Katie Walsh picked up a last minute ride in the world’s greatest steeplechase the Grand National on Saturday at Aintree racecourse, Liverpool, when she came in for the injured Michael Fogarty on outsider Vesper Bell. Walsh, part of an Irish racing family…
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Delegates at the on-going National Conference have been taken to the cleaners for complaining about the feeding arrangement provided by…
Seven players from English lower-league clubs have been arrested over alleged spot-fixing, with six others re-arrested, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on Thursday. The 13 men, aged between 18 and 30, were being interviewed at police…
Britons should eat seven portions of fresh fruit and vegetables a day, according to new research into healthy eating, published on Tuesday. The state-run National Health Service currently recommends each person eats five 80-gramme (three-ounce) helpings…
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai…
Fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said Tuesday he sees a “turning point” in the surveillance reform plans unveiled by the White House and Congress. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked documents which…
Australian rugby chief Bill Pulver said Monday he is confident the relaunched National Rugby Championship can prove the doubters wrong and make a financial profit in its first year. The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Monday announced nine teams to compete…
French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. The first nationwide vote since Francois Hollande’s 2012 election as president…
The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a 2-0 opening day Major League Baseball sweep over National League rivals Arizona Diamondbacks with a 7-5 win in the second match in Sydney on Sunday. The Dodgers, who downed the D-backs 3-1 in Saturday’s first game…
The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…