he was referring to transfer speculation rather than footballing prowess on the pitch.
• No Cherry picking for Hollands
COLCHESTER United have failed in their bid to sign Bournemouth midfielder, Danny Hollands.
• Duguid leaves U's after 14 years
IT WAS a day that many Colchester United fans believed would never come - the day that Karl Duguid signed for another club.

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• Top British tennis players at Felixstowe
TWO of Britain's fastest emerging tennis prospects will take to the courts of Felixstowe next week for the Gotelee & Goldsmith East of England International Championships.
• GP saved - but not at Silverstone
THE British Grand Prix has been saved - but it will be held at Donington Park from 2010, not Silverstone.
• Watling's Wimbledon dream ends
IPSWICH'S Ashley Watling and his partner Dominic Hodgson went out of the boys' doubles at Junior Wimbledon yesterday. The pair were defeated 6-2, 7-6 in the second round by the Australian duo Alex Sanders and Mark Verryth Watling, 18, and Hodgson had progressed from the first round after saving match point in an epic match against fellow British pairing Niall Angus and Michael Thompson.
• Coulthard announces retirement
British driver David Coulthard has announced he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season. The 37-year-old from Twynholm in Scotland announced his decision ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix, which will be his 237th start.
• Watling makes Wimbledon doubles progress
IPSWICH's Ashley Watling has progressed to the second round of the boys' doubles at Junior Wimbledon. The 18-year-old and his partner Dominic Hodgson progressed from the first round after saving match point in an epic tie against fellow British pairing Niall Angus and Michael Thompson.
• Hunt makes world title history
SUFFOLK'S Marlon Hunt has become the first person to hold kickboxing's three major world titles at the same time. Hunt from Onehouse, near Stowmarket claimed his latest belt after winning what was billed 'The Fight of the Decade'.
• Canary fans want Delia to meet Peter
FRUSTRATED fans last night urged the two lead figures in the extraordinary multi-million-pound battle for control of Norwich City to sit down and talk for the good of the football club.
• Cup draws - who has your local team got?
The FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round: Sleaford Town v Ely City, Haverhill Rovers v March Town Utd, Stowmarket Town v Ipswich Wdrs, Mildenhall Town v Felixstowe & Walton Utd, Gorleston v Fakenham Town, Woodbridge Town v Newmarket Town, Diss Town v Walsham-le-Willows, Hadleigh Utd v Gt Yarmouth Town, Whitton Utd v Cornard Utd, Leiston v Blackstones, Long Melford v Boston Town, Thetford Town v Needham Market, Debenham LC v Dereham Town, Lowestoft Town v St Ives Town, Wisbech Town v Norwich Utd, Wroxham v Kirkley & Pakefield, Raunds Town v Harwich & Parkeston, FC Clacton v St Margaretsbury, North Greenford Utd v Tiptree Utd, Stanway Rovers v Welwyn Gar
• Simon's Superbike dream
The world of British Superbikes is not a cheap or easy place to reach as a team, but Stowmarket's Simon Benbow is hoping to prove that it can be done - from scratch - in five years.
• Youth team could fold despite Wark
A KESGRAVE youth team which gives boys the chance to train under former Ipswich Town legend John Wark could fold because of a shortage of youngsters.