Burnett banned after cocaine test
Burnett has played on the PDC circuit for more than a decade 21 October 2015 Last updated at 11:54 By Frank Keogh BBC Sport Former world darts champion Richie Burnett has been banned for 18 months...
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Beth Tweddle has won three World Championships gold medals during her career Olympic bronze medallist Beth Tweddle is to be discharged from hospital, 10 days after suffering a neck injury during...
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Manny Pacquiao has been defeated six times in 65 professional fights Nike has terminated its relationship with Manny Pacquiao after the six-weight world champion described homosexuals as “worse than...
View ArticleTurkey vows revenge after deadly blast
Media captionEyewitness Natalie Galley: “I heard a huge explosion” Turkey has vowed to retaliate against the perpetrators of a powerful blast in the capital Ankara that left at least 28 people dead...
View ArticleTrump praises Pope after US wall row
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donald Trump leads the polls in South Carolina Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has heaped praise on Pope Francis, hours after the pontiff...
View ArticleCars disembark after ferry 'nightmare'
Dozens of vehicles had to wait more than 12 hours on a ferry in Portsmouth after a ramp used to disembark failed. Condor Ferries’ Commodore Clipper arrived from Jersey at about 07:00 GMT, but a...
View ArticleMills quits The Jump after injury
Heather Mills has become the seventh celebrity to pull out of Channel 4’s The Jump due to injury. She crashed during a practice run over the weekend, injuring her knee and thumb. Her departure was...
View ArticleThe cyber kidnappers after your data
Something wasn’t right about the phone screen. It had gone dark. That’s when Nick Harvey examined it more closely. It looked odd. And it was then that he saw the message. His smart phone had, in...
View ArticlePrison officer injured after bomb explodes
A man, believed to be a prison officer, has been taken to hospital after a bomb exploded under a van in east Belfast. It happened around the Woodstock Road at about 07:10 GMT on Friday. The condition...
View ArticleCharges after pregnant woman stabbed
A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a pregnant woman was stabbed in a West Midlands street. Babur Karamat Raja, 41, from Sutton Coldfield is accused of attacking the...
View ArticleBulut suspended after doping allegation
Olympic 1500m silver medallist Gamze Bulut has been provisionally suspended pending an IAAF investigation into a possible doping violation. Turkey’s NTV television reports that abnormalities were...
View ArticleUber discloses rape data after leak
Uber has revealed it received five rape allegations between December 2012 and August 2015. The firm said the figure accounted for 0.0000009% of more than 500 million Uber journeys made during that...
View ArticleManning quits after Super Bowl win
Media playback is not supported on this device Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has announced his retirement, ending a sparkling 18-year career in the NFL. Manning struggled to hold back...
View ArticleFury after Twitch gamer account switch
Gaming fans have reacted with anger after divorce led to a popular Twitch gaming channel changing hands. Ara_Gaming had been on hiatus for months while its owner, known to followers as Sarah, resolved...
View ArticleCosta charged after Everton red card
Media playback is not supported on this device Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been charged with improper conduct following his red card at Everton on Saturday. The Spaniard was sent off after a clash...
View ArticleBelgium manhunt after terror-raid shots
Belgian security forces are hunting for at least two men after shots were fired at police during a counter-terrorism raid in the capital, Brussels. The incident took place in the southern suburb of...
View ArticleTrump lead tested after Ohio defeat
The race for the Republican presidential nomination continues after Donald Trump won a decisive victory in the key state of Florida but lost to John Kasich in Ohio. Democratic front-runner Hillary...
View ArticleBrussels on alert after deadly raid
Brussels remains on high alert as a major police operation continues following a raid linked to November’s Islamist attacks in Paris. Up to two suspects are thought to be on the run after police...
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