Six years ago Sanita Puspure was working as a shop assistant in Dublin.

CHAMPIONS League Group A looked a killer as soon as the draw was made, although no one could have predicted that Villarreal would be languishing on nul points like some ill-fated entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Jedward have made it into Saturday’s Eurovision final.

JEDWARD’S hopes of making it to the Eurovision final could be boosted by their last-place slot in Thursday night’s semi-final in Germany, according to an academic who has analysed previous contests.

Maria Sharapova is determined to put the nightmare of last year’s Australian Open final firmly behind her when she faces Ana Ivanovic tomorrow.

England hooker Mark Regan has been included in the Barbarians team to face South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.

Germany 2 Brazil 0

Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley has secretly married wife number four - a Brazilian former waitress half his age.

NOTHING falls down more easily than an Italian soccer player — with the possible exception of an Italian soccer player’s pants.

World number two Kim Clijsters played down her 44 unforced errors during her 6-3 6-4 third-round victory over Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues.

A grief-stricken father in Colombia today identified the body of his 14-year-old daughter who was kidnapped by terrorists nearly a year ago as she boarded a school bus in the capital, Bogota.

Venus Williams moved comfortably into her second Australian Open semi-final with a straight-sets victory over Daniela Hantuchova.

Alex Zanardi has finally been told that he has had both legs amputated following his smash in a CART race in Germany last weekend.