Two of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt have applied to be deported under a new law after the country’s highest court ordered their retrial but did not free them as their families had hoped.

Rio Ferdinand and QPR’s bosses will make the decision on whether to appeal the defender’s three-match Football Association ban by tonight.

Manager Paul Lambert has moved to lift the pressure off Christian Benteke as Aston Villa look to end their goalless streak.

QPR manager Harry Redknapp bears no grudge against Adel Taarabt following their public spat this week and insists he merely wants the Morocco playmaker to return to shape and form.

Lawyers for the State have today described the murder of a father-of-five in Dublin as a "Goodfellas-style execution".

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Emeli Sande's appearances at the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies have helped her to overtake Adele with the biggest selling album of the year so far.

It was hard to decide which was the most surprising aspect of Arsenal’s capitulation at QPR — the fact that Arsene Wenger’s men failed to show up, or the way Mark Hughes’ mixed bunch of desperados drove the shot-shy gunslingers out of town.

Manager Arsene Wenger hopes Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to relegation battlers QPR at Loftus Road will “shock” the Gunners into a response against Manchester City.

An Egyptian military court has acquitted an army doctor accused of conducting forced “virginity tests” on female protesters last year, in a case that had sparked a national outcry.

IT looks like the rumours of disquiet in west London this weekend were true — except it was at QPR, not Fulham.

AL-QAIDA has appointed an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Al Jazeera reported.

Tottenham misfit Adel Taarabt has completed a permanent move to QPR for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £1m.

Adel Taarabt’s agent Rudy Raba claims Premier League new boys West Brom have stepped up their efforts to sign the 19-year-old on loan.

Robbie Keane is hoping for an end to the uncertainty around Martin Jol’s future after coming off the bench to save the Tottenham boss from an embarrassing UEFA Cup defeat against Anorthosis Famagusta.

Tottenham have completed the signing of Lens midfielder Adel Taarabt, who has been on loan with the Premier League club since January.

Tottenham manager Martin Jol has moved to freshen up his squad by bringing in young Sunderland goalkeeper Ben Alnwick and promising teenage midfielder Adel Taarabt from Lens.

SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane was a busy man on the second day of the January transfer window, signing Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Carlos Edwards and Hungary goalkeeper Marton Fulop for a combined £2 million (€2.9m).

Tottenham have signed goalkeeper Ben Alnwick from Sunderland in a deal that could be worth up to £1.3m (€2.6m).

Recruits to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were clamouring for suicide missions against the United States more than a year before the September 11, 2001, attacks, according to al-Qaida documents that the US Defence Department has declassified.

Pilgrims circled the Kaaba – the huge black cube in the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca – raising their hands heavenward in prayer Saturday, asking for God’s bounty and forgiveness.

The Iraqi Governing Council member today targeted in an assassination attempt has been moved to a secret location after surgery.

THE US ambassador to Azerbaijan denied a Russian press report that the Pentagon plans to use the Caucasus republic as a launching pad for military action against Iran.

Two Palestinian suicide bomb attacks in 24 hours and the arrest of a Palestinian woman Israel said was preparing an attack shows Palestinians still have the will and the means to strike, Israeli officials said.