First, you've got to be able to sight the ball well. Basically, that's knowing what will and won't pot. Then, you've got to ...

Tony Blair won an unprecedented three elections in a row for Labour, served for a decade in Downing Street and is widely viewed in the Labour Party as the best leader it has had for a generation or ...

The referee will raise one hand above his head with his shoulders in line with touch. He will then move that arm backwards ...

Nathan Tyson set Forest on their way when he back-heeled a cross from Junior Agogo past Vale keeper Mark Goodlad. Tyson was replaced by Grant and he immediately made it 2-0 as he fired past Goodlad ...

A woman is campaigning to raise awareness of a rare condition which has left her with 11 stone (70kg) legs. Mandy Sellars, 32, from Lancashire, suffers from Proteus syndrome, a condition also thought ...

The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of Uruk, from which Iraq gets its name. Now, a ...

Roy Keane's Celtic debut ended in shock defeat as the Scottish Cup holders were humbled by Clyde at Broadwood. Clyde twice had the ball in the net only for the officials to cruelly rule against them ...

A hospital nurse has been convicted of murdering two of his patients. Benjamin Geen, 25, was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a further 15 patients at Horton General Hospital in ...

Skating chiefs have backed the decision to allow Chinese couple Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao to continue their Olympic pairs routine after a spectacular fall. Zhang Dan crashed in Monday's event but ...

A controversial Kyrgyz businessman and MP, Ryspek Akmatbayev, has been shot dead while leaving a mosque on the outskirts of the capital Bishkek. According to witnesses, Mr Akmatbayev's body was ...

In 1886 the Hockey Association was established in London. The sport was introduced to many countries by the British army and the first international match was held in 1895. At first hockey was ...

Firefighters freed a woman who had been trapped in an airing cupboard for nearly 14 hours. Christine Mulliss, 27, was painting inside the cupboard at her home in Tamworth, Staffordshire when the door ...