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Home rider Tiernan-Locke wins Tour of Britain
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke became the first home winner of the Tour of Britain in 19 years after finishing safely in the main pack in Sunday's final stage ...
England winger Ashton attacked on night out
Saracens says England rugby winger Chris Ashton sustained minor cuts to his face after being attacked while on a night out celebrating an anniversary ...
Irish rugby player dies in farm accident at age 22
Nevin Spence, an Ulster rugby player tipped for a promising future with Ireland's national team, has died in an accident at his family farm. He was 22
Latvala stretches his lead in Wales Rally GB
Jari-Matti Latvala stretched his lead over Ford teammate Petter Solberg to 24.5 seconds on the second day of the Wales Rally GB. Latvala, who had a 12
Camelot fails in bid to complete Triple Crown
Camelot failed in his bid to become the first horse in 42 years to complete English flatracing's Triple Crown when he finished second to Encke in the ...
Latvala takes early lead in Wales Rally GB
Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland won four of the six stages on the opening day of the Wales Rally GB to take a 12.1-second lead over Ford teammate Petter ...
Wiggins leads Britain into road world champs
Tour de France and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins and star sprinter Mark Cavendish are the standout names in Britain's squad for next week's road ...
Camelot looks to complete English Triple Crown
Camelot is odds-on favorite to become the first horse in 42 years to complete the English Triple Crown on Saturday when the unbeaten colt contests the ...
WADA taking cautious approach on cycling amnesty
The World Anti-Doping Agency would consider an amnesty for riders who confess to drug offenses even though the proposal by cycling's ruling body would ...
British flatracing trainer Dunlop to retire
John Dunlop, one of Britain's most successful racehorse trainers, will retire when the current flatracing season ends in October. The 73-year-old ...
UK Athletics hires Black as performance director
UK Athletics has hired its first performance director in four years, the first change to the body's management structure that will lead Britain's ...
UK spy agency asks academics to tackle cyber risks
Britain's government says a new research institute partly funded by the country's eavesdropping spy agency will ask mathematicians and computer ...
Britain's foreign minister in Iraq for talks
Britain's foreign secretary has arrived in Baghdad for talks with senior politicians, vowing to help Iraq on its "path to stability." The Foreign ...
BAE Systems and EADS confirm combination talks
U.K. defense contractor BAE Systems PLC and European aerospace company EADS NV announced Wednesday that they are in talks about combining their ...
UK police blamed the dead for 1989 stadium tragedy
British police and medics whose failures contributed to the deaths of 96 soccer fans in the country's worst sports disaster unfairly blamed the dead ...
Tower housing Big Ben gets a new name
The iconic Clock Tower of Britain's Parliament was officially renamed Wednesday in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. The 315-foot (96-meter)-high structure ...
Official: 3 leads in grisly Alps killings
Investigators are pursuing three leads in the killings of a British-Iraqi couple and two other people in the French Alps, but there are no suspects ...
Leaders condemn deadly attack on US Libya mission
Political leaders around the world condemned an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other ...
List of fatal disasters at global stadiums
The relatives of 96 soccer fans who were crushed to death in 1989 in Britain's worst sports disaster were granted access Wednesday to previously ...
British schools put cameras in bathrooms, lockers
At the King Ecgbert School in Sheffield, teens who go to the loo are never really alone — video cameras are inside all 12 bathrooms. Citing findings ...
UK unemployment falls to 8.1 percent
Britain's unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in the three months through July, compared to 8.2 percent in the previous three months as the number ...
UK Olympic official: G4S not open about guard woes
Britain's Olympic security chief says the private contractor that was unable to provide enough guards for the Summer Games had failed to disclose its ...
London Police chief: Officers can't babysit royals
London's Metropolitan Police chief says his officers cannot interfere in the private lives of the royal family, not even to prevent Prince Harry from ...
N.Ireland police arrest IRA suspect, seize 2 guns
Northern Ireland police say they have arrested a suspected Irish Republican Army member and seized two handguns and ammunition in his car after ...
Bomb squad checks home of Britons slain in France
A bomb squad made a brief appearance at the suburban home of a British-Iraqi couple slain in the French Alps as investigators on Monday kept searching ...