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Desert nation Turkmenistan to create ice hockey league

Ice hockey is hardly the most suitable sport for a desert nation where temperatures can soar as high as 50C.

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By changing the league programme to suit the Champions League big boys we reinforce the elite

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Hockey star skates clear of White House 'over rights'

A professional ice hockey player has snubbed President Barack Obama by refusing to join the rest of his team at a White House reception honouring their victory in the Stanley Cup.

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Ice Hockey: Legend Hand to coach Team GB

British ice hockey legend Tony Hand has been named the new head coach of the Great Britain team.

Captain Richie McCaw lifts the Webb Ellis trophy

United States considering bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup

United States are discussing a bid to stage the 2023 Rugby World Cup which could involve Canada co-hosting, according to USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville.

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Kenny Dalglish unaware of any Joe Cole transfer talks

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is yet to hear from Lille about any potential deal to make Joe Cole's loan spell permanent.

Derelict houses are going for a song

Can Motor City restart its engines?

Long regarded as a synonym for urban decay, the battered city of Detroit has begun to flex its economic muscles again. But the process of regeneration is only just beginning, reports David Usborne

Heat soaked Turkmens open winter sports palace

The heat-scorched Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has opened a winter sports complex in a lavish ceremony overseen by the country's authoritarian president as it seeks to compete in the Winter Olympics for the first time.

Ice hockey team wiped out as 43 die in jet crash

Witnesses said the plane hit trouble just after taking off. It veered to the left and crashed on the banks of the Volga River

Stand-in twin denied prize after miracle hockey shot

A boy who hit an ice hockey puck into a tiny hole from the rink's centre line 27 metres away has been denied $50,000 prize money, because his identical 11-year-old twin brother bought the ticket that allowed him to take the shot.

Murray beats opening round jitters to make easy progress

'Nervous' Scot quickly gets measure of India's world No 64 to set up tie against Netherlands' Robin Haase

Murray Martin: Thinking outside the mailbox

The Business Interview: Pitney Bowes has the US mail franking market licked, but its CEO tells Stephen Foley the firm's future is digital
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'Independent' poll finds less that half want him to take throne as ministers moan of interference
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Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows

Andrew Buncombe reports from Kaharpara on a bloody war between rustlers and border guards
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Mogul grounded: Desmond gives up his jet deal

Media tycoon's company pays £1m to cancel his order for a £36m private jet after drop in profits
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How Ai Weiwei built a pavilion in London – by remote control

The artist tells Clifford Coonan how he used Skype to escape confinement in Beijing
Nature, nurture... or neither? The new twist in an age-old argument

Nature, nurture... or neither?

The new twist in an age-old argument
Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama

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New station controller wants to reflect the current period of 'turmoil and uncertainity'
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Alcohol: I drink therefore I am

New guidelines warn Britons to drastically reduce their boozing. But is a life without liquor worth living? Hell no, says John Walsh
The Cable News Nightmare: CNN (and Piers Morgan) in audience crisis

The Cable News Nightmare

CNN (and Piers Morgan) in audience crisis
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It can griddle, roast, and smoke food - and even make pizza...
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Whether you want to dice veg, chop meat, or just slice up a salad, there’s a surface here to suit every culinary need.
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Flat and fabulous: Exotic breads

Lucy McDonald visits the bakeries of Tel Aviv to to find out what we'll be eating next.
Brendan Rodgers: Just like Mourinho... only different

Brendan Rodgers: Just like Mourinho... only different

Obsessive, ambitious, eager to learn and with no playing career; can the Northern Irishman be Liverpool's Special One?
Gary Lewin: Players need winter break

Gary Lewin: Players need winter break

The England physio tells Patrick Barclay that this spate of injuries is due to the non-stop demands of the Premier League

Countdown's rudest ever moments

Yesterday a contestant spelt the word 'minge'.