Cameroon’s Boys’ Brigade is among those barred

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The ten men will appear at Coventry Crown Court

Ten charged in Coventry over teen sex abuse

At least four of the defendants are members of the same family

The England Under-21s lost all three of their matches

PFA chief fears football is 'losing its soul' over money

Gordon Taylor has raised concerns that football may have its priorities wrong

Jesse Lingard in action of Manchester United's pre-season tour

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The Manchester United youngster has taken their pre-season tour of Asia by storm scoring four goals in four games

Lucky kids from all over the UK warm up the track for Usain Bolt by running a mile in the Sainsbury's Race To Rio at The Olympic Stadium

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If the bid was dubious, the consequences were glorious

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A year on from London 2012, what is the real legacy of the Olympics?

One idea is that the Olympics have inspired us to be something we never thought possible, for each of us to achieve our own personal best

John and Joy Mandy met at a school dance in 1969 and have been married for nearly 40 years

Childhood sweethearts more likely to endure the earlier you were born, study reveals

How the baby boomers made it last, but Thatcher’s children couldn’t

Porn is about fantasy sex - and the truth is that some women have rape fantasies. But this is very different from the real thing

It does not mean we would enjoy being raped, or that we deserve to be raped. Let's not teach teenagers that Planet Porn is inextricable from the Real World

Fewer white teens applying to university as applications from black pupils soar

Ucas data shows fewer than three in 10 white 18-year-olds have applied to start degree courses this autumn

‘Youth contract’ scheme falls flat as it finds work for less than 5,000 young people

The Government’s work programme was showing signs of unravelling on Monday night, as it emerged that its youth contract scheme had found work for just 10 per cent of those targeted.

Junior Just a Minute: Radio 4's panel game has been given a youthful new makeover

Venerated host, Nicholas Parsons may be pushing 90, but the panelists on his legendary radio show just keep getting younger and younger

Armpits4August is a great idea, but will I be growing it out? Not a chance in hell

We have to accept the fact that most women won’t sign up because of the body hair stigma we have to deal with

‘Millennium children’ will face acute housing shortage

Britain’s failure to build enough homes is set to put a colossal strain on the housing market when the Noughties baby-boomers hit adulthood in 2020, a report claims today.

Dank winning at The Curragh

Stoute scores at Curragh but British raiders flop in France

Though Britain’s premier league fillies were firmly repulsed by Chicquita in the Irish Oaks on Saturday, at least the second division came home with some honour from The Curragh yesterday.

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