There were no surprises at the Brandywell as the big-name stars of Barcelona ran out easy winners against League of Ireland side Derry City in Tuesday's friendly fixture. A capacity crowd crammed into ...

Porto shattered Celtic's hopes of winning their first European trophy for 36 years with a dramatic Uefa Cup final victory in Seville. Martin O'Neill's side twice fought back from behind against the ...

Recent form: Their four-year qualifying campaign ended with a two-legged play-off win over Uruguay in March, despite going down 18-12 away from home. More recently the largely amateur outfit lost to ...

Worried savers have continued to flock to some Northern Rock bank branches to withdraw their savings, following similar scenes over the weekend. Bank boss Adam Applegarth said people could withdraw ...

England turned on the style and struck four second-half goals to end Northern Ireland's stubborn resistance in the World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford. Northern Ireland had frustrated England with ...

Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, says it has confirmed the death of Chechen rebel warlord Ruslan Gelayev. It has released footage of a body, saying the corpse has been identified as that of ...

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's film Gigli has been nominated for nine Razzie awards for worst movie, in the same week they announced their split. The Razzies are seen as the spoof Oscars for ...

Ireland will head to Twickenham next Saturday with a Triple Crown and first Six Nations title in their sights after repelling Scotland in Dublin. They dominated territory and possession in an ...

Mexico's Ana Guevara ran the eighth fastest time in history to claim the women's 400m title in Paris. The 26-year-old controlled the race from the start and kicked in down the home straight to win in ...

Twenty-two wrestlers from Northumberland and Cumbria took Brittany by storm when they travelled to Carhaix for the sixth Brittany Backhold Championships. In the morning session for the youngest ...

Overseas visitors to the UK fell by 100,000 in July, according to official data, heightening fears that the London bomb attacks have deterred tourists. A total of 2.48 million visitors came to the UK ...

The bleep test is used by sports coaches to estimate an athlete's VO2 Max (maximum oxygen uptake). The test is often ...