Twelve crew members are missing and one is critically injured after a freighter caught fire and ran aground off Japan’s eastern Pacific coast today, officials said.

THE frustrating Aracena, placed in all four of her starts, is napped to get off the mark in the Anglo Irish Bank Maiden at the first stage of the Tramore Festival this evening.

Giant Czech striker Jan Koller’s World Cup is not over after scans revealed the thigh injury picked up in Monday’s win over the United States is not as serious as was first feared.

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A Dutch-owned supermarket chain pulled soup cans from the shelves of its stores in four states after a family reported finding a sewing needle in a sealed can of minestrone, officials said.

FROST GIANT, trained by Aidan O’Brien, ran out a convincing winner of the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien confirmed this evening that UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand will not take his chance in the Boylesports-sponsored equivalent at the Curragh on Saturday.

Giant Italian industrial firm Fiat has sold a majority stake in its engineering division in a bid to further

Screen legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor relived her glory days at the Cannes Film Festival today with a special showing of one of her classic films.

Supermarket giant Tesco could be poised to make a €14.5bn swoop on the assets of troubled Dutch counterpart Ahold, it was reported today.