The rounds are pretty intense so there is a break of one minute between each one. This allows the boxers to sit down in their opposite corners and take a breather . Their trainer can give them a pep ...

Renowned surgeon Steadman operated on Bullard for a second time in December and told BBC Sport back then: "There's no ...

The top four sides (Ireland, Canada, Netherlands, Kenya) qualify for the 2011 World Cup and the top six (the aforementioned ...

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament Legislation said to prohibit people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted one of the most ludicrous laws in the UK. Treason laws which ...

On 18 March 2000, Sunderland Association Football Club were playing at home to Middlesbrough. As usual, for safety, Newcastle United had been scheduled to play away. But on a tiny Tyneside street ...

Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report. Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far ...

Twelve Nepalese hostages have been killed by their captors in Iraq. A Nepalese diplomat confirmed the deaths hours after images were put on a website, apparently showing one man being beheaded and 11 ...

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The referee has over 40 signals to tell the players about what's going on the pitch. The one the players love seeing most is ...

Adrian Morley has carved a fearsome reputation with the Sydney Roosters in Australia's NRL - the toughest league in the world ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has defended itself after it was accused of preventing police acting sooner against Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri. Earlier ...

The progress of a controversial bill which would allow terminally ill people to be helped to die has been blocked by the House of Lords. Lord Joffe's bill would give doctors the right to prescribe ...