My Monster Dumper Truck by Steve Smallman, illustrated by Joelle Dreidemy (Little Tiger; €13.03 HB) is a big book featuring big machines.

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl pulled from the rubble in a stunning rescue 15 days after the earthquake was in stable condition yesterday, able to eat yoghurt and mashed vegetables to the surprise of doctors, who said her survival was medically inexplicable.

Mike Tyson is looking beyond Friday’s fight with Danny Williams and towards reclaiming the world heavyweight title.

HAITI'S rebels raised the stakes in the country's crisis by declaring themselves in control of security, refusing to disarm and vowing to arrest Jean Bertrand Aristide.

HAITI remained tense yesterday as Europe considered sending aid and the Red Cross and UN warned the chaos in the Caribbean country was threatening hospitals and causing food shortages.

MIKE TYSON insisted he beat a broken back to knock Clifford Etienne senseless in just 49 seconds of his latest muddy comeback affair on the banks of the Mississippi on Saturday night.

Former featherweight world champion Barry McGuigan believes Tyson is sensible to avoid a rematch with Lewis at the moment.

Mike Tyson does not believe he is ready to face Lennox Lewis in June, claiming he is not interested in “being beaten up again”.

Mike Tyson took just 49 seconds to put himself in line for another crack at the heavyweight world title.

Lennox Lewis will be an interested spectator when Mike Tyson attempts his latest tortuous comeback in Memphis tonight.

Clifford Etienne’s manager has accused Mike Tyson of faking illness ahead of Saturday’s heavyweight showdown in Memphis.

MIKE TYSON’S team were working hard yesterday to repair the damage caused by the former world champion’s wayward preparations for his Saturday night comeback fight in Memphis.

MIKE TYSON is famous for marking other people’s faces, but for once it was his own that was turning heads.

Mike Tyson has touched down in Memphis ahead of his off-on bout with Clifford Etienne at the Pyramid Arena on Saturday night.

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.

MIKE TYSON’S heavyweight fight with Clifford Etienne in Memphis on Saturday is back on, according to a release from the television companies due to screen the bout.

Lennox Lewis’ proposed summer rematch with Mike Tyson has been put in doubt with the news that the latter’s warm-up bout with Clifford Etienne, scheduled to take place in Memphis on Saturday, has been called off.

Mike Tyson will return to the ring on 22 February 2003 when he takes on Clifford Etienne.

Barry George, the man convicted for killing Jill Dando, has reportedly been granted leave to appeal against his conviction.