Taking its title from a hand in poker that is vastly improved by other cards on the table, ‘Runner Runner’ is a slick yet soulless thriller set in the high-stakes world of online gambling.

CRIME fiction is regarded as a good vehicle for reflecting the times in which it is written.

HIS presidential campaign in turmoil, Republican favourite Herman Cain refused to say last night whether he will ask his former employer — the National Restaurant Association — to terminate confidentiality restrictions on women who accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s while he was head of the trade group.

Brittany Murphy’s family and friends have celebrated her life at a private funeral in Hollywood.

Supaseus made almost every yard of the running in a thrilling renewal of the totesport.com Cambridgeshire at Newmarket.

Trainer Roger Ingram and jockey Robert Havlin will have left Brighton on Wednesday with rather different memories following the bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed On Every Race Handicap.

A CONSORTIUM featuring Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) and the Irish Times has been awarded the country’s latest multi-city music radio licence.

THE two bidders for the multi-city over-45s radio licence have differed over the potential revenue the new station could generate.

Title-chasing Seb Sanders breezed past the century mark in record time with an opportune treble at Brighton.

AFTER 36 minutes of sustained non-combat in their first fight in December last year, Audley Harrison and Danny Williams finally came to blows today with their rematch still 30 hours away.

Hollywood star Kevin Costner has been officially named as the actor accused of performing a lewd sex act in front of a masseuse while honeymooning in Scotland in 2004.

RESEARCHERS have warned urgent action is needed to save the Atlantic bluefin tuna from extinction.

AUDLEY HARRISON’S 11th and most impressive professional win was overshadowed by a ringside riot involving his heavyweight rival Herbie Hide at Bethnal Green on Saturday night.

Herbie Hide and Audley Harrison could have their licences revoked if found guilty in the British Boxing Board of Control inquiry into the Bethnal Green riot.

South African Travis Block rode his first-ever winner with a super-cool display on Andrew Balding’s Tarawan in the Kingfisher Handicap at Leicester on Thursday.

AS Tipperary and Kilkenny head into their 17th All-Ireland championship meeting, the weight of history sits light on the broad shoulders of Cats captain Andy Comerford.

The chances of Lennox Lewis boxing on home soil again may have diminished as a result of his emphatic win over Mike Tyson.

The British Boxing Board of Control have reacted with dismay to last night’s televised brawl between Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman in California.

Wayne McCullough today insisted his world title fight against American Willie Jorrin will go ahead despite being refused a licence by the British Boxing Board of Control.