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Brits on fire in the wet at Le Mans!

Wow - what a weekend for British Motorcycle racing!

iBet: Bale and Rooney transfer specials

The dust is barely settling on the Premier League season and the bookies are looking to persuade us ...

A changing of the guards in English football: From Sir Alex Ferguson to Jose Mourinho

The guard has changed at Old Trafford for the first time in 26 years. Meanwhile, down the road, the ...

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Ciao baby: How Mancini said goodbye to City supporters
Ferguson challenged the United players to win the league three times in a row
Luis Suarez took a nip in the arm of an astonished Branislav Ivanovic

Premier League 2012-2013: The season that was – in bite-sized chunks

Popes and pundits, sackings and songs, Steve Tongue charts the highs and lows of a 2012-13 season in which Luis Suarez was never far from the action

Adieu: After 13 years at Plymouth, working without pay and fighting cancer, Romain Larrieu has been sacked

David Beckham retires: His career in haircuts

The former England captain today announced he was retiring from football

James Lawton: Limited powers would not suit a great manager at Manchester City

In the wake of the revised view of the tenure of Roberto Mancini, there is the remarkable suggestion that Manchester City are intent on limiting the powers of his successor.

Roberto Mancini clearly lacks the 'holistic' approach that Manchester City now require from the club's manager

The Last Word: If game fully embraced corporate principles managers would get a bonus for relegation

Business and sport have discovered a fatuous glamour in one another

David Beckham next to Luis Figo at the world player of the year awards in 2001

James Lawton: David Beckham has taken more credit for himself than anyone else could give

There was never a time when he was among the world top 10, let alone the top two

David Beckham

Is David Beckham one of the Premier League all-time greats? He's not even in the top 1,000 says Chris Waddle

He never had a trick, wasn't particularly quick but did sell shirts says Waddle

The Wigan team celebrate with the FA Cup (Ian Kingston/AFP/Getty Images)

'We have created a new nostalgia': ESPN in 12-hour homage to FA Cup final as BT launches attack on Sky

The Independent's Majid Mohamed goes behind the scenes at Wembley

David Beckham holds the Olympic flame during the 2012 London Olympics, he was one of the key figures in the city's bid for the Games

David Beckham admits criticism of celebrity lifestyle hurts

The former England captain has announced he is retiring

David Beckham retires: The reaction on Twitter

The former England captain has announced he will stop playing at the end of the season

In January 2013 David Beckham joined Paris Saint-Germain

David Beckham earnings expected to rocket following retirement from football, claim experts

The former England captain has announced will retire at the end of the season

David Beckham savours Manchester United’s Champions League win over Bayern Munich in 1999

Paul Scholes 'sad' to see former Manchester United team-mate David Beckham retire

The pair came through the youth set-up at United

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Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

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Sent down at the Old Bailey: A tour of the world's most famous court

Sent down at the Old Bailey

A tour of the world's most famous court
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
James Lawton: Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again

James Lawton

Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again
Dylan Hartley: Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong

Dylan Hartley talks tough

Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
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Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
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How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
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Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death