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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

About 400 people turned up at the City of Belfast Crematorium on the outskirts of east Belfast, for its open day on Sunday. The council are hoped that by educating people, cremation will become a more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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' ...

Tottenham boss Martin Jol has been named Barclays Manager of the Month for December. Jol's award follows a fine run of form which saw Spurs collect 13 out of 15 points on offer in the month. Spurs' ...

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 ...

United States, British and allied planes launched a massive campaign of bombing and missile strikes on targets across Iraq at 2330 GMT on 16 January 1991. It marked the end of five months of diplomacy ...