Organisers of the 2012 Olympics have finalised their masterplan for the Olympic Park in east London. The only major change to the revised plans will see the volleyball event move out of the main park ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

Rangers manager Paul Le Guen has left the club by mutual consent. Chairman David Murray said: "Having met with Paul it was clear that in the interests of the club we agreed jointly to him stepping ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter said Nigeria's plan to co-host the 2010 World Cup with four African countries will not work. "This idea of Nigeria [to stage the tournament with Cameroon, Benin Republic, ...

New York's bid team faces an increasingly tough task to bring the Games to the Big Apple for the first time. The city was ranked down in fourth when the International Olympic Committee examined the ...

Moscow sees its ability to stage every event inside the city borders as the key to its bid for the 2012 Games. Bid leader Valery Shantsev says Moscow would stage the "most compact Games ever" if it ...

There were reservations about bidding after Paris came third behind Beijing and Toronto in the race for 2008 and lost out to Barcelona in 1992. But the French capital is considered to be the favourite ...

Can calling someone a Jock be considered a serious slur? Scotland thrives on stereotypes and sometimes makes very good use of them, but is it time to drop the J-word? The question of how much offence ...

Central defenders need to be very committed and focused on their role. If you let the opposition striker get in behind you then it can easily result in a goal against your side. Y ...

The Catholic Church in Londonderry has said police were told about sex abuse claims against a priest at the centre of an alleged compensation cover-up. The Bishop of Derry has been accused of being ...

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A cricket ball is round and hard, right? Well, not exactly. Many players claim the white balls used for limited-overs games have more swing and more sting than the more traditiona ...