England

England

• Blackburn hires Appleton as 3rd manager of season

  Blackburn has hired Michael Appleton as its third manager this season as the club attempts to make an immediate return to the Premier League. 

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  Olympic bottle thrower guilty of public disorder

  A man who threw a plastic beer bottle onto the track and shouted abuse at Usain Bolt before the men's 100-meter final at the London Olympics was ... 

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  Report: Jimmy Savile targeted vulnerable for abuse

  Patients in hospital beds; star-struck teenagers in a TV show audience; pupils at a school for troubled girls; a 10-year-old autograph hunter. 

• Liverpool reaches settlement with former owners

  Former Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have dropped their legal action against the Premier League club after agreeing to an out-of-court ... 

• Bastareaud called up to France's Six Nations squad

  Burly center Mathieu Bastareaud was called up to France's Six Nations squad nearly three years after making his last international appearance, and ... 

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  UK military switching to Glock pistols

  Britain's army is bidding goodbye to the Browning pistol it's used for more than 40 years, opting for faster and lighter Glock 17 pistols for its ... 

• Royal Opera announces series of commissions

  The Royal Opera has commissioned Thomas Ades to compose an opera based on the Luis Bunuel film "The Exterminating Angel." It will have a libretto by ... 

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  Ex-Gitmo inmates: Bin Laden movie excuses torture

  Two former Guantanamo detainees on Thursday condemned "Zero Dark Thirty," a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden whose brutal interrogation scenes ... 

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  UK detective found guilty in phone hacking scandal

  A top British counterterrorism detective was found guilty Thursday of trying to sell information to one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, becoming the ... 

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  Prolific Michu lighting up Premier League

  When Swansea announced the signing of Miguel Perez Cuesta from Spanish struggler Rayo Vallecano in July last year, it barely caused a ripple in ... 

• Italy recalls Derbyshire, Garcia for Six Nations

  Flanker Paul Derbyshire and midfielder Gonzalo Garcia were called up to Italy's Six Nations squad on Thursday, returning to the national team for the ... 

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  Swansea beats Chelsea 2-0 in League Cup semifinals

  Swansea maintained the surprise factor in this season's League Cup by beating Chelsea 2-0 in the first leg of their League Cup semifinal on Wednesday, ... 

• Clark gets England call-up after serving long ban

  Calum Clark was handed a second chance to build an international rugby career with England after being called up for the Six Nations on Wednesday, ... 

• Pietersen handed central contract by England

  Kevin Pietersen has been handed a full central contract by England, completing his integration back into the squad after his rift with team management ... 

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  World's first subway marks 150 years in operation

  Busy, congested, stressful. This is how the world's first subway system was depicted by London newspapers in 1863. It's a situation that would be ... 

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  Bradford stuns Villa 3-1 in League Cup semi

  Fourth-tier Bradford pulled off another major surprise in the League Cup on Tuesday, beating Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of their semifinal to ... 

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  Matisse painting stolen in 1987 recovered in UK

  A Henri Matisse painting stolen in 1987 from a Swedish museum by a thief wielding a sledgehammer has been recovered, an art specialist and a dealer ... 

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  2nd Winehouse inquest confirms alcohol death

  Amy Winehouse died from accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a period of abstinence, a second coroner's inquest confirmed ... 

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  Blackburn apologizes to Allardyce for Kean's slur

  Blackburn has apologized to former manager Sam Allardyce for the false allegations about his firing made by his successor. Steve Kean, who was ... 

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  Everton beats Cheltenham to advance in FA Cup

  Everton cruised to a comfortable 5-1 victory over fourth-tier Cheltenham in the FA Cup third round on Monday. The Premier League club opened the ... 

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  UK detective on trial over phone hacking leak

  A senior British counterterrorism detective committed a "gross breach" of public trust by trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ... 

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  Chelsea: Torres or Ba for League Cup semifinals?

  The goal-scoring burden has been lifted from Fernando Torres, and now Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez must decide whether to give new striker Demba Ba ... 

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  Suarez's handball helps Liverpool win in FA Cup

  Luis Suarez became embroiled in a new handball controversy on Sunday when he scored Liverpool's winner in a 2-1 victory to oust non-league club ...