The betting suggested Richard Hannon's Zebedee was a good thing in the Aldermore Conditions Stakes at Ascot and punters were queuing up for their money some way from home.

THE family of an executed British man issued a bitter attack upon China yesterday as his cousins flew home after a failed attempt to plead for his life.

The execution of British citizen Akmal Shaikh by China sparked a diplomatic war of words between London and Beijing today.

Frankie Dettori was made to earn his crust after Fareej required considerable urging to get up in the EBF Buy A Racing Post Yearling Bonus Candidate Maiden Stakes at Newmarket today.

Dead heats are quite a rarity in racing but memories of Nunthorpe day in 1997 were evoked as Confront and Dream Eater could not be split in the Sky Bet City of York Stakes.

Akmal regained the winning thread with a battling victory under Richard Hills in the Sky Bet Melrose Stakes at York.

Ireland’s cricketers celebrated St Patrick’s day in style with a superb performance in the field to dismiss Pakistan for 132 and raise hopes of a major World Cup shock.

A PAKISTANI village council has punished a 20-year-old man for adultery by ordering the betrothal of his two-year-old niece to the husband of the woman with whom he had the alleged affair.