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Futsal is an exciting five-a-side version of football. It's very popular in Europe, Asia and South America - and now the UK is catching on. Futsal is a non-contact game played with a specially ...
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The latest BBC news and coverage of Winter Olympic sports for Vancouver 2010, plus sports guides, blogs, analysis, video and audio. BBC Home > BBC Sport > Vancouver 2010 Menu Vancouver 2010 Vancouver ...
A New Zealand couple blocked from naming their baby 4Real have instead settled on Superman. So what are the rules on naming children in the UK? Apple, Brooklyn, Zowie, Fifi Trixibelle... celebrity ...
Pakistan says a top al-Qaeda commander has been killed in the country's tribal belt along the Afghan border. Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, described as al-Qaeda's operational commander, was among ...
A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports. The man emulated Star Trek's Mr Spock - the Enterprise's ...
Centuries from Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell helped England build a huge lead and close in on a series victory on day three of the third Test in Napier. Strauss, whose position had ...
Mary Queen of Scots' death mask, her sapphire ring and a casket worth £1.5m have gone on show in Edinburgh. The historic artefacts form the centrepiece of a free exhibition giving fans a rare chance ...
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Tony Cascarino was always eligible to play for his country according to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). The striker, who holds a record 88 caps for the Republic of Ireland, had claimed he ...
Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino has revealed that he was never qualified to represent the Emerald Isle. The former Chelsea, Aston villa, Celtic, Marseille and Nancy striker won 88 caps for ...
As Czechoslovakia was liberated from the Nazis at the end of World War II, the population of the country took its revenge - not on the Nazis themselves, but on three million of their fellow citizens.