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Australia 63 Uruguay 3: Australia head coach Michael Cheika has refused to stoke the fires of controversy ahead of an anticipated titanic World Cup tussle with England.

A neighbour said he heard the cries of a 9-month-old boy who officials believe later starved after his mother died of a possible overdose in their Pittsburgh-area apartment.

America’s biggest tobacco companies say they are ready and willing to pass along factual public health information about cigarettes.

Nama has secured final judgment for €8m against the wife of Priory Hall builder Thomas McFeely arising out of an unpaid loan secured on the family home in Ailesbury Rd, Dublin.

No sooner was Cristiano Ronaldo crowned the world’s best player for the second straight year than he declared his desire to go down in history as one of the greatest players of all time.

Interpol get a hard time for sounding a lot like Interpol. The charge is that, after several engaging albums, the New Yorkers are slouching towards creative dotage, regurgitating a grab-bag of tics and tropes: clanging guitars, brooding melodies, Ian Curtis-esque singing from frontman Paul Banks.

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Facebook and chairman and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg are selling a combined 70 million shares of Class A stock as the social media company prepares to join the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.

ENGLAND:

Carl Froch immediately set his sights on avenging the other blot on his record after overcoming his first conqueror Mikkel Kessler in a scintillating super-middleweight unification fight on Saturday night.

Carl Froch secured his legacy as one of British boxing’s modern greats with a thrilling unanimous decision win over former conqueror Mikkel Kessler in London.

Nathan Cleverly remains hopeful that Carl Froch’s fight with Mikkel Kessler tonight can be the springboard to an all-British light-heavyweight showdown.

Froch v Kessler should be one of the fights of the year

The professional boxing season has thrown up several dramatic fights and one master class from ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in recent weeks.

The Woodie’s DIY AAI Games in the new Athlone IT indoor arena produced a long list of new personal bests and one new record.

Patrick Hyland and Brian Magee were left licking their wounds on both sides of the Atlantic on Saturday night after suffering losses in WBA World title fights in the USA and Denmark.

Northern Ireland's Brian Magee’s first defence of his WBA super-middleweight title ended in heartbreak after he was stopped in the third round by a clinical Mikkel Kessler in Herning, Denmark.

Carl Froch fears he may have ended Lucian Bute’s career after delivering a “devastating beating” which crowned him a three-time world champion while crushing his opponent’s unbeaten record.

SPACE junk has made such a mess of Earth’s orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up.

DAVID HAYE has revealed negotiations with the Klitschko brothers will begin later this week as he seeks to unify the world heavyweight titles.

The Pope today appeared to have fully recovered from an attack by a woman at the start of Christmas Eve Mass.

A US federal appeals court today agreed with the major elements of a 2006 landmark ruling that found the nation's top tobacco companies guilty of racketeering and fraud for deceiving the public about the dangers of smoking.

The Government was tonight accused of sitting idly by as two flagship employers in the aviation industry announced job cuts.

JOE CALZAGHE may be undecided about his future but he is convinced his victory over Roy Jones Jr at the weekend was one of the top three performances of his long and undefeated career.

Former Joe Calzaghe victim and reigning world super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler wants another shot at the Welshman and will move to any weight to fight the undefeated star.

JOE CALZAGHE is ready to shine in the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip in the early hours of tomorrow morning and score a victory which will elevate him to a pantheon inhabited by some of the very best to have laced on gloves.

Joe Calzaghe was told he “better be willing to die” by an intense Bernard Hopkins last night as the two fighters faced off in advance of their April 19 showdown in Las Vegas.

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Ohio woman accused of killing her month-old baby by burning her in a microwave.

BERNARD Hopkins should dismiss the mighty challenge of Joe Calzaghe and instead head into retirement after settling a long-standing score with American rival Roy Jones.

Joe Calzaghe’s camp have told Bernard Hopkins to put up or shut up.

JOE CALZAGHE hurled out a challenge to Bernard Hopkins after being crowned undisputed world super-middleweight champion with a magnificent points win over previously unbeaten Dane Mikkel Kessler.

Joe Calzaghe hurled out a challenge to Bernard Hopkins after being crowned undisputed world super-middleweight champion with a magnificent points win over previously-unbeaten Dane Mikkel Kessler.

Joe Calzaghe was crowned undisputed world super-middleweight champion in Cardiff tonight after a victory over Mikkel Kessler which secured his place in the pantheon of great post-war fighters.

JOE CALZAGHE is plotting a path to world domination via his local supermarket as the hours tick down towards his world super-middleweight title unification clash with Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff tomorrow morning.

JOE CALZAGHE will cement his place as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world at present if he wins his world super-middleweight title unification clash with Mikkel Kessler in the early hours of Sunday.

JOE CALZAGHE will turn his back on the chance to eclipse the great Joe Louis’ record of 25 consecutive world title defences after his Saturday night super-fight against Mikkel Kessler.

JOE CALZAGHE has home advantage for his super-fight against Mikkel Kessler with the Millennium Stadium hosting the eagerly awaited showdown on November 3.

A WOMAN accused of running a Washington prostitution ring has been ordered not to release any more phone records that could implicate former customers.

A WOMAN accused of killing her one-month-old daughter by putting her in a microwave oven pleaded not guilty of aggravated murder yesterday.

JOE CALZAGHE has banished memories of his greatest night as he prepares to defend his IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles against Cameroon’s Sakio Bika in Manchester on Saturday.

A federal judge has ruled that the top US cigarette makers violated racketeering laws, deceiving the public for years about the health hazards of smoking.

FRENCHMAN Pierrick Fedrigo held his nerve to out-sprint Salvatore Commesso and seal a thrilling win in stage 14 of the Tour de France as Oscar Pereiro retained the yellow jersey.