Ronnie O'Sullivan believes Power Snooker is the future of the sport and claims he is "bored" with the World Championship format.

PARENTS are playing it safe when it comes to baby naming with number one favourite Jack and top 10 regular Sophie the most popular choices for newborns last year.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

A FORMER soldier who was filmed attacking a disabled man in his care was jailed yesterday for eight months.

Brandon Flowers would feel “less than naked” if he wore a T-shirt on stage.

IN the great tradition of ‘Private Eye’ – translation: in an act of shameless ripping off – we begin today with an abject apology.

You just can’t keep College Causeway out of the headlines.

Brandon Flowers has become a father for the second time.

With still two days to go before the deadline, the entry list for the Paddypower.com Irish Derby had reached 100 and the signs are that the final number will be very close to the ideal number of 144.

THE source of the foot and mouth outbreak in England looks likely to have been the Pirbright laboratory facility adjacent to the first farm affected.

HENNESSY Gold Cup fifth All In The Stars is set to make a quick reappearance in Friday’s Mears Group Chase at Cheltenham.

Murphy’s Cardinal could book his place in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup with a good run at Lingfield on Saturday.

Forest Gunner produced an exhilarating round of jumping to make virtually all in the betfair.com Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at Aintree today.

Martell Grand National hope Gunner Welburn pleased connections in a getting-to-know-you schooling session with big-race jockey Tony Dobbin.