To play the Villan: David Cameron pitches for No 10 shirt
Prime minister, and Aston Villa fanatic, appears to gunning for vacant position in Premier League team during morning jogThe famous Villan David Cameron was captured running through a London park on Friday morning, decked out in the colours of his favo...
Money and sex – why men are getting makeovers
Wayne Rooney and Simon Cowell aren't the only ones to feel the pressure to look goodWayne Rooney's hair transplant. Simon Cowell's Botox. Simon Cowell's, er, moobs.With news of male celebrity makeovers making headlines this week it seems men have never...
Pizza Hut sparks Bournemouth race row
Company apologises after AFC Bournemouth players were told by branch manager 'it's because of the way you look'A group of black professional footballers dining at a branch of Pizza Hut in Bournemouth were asked to pay before eating and were told it was...
Liverpool FC’s prospective owner has a strong record with his sports teams
John W Henry has helped the Boston Red Sox win two World Series and his motor-racing team win the Daytona 500Liverpool fans may be wary of another American owner, but if John W Henry's takeover of their club is successful they will find the new owner a...
Liverpool board agrees sale to owners of Boston Red Sox
• David Conn on Liverpool's boardroom civil war• Mark Lawrenson: Liverpool are in crisis• I still have faith in my ability, says HodgsonThe board of Liverpool has agreed to sell the club to the US owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team follow...
World Cup 2010: 10 reasons to remember this year’s tournament
South Africa's remarkable championship - from the 'instrument of hell' to the prognostications of Paul the octopus1 The vuvuzela For many South Africa 2010 will always be synonymous with the plastic horn. Fifa rejected calls for the horn – described ...
World Cup 2010: England squad arrive home
Players and staff touch down at Heathrow airport braced for criticism from press, pundits and fansThe defeated England football squad have arrived back in the UK, as the future of manager Fabio Capello hangs in the balance after the team's World Cup de...
Hung over at work? You’re far from alone
Indulgence in drink is affecting productivity, claims alcohol charity, with World Cup likely to make things worse
Anyone who's ever felt guilty after shuffling into work with a hangover can take some solace from research that suggests as many as one in 10 members of the workforce are regularly...
Commentators release World Cup anthem
England football's most prominent voices release record for World Cup
The Lightning Seeds and Baddiel and Skinner, New Order and John Barnes Ant and Dec... musicians wishing to urge on the England football team with song have a lot to live up to.
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