England World Cup wicket-keeper Paul Nixon has agreed a new three-year contract with Leicestershire and has been named as the new club captain. Nixon has been leading the Championship side since July ...

Mansfield Town defender Stuart Hicks has been forced to retire from football because of an injury to his right knee. Hicks played in a reserves game last week after a year out on the comeback trail.

A £50bn UK bank rescue plan, global interest rate cuts. Follow how the rescue unfolded on this page. Read BBC Business Editor Robert Peston's viewand BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson's view. Send ...

His double secured the Golden Boot award - and Brazil a fifth World Cup. German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was voted the tournament's best player despite fumbling Rivaldo's shot to gift Ronaldo an opener ...

One-day cricket is all about scoring quickly - it's the fielding side's job to keep the runs down and pick up wickets. Unlike Test cricket, the fielders are spread out to save the runs. In July 2005, ...

Our regular look at some of the faces which have made the news this week. Above are Sir PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR (main picture), with Robin Williams, Jennie Bond, Ringo Starr and Mick ...

Think of the open-side flanker as your 'rat-up-a-drainpipe' type player, if you will, or the 'groveller'. Because defensive lines are so tight in the modern game, the open-side's role is turning rucks ...

A bitter row has broken out between members of the British meat industry and the World Cancer Research Fund over whether red meat increases the risk of bowel cancer. What do we know about this link?

Lee Carsley will leave Birmingham City at the end of the season. The veteran midfielder has decided to leave St Andrew's after two years with his home-town club. The 36-year-old has struggled with ...

Evidence suggests we've been enjoying it for centuries, and endless research has been carried out to find the reasons behind ...

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The star of the show was Paolo Rossi, who collected the Golden Boot as he helped Italy win their third World Cup. Rossi had been banned in a match-fixing and bribery scandal, but he went from villain ...