Front-runner Mitt Romney and his Republican presidential pursuers enter the final full day of campaigning today in a South Carolina primary contest significantly changed from just 24 hours earlier.

WOULD it be too obvious a statement to suggest that the Doncaster St Leger, run over a mile and three quarters, demands a winner with real resolve?

The drying ground at Doncaster has enabled Ed Dunlop to declare Snow Fairy for the Ladbrokes St Leger on Saturday.

Gordon Brown will today call the UK general election for May 6 – heralding the start of what is set to be the hardest-fought campaign for many years.

A CHOCTAW tribal leader recalled last night how his ancestors’ charity towards Irish Famine victims in 1847 helped forge a unique bond between the nations.

YEATS and Septimus lead a strong challenge for Aidan O’Brien as he bids for yet another Group One victory in Saturday’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

BRIAN CARNEY, the Cork-born rugby league star who made his name with Wigan before furthering his career in the 13-man game in Australia, was yesterday confirmed as Munster’s latest acquisition as they head into the closing stages of the Heineken European Cup campaign.

Americans once again spent everything they made and then some last year, pushing the personal savings rate to the lowest level since the Great Depression more than seven decades ago.

Sonia O’Sullivan will return from Australia to compete in the Visit Scotland Great Edinburgh Cross Country on January 14.

Smokin Beau was clipped to 20-1 from 33s with totesport for the Vodafone Stewards’ Cup after staying on well to take the five-furlong Ladbrokes.com Handicap at Lingfield.

Smokin Beau was clipped to 20-1 (from 33-1) with totesport for the Vodafone Stewards’ Cup after staying on well to take the five-furlong Ladbrokes.com Handicap at Lingfield today.

The Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, has been sent to Belmarsh Prison in south-east London after a brief hearing in West London Magistrates Court this afternoon.

Ronnie Biggs is on a plane back to England after 31 years on the run in Brazil.