A man called Rich Ricci has become one of the highest-paid bankers in the UK ... is this some kind of sick joke, or a scientific inevitability? Roger Highfield on the power of nominative determinism... more
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer will miss Somerset match after it was confirmed they will instead be attending an inquiry in London... more
TalkSPORT, the radio station famed for its obsession with football, is proving good business as operating profits surge 48% to £3.9 million in the first half of the year
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Sussex captain showed why he was right to turn himself into a spinner as England enjoyed a five-wicket win over South Africa in their final warm-up for the World Twenty20... more
Heavy snow in the north west has forced both Carling Cup semi-finals to be postponed but there are hopes that Fulham’s Premier League match at Stoke could beat the freeze... more
Middlesex sneaked into the quarterfinals of the Friends Provident Trophy after rain meant rivals Warwickshire fell one run short of beating Kent at Edgbaston... more
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more
Cricket: Former England captain Michael Vaughan suffered a twisted left knee warming up for the fourth day of Yorkshire’s game with Worcestershire at Headingley ... more
Football: Welsh sporting success shows no signs of abating with their rugby union side on course for another Grand Slam and there could also be a first Cheltenham Festival win for Glamorgan trainer Tim Vaughan... more
The company behind London’s troubled NHS electronic records project is to take charge of the system at more hospital trusts in the south of England... more
Barring the type of mishap suffered by jockey James Davies, who was unseated just yards from the winning line at Taunton yesterday, Master Minded should run out a comfortable winner the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot... more
Ollie Rayner could have an important role to play at Arundel as County champions Sussex bid to press home their advantage over relegation candidates Hampshire... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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