QPR have been given a cash boost after the family of the world's fifth richest man bought a 20% stake in the club. The son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who is reportedly worth £50bn, ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

The goverment is considering invoking the charge of treason for outspoken Islamist clerics. It is unlikely to happen, according to BBC legal affairs analyst Jon Silverman. BBC News website's Katherine ...

With a little effort in the kitchen you can be drinking your own energy drinks.

In the modern age of football there are many different roles and jobs a defender can have. And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

Midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe dies after collapsing during an international in France.

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has stunned the club by handing in a transfer request. City opened contract talks with the 23-year-old midfielder last week and manager Stuart Pearce insists he ...

The Kaprun inferno - at one of Austria's most popular ski resorts - was the country's worst fire since World War II. On the morning of 11 November 2000, 167 men, women and children boarded a funicular ...

The Liverpool rearguard is one of the meanest around, but their defending regularly comes under scrutiny with boss Rafael ...

The notorious "elephant man" may have suffered from two rare disorders, according to scientists. They believe Joseph Merrick, who lived in Britain more than 100 years ago, could have suffered from ...

The Czech Republic came from 2-0 down to win an enthralling game with Holland and go through to the quarter-finals. The Dutch took the lead through a Wilfred Bouma header from a Arjen Robben free-kick ...