So despite being called a sprint it is not simply about getting from A to B in the fastest time. It is about having the tactical skill and courage to make your opponent do what you want them to do.

A chronology of key events: 25 October: Visiting the Paris suburb of Argenteuil to see how new measures against urban violence are working, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is pelted with stones and ...

Richard Burns, who won the World Rally Championship in 2001, has died at the age of 34 after a long illness, on the fourth anniversary of his title win. Burns had not competed since he passed out at ...

The sin-bin is the bench where all players who have committed a yellow card offence sit out of the game for 10 minutes. If the referee believes a player has committed a serious foul or shown ...

Two men have been jailed for life at the Old Bailey for the homophobic murder of gay barman Jody Dobrowski. Unemployed Thomas Pickford, 26, and decorator Scott Walker, 33, admitted the killing at an ...

Up to a quarter of Niger's 12m people need food aid and 150,000 children could die unless they get help soon, aid workers say. The food crisis was predicted after poor harvests last year, so why was ...

Leylandii owners could face fines of up to £1,000 if they fail to cut down their high hedge when ordered to. New legislation coming in to force on Wednesday means local authorities can intervene in ...

Liverpool earned a slender advantage in their Champions League quarter-final with Juventus after Anfield had paid its respects to the Heysel victims. Sami Hyypia's left-foot shot put Liverpool ahead ...

Later in life, I was told that I should have been taught more about impersonal social forces. For instance, the Marxists I met at Oxford were very keen on the importance of economic ownership and the ...

10 April: Port Talbot Town 1-0 Bala Town (Park Avenue, Aberystwyth) 11 April: Prestatyn Town 0-2 Bangor City (Latham Park, Newtown) ...

Saddam Hussein was captured after a tip-off led American troops to a small, underground hole concealed next to farm buildings near the former leader's hometown of Tikrit. Soldiers were seconds away ...