THE sky is the limit for ambitious young people, but one young Irish rocket scientist is hoping to go a bit further than that by becoming the first Irish-born person in outer space.

A 37-YEAR-OLD Toronto man was charged yesterday with possession of explosives alleged to be part of a plot to bomb a G20 summit being held this week in the Canadian city, police said.

The family of one of the London suicide bombers today said he may have been “brainwashed” into carrying out such an evil act.

AN African tribal tattoo on Mike Tyson's face may have put an end to his boxing career and that of world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

The alleged Russian mobster charged with fixing two Olympic figure skating contests was on tape saying six judges might be involved, Italian police said as they released details from their investigation of the worst judging scandal in Olympic history.

The International Skating Union has rejected a protest by South Korea, who threatened to boycott the closing ceremony over Apolo Anton Ohno's speed skating gold.

The Winter Olympics suffered its first positive drugs test when the International Olympic Committee announced that an unnamed Belarussian athlete had turned in a positive sample for the banned steroid nandrolone.