Gareth Bale becomes most valuable commodity in world football after making fools of Inter Milan superstars but when told to take a holiday he goes home to his mother in Cardiff... more
Commuters face years of delays on one of Britain’s busiest rail lines as it is electrified, after Gordon Brown gave the go ahead to the £1.1 billion project... more
We don’t need any extra motivation to beat Australia this summer. But Andrew Flintoff’s announcement that this is going to be his last Test series provides just one more reason for wanting to win back that Ashes urn... more
Rugby union: Ian McGeechan faces another anxious wait to discover if he has lost any more key men from his Lions squad as up to 17 of the players he is taking to South Africa could be involved this weekend's Heineken Cup semi-finals... more
Football: Nicolas Anelka is the only London player to feature in the four divisional teams of the year, announced by the Professional Footballers’ Association... more
Football: Arsenal used to enjoy their regular visits to the Welsh capital when the Millennium Stadium played host to the FA Cup final between 2001 and 2006 ... more
While England haven't set the Six Nations alight, we have generated some much needed momentum for our next challenge - keeping 80,000 Wales fans quiet in Cardiff... more
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded and tens of thousands more left with worthless tickets after the collapse of the transatlantic budget airline Zoom... more
She is claimed to have spent more than 650 hours in rehearsal for her world tour. But on the opening night, it was the time Madonna had spent pumping iron in the gym which had the most dramatic results.
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I hope and expect that Portsmouth will prevail by a single goal in what promises to be a cagey, disjointed, ugly, massively tense and riveting game... more
She'll never be as stroppy as Angela, but soprano Nicole Cabell has proved she's talented enough to stand in for the great diva at a day's notice.... more
Flitting between St Petersburg, Cardiff and the Barbican, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Chorus are seemingly inexhaustible, says Barry Millington.... 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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