Wales internationals Gavin Thomas, Iestyn Thomas and Matthew Rees have all signed for an extra three years. Scotland lock ...

Saudi Arabia's leading executioner says he is "very proud to do God's work" and does not lose sleep over beheading several people in one day. In a rare interview, Muhammad Saad al-Beshi, 42, told the ...

Boston Utd: Abbey, Beevers, McCann, Greaves, Strong, Melton, Jelleyman (Thompson 76), Bennett, Noble, Lee, Carruthers (Pitt ...

With new audiences switching on to cricket because of a gripping Ashes series, questions have been raining in asking about the particular quirks of the game. So we thought we would set the ball ...

The fall of the Iron Curtain which lifted communist rule across a swathe of Europe was as swift as it was unexpected. Click on the links below to watch and read about the main events in a dramatic and ...

Just a few months ago, a paper was published, with very little fanfare, in an obscure medical journal. But the contents of the paper were astonishing. In it was a potential solution to what has been ...

John Profumo, who was at the centre of one of the UK's most famous political scandals, has died at the age of 91. John Profumo's public life was dramatically split into two parts: disgrace and ...

This is an important skill to learn. The ball is on the ground after play-the-ball situations, so you must be able to make ...

After Monday's celebrations for United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's 20 years in charge at Old Trafford, the Scot was brought crashing back down to earth. Ferguson made nine changes but still fielded 10 ...

The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of the country. People in Newcastle, Yorkshire, London, Cumbria, the Midlands, Norfolk and also parts of Wales, ...

McDonald, capped 52 times, was a coach at the Oval under previous boss Paul Millar and had been expected to form part of Roy ...

Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast. Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by ...