Like in England, football is a national obsession in Nigeria. Everywhere you go in the enormous African country, you will see ...

Newport's Dick Richardson wins the European heavyweight title from Germany's Hans Kaldfell in controversial circumstances in ...

Last of the Summer Wine and Porridge actor Brian Wilde has died aged 80. Wilde played Foggy in the long-running comedy series Last of The Summer Wine and Barraclough in prison sitcom Porridge, ...

Growing alcohol use is causing a steep rise in mouth cancer cases, experts have warned just days before the planned extension ...

The BBC has sold BBC Broadcast, its digital media subsidiary, for £166m to an Australian business consortium. BBC Broadcast, ...

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe has died after collapsing during an international match in France. The 28-year-old fell ...

After Monday's celebrations for United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's 20 years in charge at Old Trafford, the Scot was brought crashing back down to earth. Ferguson made nine changes but still fielded 10 ...

Austrian President Thomas Klestil has died in a Vienna hospital aged 71. He had suffered a heart attack at his home in the ...

Hibernian have signed Livingston striker Paul Dalglish for a nominal fee, while allowing forward Sam Morrow to go the other ...

One of the best known Liberal Democrat MPs, Matthew Taylor, has announced he is to stand down at the next election. The 44-year-old MP, elected for Truro & St Austell in 1987, said he wanted to spend ...

Zambia's main opposition leader, Anderson Mazoka, has died in a South African hospital. Mr Mazoka, 63, lost narrowly to President Levy Mwanawasa in 2001 presidential elections and claimed the polls ...

Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack. Ms Bhutto - the first woman PM in ...