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Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2 match report: Early strike from Fernando Torres leaves Chelsea cruising, but they still almost hit rocks
Friday 12 April 2013
Chelsea win 5-4 on aggregate
Zumba dance teacher admits prostitution charge - meaning her clients will not be called as witnesses
Sunday 31 March 2013
A zumba instructor has admitted using her dance studio as a front for a prostitution ring that involved scores of men. The plea means that Alexis Wright will avoid a trial, as will her clients who might have been called as witnesses.
Ice Hockey: Owners face a cold war with fans after NHL lockout
Friday 18 January 2013
The star players are back from their moonlighting in European winter leagues. The action, finally, is about to shift from the negotiating chamber back to the ice where it belongs. The crucial question is, how many people any longer care?
Rafael Benitez wants Europa League consolation prize for Chelsea
Wednesday 05 December 2012
Champions League holders fail to progress from group
Champions League: Celtic v Spartak Moscow match preview
Wednesday 05 December 2012
A look ahead to tonight's Champions League fixture at Celtic Park
Screen Talk: A medic with Manimal instinct
Saturday 13 October 2012
Plans are afoot to bring an animated version of the short-lived US TV show Manimal to cinema screens.
Barbara Ann Scott: Skater who inspired Canada
Wednesday 10 October 2012
When 19-year-old Barbara Ann Scott won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1948 St Moritz games, she confirmed her position as Canada's sweetheart. Generations of Canadian girls grew up with Barbara Scott dolls, women imitated her fashion style, and skaters were inspired by her success – though Scott remains the only Canadian skater to win an individual gold medal. She managed, according to the then prime minister Mackenzie King, to lift Canada out of its post-war gloom.
Speedball 2 – Retrospect
Thursday 04 October 2012
For all of its violence and sci-fi bluster Speedball 2 is a story about the underdog.
Champions League: Spartak Moscow v Celtic match preview
Tuesday 02 October 2012
A look ahead to tonight’s Champions League fixture at the Luzhniki Stadium
Borderlands 2; PES 2013; F1 2012; NHL 13 – Review shorts
Thursday 27 September 2012
A quick-fire review summary of some of the titles we've been playing over the last couple of weeks.
RFU outline plans to help combat concussion
Monday 20 August 2012
English rugby's top doctor believes it is unlikely the sport will in the future face a large American football-style lawsuit over concussion.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov back on Tour circuit
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Former tennis great Yevgeny Kafelnikov is back on the European Tour in Austria today four years after discovering just how much he has to learn as a golfer.
DVD/Blu-ray: Goon (15)
Saturday 09 June 2012
Seann William Scott, most memorable for his offensive Stifler in American Pie, bulks out and plays it straight for this patchy sports comedy.
Leeds confirm talks with potential investors
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Leeds have confirmed they are in talks with an unnamed group of potential investors.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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