Soon after, Alessandro Rosina shot home a second goal from 20 yards as Italy extended their 100% record. The young Scots have just two points from four qualifying games and have now gone 12 games ...

1. The first edition of A Question of Sport was transmitted at 6.20pm on Monday 5th January 1970 with David Vine presenting. In the first show team captains Henry Cooper and Cliff Morgan were joined ...

The introduction of guidelines on meals for pupils in England marks the culmination of a campaign for healthier food in schools, spearheaded by TV chef Jamie Oliver. Oliver started his Feed Me Better ...

"She had been eating a packet of sweets a day, about 200g," said Dr Raja Hussain of Pontefract General Infirmary. "Her potassium levels were dangerously low and her muscles were very weak. She also ...

The referee controls everything on the pitch, but the linesmen and umpires also do important jobs. There are two umpires at ...

Park Hang-seo, the coach of South Korea's under-23 team, could barely struggled manfully to hold back his tears as he apologized for failing to deliver the much-expected Asian Games gold medal. His ...

There are three highlights I would pick out from my career. The first was winning gold in the Olympic Games because that opened the international door for me. After that I broke the world one-hour ...

Work to preserve the listed building at Briton Ferry near Neath is the first phase of a plan to restore the whole dock area ...

A consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland has won the battle to buy the Dutch bank ABN Amro. About 86% of ABN Amro's shareholders have accepted a 71bn euro ($98.5bn; £49bn) offer to clinch Europe ...

This year, Slazenger is supplying 52,200 tennis balls to Wimbledon. About 20,000 of these are used for qualifying and ...

Olympic champion James Cracknell and TV presenter Ben Fogle survived a terrifying capsize en route to third place in the Atlantic Rowing Race. Fogle swam back to the boat after a giant wave threw him ...

Members of the Royal Family have gathered to pay their final respects to the Queen's aunt Princess Alice, who died aged 102 last week. A private funeral ceremony, attended by the Queen, was held at ...