Richard Burns, who won the World Rally Championship in 2001, has died at the age of 34 after a long illness, on the fourth anniversary of his title win. Burns had not competed since he passed out at ...

Middlesbrough midfielder Gaizka Mendieta could still leave the Riverside by the end of the season. Mendieta, 32, failed to seal a move away during the transfer window but could be heading to America, ...

Londoner Ian Napa's grip on the European bantamweight title was ended in his first defence after being out-pointed by France's Malik Bouzaine. The Hackney fighter was unable to handle his Parisian ...

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But when Chris Gayle edged Adams to Stephen Fleming at slip, it was the cue for an ugly collapse by the Windies batsmen. Brian Lara, who scored a magnificent century in the opening victory against ...

Exeter picked up three crucial points in the battle of two promotion hopefuls as Dean Moxey's deflected strike secured a win over Bradford. The only goal of the game was somewhat fortuitous, after ...

Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya. And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years ...

Two men have been jailed for life at the Old Bailey for the homophobic murder of gay barman Jody Dobrowski. Unemployed Thomas Pickford, 26, and decorator Scott Walker, 33, admitted the killing at an ...

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem has launched a new political group within the Peronist party and vowed to return to Argentina soon. Mr Menem, now living in Chile, sent a recorded message to ...

Hundreds of daredevils have taken to the skies above Bangkok to set a world record and mark the queen's birthday. The skydivers swooped in their hundreds out of six transport planes, more than 2,000 ...

Stefan Pakeerah was beaten and stabbed to death by Warren Leblanc, 17, but the motive, say police, was robbery. Leicestershire police have confirmed a copy of the game was found, but in Stefan's' ...

Lord Levy also hit the headlines as the Labour Party's chief fundraiser - or, as the press dubbed him, "Lord Cashpoint". Many of those he got to donate were not Labour supporters and they were often ...