Organisers of the 2012 Olympics have finalised their masterplan for the Olympic Park in east London. The only major change to the revised plans will see the volleyball event move out of the main park ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

Rangers manager Paul Le Guen has left the club by mutual consent. Chairman David Murray said: "Having met with Paul it was clear that in the interests of the club we agreed jointly to him stepping ...

Children growing up in refugee camps in Peshawar, in the north of Pakistan, are being drugged by their parents to leave themselves free to work undisturbed in the carpet factories. The Afghan men and ...

Calls to extend the Tube to a deprived area of north London have won the backing of the mayor. Ken Livingstone visited north Tottenham on Wednesday to see if the Victoria Line could be extended from ...

Leeds ended their turbulent season with a last-gasp win in Peter Reid's first game as full-time manager. Late strikes from substitute Nick Barmby and Mark Viduka saw Leeds leapfrog their opponents in ...

The Metropolitan Police have reinstated a Sikh police sergeant who was sacked after being accused of sending racist hate mail. The force has also apologised to Gurpal Virdi, who was dismissed in March ...

Tyre maker Michelin has attacked Formula One bosses for reintroducing tyre changes for the 2006 season as it goes against attempts to cut costs. The decision has been made by FIA chief Max Mosley, who ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter said Nigeria's plan to co-host the 2010 World Cup with four African countries will not work. "This idea of Nigeria [to stage the tournament with Cameroon, Benin Republic, ...

New York's bid team faces an increasingly tough task to bring the Games to the Big Apple for the first time. The city was ranked down in fourth when the International Olympic Committee examined the ...

Moscow sees its ability to stage every event inside the city borders as the key to its bid for the 2012 Games. Bid leader Valery Shantsev says Moscow would stage the "most compact Games ever" if it ...

There were reservations about bidding after Paris came third behind Beijing and Toronto in the race for 2008 and lost out to Barcelona in 1992. But the French capital is considered to be the favourite ...