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Pakistan: Gunmen storm hospital after Quetta bus bombing which killed 14 female students
Saturday 15 June 2013
Another four injured in second blast at hospital where victims were being treated
Steve Bunce on Boxing: Carl Froch handed rare chance of revenge with dream rematch
Tuesday 21 May 2013
IBF super-middleweight champion will face Mikel Kessler on Saturday night, tasked with beating the man who handed Froch his first defeat
Carol Vorderman breaks her nose in fall down stairs wearing four-inch heels
Monday 25 March 2013
TV presenter Carol Vorderman is recovering after falling down stairs while wearing four-inch heels and breaking her nose.
Kevin Garside: Tyson Fury should note that Muhammad Ali's poetry embroidered his genius in the ring
Monday 25 March 2013
The Way I See It: It is for us to give credit where it's due, Tyson, not for you to claim it
One minute with... Andy McNab, Novelist
Saturday 29 December 2012
Where are you now and what can you see? I am in Berlin, it is freezing cold and I am looking across at a traditional Christmas market – doesn't look like there is much recession here…
Magical memories of 2012 - Olympics: 'Mo Farah, Jess Ennis and Greg Rutherford gave us a night no one could forget'
Friday 21 December 2012
4 August: That night in the Olympic Stadium
Page 3 Profile: Josef Craig, Paralympic swimming champion
Tuesday 18 December 2012
The Young Sports Personality of the Year, we know!
Bunce on Boxing: World Series may shift power and glory back to amateurs
Monday 05 November 2012
It has been 16 years and 61 fights since Wladimir Klitschko joined the only available route to glory and placed his size 15s in the worn steps of boxing's legends by turning professional after winning the super-heavyweight gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics.
The finest night in British sport
Monday 06 August 2012
I've had the pleasure of watching Ali, Sobers, Coe and Best and World Cup glory in rugby and football but the amazing events of Saturday night eclipsed the lot
Roger Black: Village life is a social swirl with little sleep
Sunday 29 July 2012
Inside an athlete's mind...
Prandelli ushers in brave new world
Sunday 01 July 2012
Italy's attacking ethos has been risky but it has taken them to the brink of European glory against expectations
The Saturday Quiz answers
Saturday 23 June 2012
1. Athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling.
Ready To Wear: With their own collections, right now it's all about men
Monday 18 June 2012
It's all about men just now.
One Minute With: Tony Parsons, novelist
Saturday 02 June 2012
Where are you now and what can you see?
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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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