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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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' ...

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 ...

The first medical trial in Britain of a vaccine against the bird flu virus H5N1 has begun in Oxford. This is an experimental vaccine against a virus with deadly potential. To see how well it works the ...

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 ...

Aston Villa midfielder Patrik Berger has agreed to sign a one-year contract extension at Villa Park. The 33-year-old Czech international will sign the deal when he returns for pre-season training in ...

Up to a quarter of Niger's 12m people need food aid and 150,000 children could die unless they get help soon, aid workers say. The food crisis was predicted after poor harvests last year, so why was ...