It was like a blind date. TheFerret, Loosegooner, England1966 and around 75 others, each exchanging awkward but knowing glances, in a pub close to Oxford United's Kassam Stadium ground. From Newcastle ...

Winston Churchill addressing a crowd in London in July 1945 "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." Winston Churchill's talismanic ...

Prodrive had pledged to enter F1 after motorsport boss Max Mosley said that rule would be changed from 2008 but Williams ...

A melting pot of nationalities jostle for prime parking spots for their cars and caravanettes. Beers are already being cracked open, picnic tables appear on grassy slopes and throngs of fans head up ...

Tubby, Fat Gatt, Beefy, Big Merv. Thuraisingam is a fearsome sight at the top of his run These are the names of men you would expect to find rolling around a wrestling ring clad in fluorescent tights.

A former head of Equitable Life has said the Penrose report into the life insurer did not take a balanced view. Chris Headdon, who became the firm's chief executive in 1997, added the crisis was ...

Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father Don Arden has died at the age of 81. Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered acts like ELO, The Small Faces and Black ...

Here is the full text of Robin Cook's resignation speech in the House of Commons, which won applause from some backbenchers in unprecedented Commons scenes. This is the first time for 20 years that I ...

Laois. Laois earned the right to face Tyrone in the Allianz National Football League Final in a fortnight by deservedly beating All-Ireland champions Armagh at Cr ...

One of the most memorable relay images came from the 1991 Tokyo World Championships. It was the day Britain nipped the 400m relay gold from under the noses of the Americans. And all with the help of ...

3: Yokohama, Japan, Toshiaki Nishioka bt Genaro Garcia by 12th-round stoppage (WBC super-bantamweight), Paulus Moses bt Yusuke Kobori by unanimous decision (WBA lightweight). 10: Magdeburg, Germany, ...

Luke Young has completed his £2.5m move to Middlesbrough from Charlton. The 28-year-old England right-back will be presented at a news conference on Friday after signing a four-year deal. Young left ...