Eulogised on his death as a hero, it is easy to forget how reviled Ali once was in his homeland Neal Gabler

THEY’VE probably heard all the George Clooney jokes you could mention — but fame by coincidence of name is a fate that Clooney, near Quin in Co Clare will have to put up with.

THERE are undoubtedly many things to look forward to over the course of the next five days at Royal Ascot, but arguably the most intriguing is the return to the track of the mercurial George Washington in the Queen Anne Stakes today.

TAKE a cross-dressing former basketball star, a disgraced entertainer, a politician notorious for saluting Saddam Hussein and a fake celebrity.

MP George Galloway will begin a speaking tour entitled The Mother of All One Man Shows today.