An executive from Google Inc is becoming the latest chief executive officer of AOL, as the Time Warner Inc internet unit still struggles to set its course.

Hopes are high in the Godolphin camp that Rio De La Plata, a Group One winner as a juvenile, can bag his first success at three in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on Sunday.

Connections of Falco are hoping that having their own pacemaker will help the French 2000 Guineas hero return to winning ways in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on Sunday.

DBEST can live up to his name by running 13 rivals ragged in the ladbrokes.com Handicap at Down Royal today.

STUBBS Art will bid to make it third time lucky when he seeks to overturn two Classic defeats by Henrythenavigator in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

Henrythenavigator will face eight rivals as he bids to supplement his two Classic wins in tomorrow's St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

HENRYTHENAVIGATOR will face eight rivals as he bids to supplement his two Classic wins in tomorrow’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Andre Fabre’s Thewayyouare, initially thought to be a candidate for the Vodafone Derby, will stay at home to contest the French equivalent six days earlier instead.

Zarkava turned in another spellbinding display under Christophe Soumillon to win the French 1000 Guineas at Longchamp.

THE Sopranos, the mob series that went to its grave with a shockingly inconclusive finale, found a happy ending yesterday with 15 Emmy nominations, including best drama.

THE swamp fever outbreak that hit the country last year is officially at an end. This week, the Department of Agriculture announced that the last restrictions on premises imposed as a result of last year’s outbreak were being lifted.

Edie Falco has adopted a baby boy, her agent confirmed tonight.

THERE were no term limits for NBC’s 'The West Wing', which won its fourth Emmy for best drama on Sunday night despite shrinking viewership.

NBC’s White House saga The West Wing won its fourth Emmy Award for best drama despite shrinking viewership, while CBS’s Everybody Loves Raymond was honoured as best comedy.

France plans to create an emergency action plan for its retirement homes after a heat wave that probably killed 10,000 people, most of them elderly.

TONY SOPRANO killed off henchman Ralph Cifaretto just in time for actor Joe Pantoliano to make his Broadway debut.