Normal service should resume at the Olympic badminton tournament following the decisive conclusion of the women’s doubles match-fixing scandal.

Four women’s doubles pairs have been disqualified from the Olympic badminton competition after deliberately trying to lose matches.

Four women’s doubles pairs have been disqualified from the Olympic badminton competition after deliberately trying to lose matches.

An appeal from South Korea over the expulsion of two pairs from the London 2012 women’s doubles competition has been rejected.

ONLY VIP fans are allowed on the set of The Killing 3. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was presented with a “Sarah Lund sweater” by actress Sofie Grabol when she went on location in Denmark earlier this year, but commoners — especially journalistic ones — are barred from entry.

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Ulster 9 Biarritz 6

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy made one enforced change for the home Staffordshire derby with Stoke.

DAVID NUGENT regained his scoring touch for the second match in a row but Burnley had to settle for a point when what they really needed was a victory.

Brian Laws has made one change to his Burnley side for tonight's crucial Premier League clash with Stoke.

Biarritz 49 Newport Gwent Dragons 13

Uruguay international Diego Arismendi will make his eagerly awaited Stoke debut when Tony Pulis fields his shadow squad for tomorrow’s Carling Cup tie at home to Blackpool.

Pop superstar Madonna wants to relaunch her acting career with a remake of 1942 classic 'Casablanca'.

Jonny Wilkinson looks set to clear a second major hurdle tomorrow by keeping his place in the England team for next Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations clash against Italy.

Uncapped Newcastle scrum-half Lee Dickson has been called into the England training squad preparing for next Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Italy in Rome.

JAMES HOOK put in a man-of-the-match performance as Wales completed a 27-18 victory over England at the Millennium Stadium and then admitted: “I could only have dreamt it would go that well.”

BRIAN ASHTON believes England have been relegated to the “second division of world rugby” as they prepare for a Twickenham showdown with RBS Six6 Nations title favourites France.

Jason Robinson appears to be England's biggest fitness concern as they begin preparations for their Twickenham clash against RBS 6 Nations title favourites France.

England will begin preparations for their RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against France in a familiar position – with an injury cloud hanging over Jonny Wilkinson.

ITALY prop Martin Castrogiovanni will miss the remainder of the RBS Six Nations campaign through injury.

England winger Jason Robinson has been told he will not need surgery on the neck injury which kept him out of the record defeat to Ireland last weekend.

BRIAN ASHTON has accepted his England rebuilding job might take longer than initially thought after the world champions’ Croke Park calamity.

ENGLAND, based on this display, will be handing over the William Webb Ellis trophy early in the autumn.

A GUNMAN in a trench coat fired a shotgun randomly at shoppers in a mall in Utah on Monday, killing five and wounding four before being killed by police.

JASON ROBINSON believes there are “signs of something special” after England’s World Cup heroes reunited to launch the Brian Ashton era in trophy-winning fashion at Twickenham.

ROB ANDREW has hailed England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson as “an extraordinary individual” ahead of his logic-defying return to the Test match arena.

Jonny Wilkinson has won a shock England recall for next Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Scotland at Twickenham.

Two major suppliers of oil and gas to the UK announced plans to merge their offshore operations in a £15bn (€22.3bn) deal today.

SALE director of rugby Phillipe Saint-Andre insisted his side’s Heineken Cup hopes remains alive after beating Stade Francais at Edgeley Park.

ENGLAND’S record Twickenham crowd of 82,000 witnessed a record-breaking occasion — but for all the wrong reasons as New Zealand underlined their credentials as overwhelming World Cup favourites.

SALE suffered a dramatic defeat after the Ospreys staged a spectacular smash and grab raid at the Liberty Stadium to finish 17-16.

London Irish 14 Sale 31

A “devoted” husband is at the centre of an alleged “mercy killing” mystery in the UK, it emerged today.

Leicester 35 Sale 23

Sale Sharks 45 Leicester 20

Biarritz 11 Sale 6

THE 20th Winter Olympics opened in Turin last night with a glittering, star-studded ceremony but new doping fears as well a betting row have snatched away the spotlight.

England boss Andy Robinson has named a revised 27-man squad to prepare for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales at Twickenham.

Sale Sharks forward Magnus Lund has described his England call-up as “a dream come true”.

A 106-year-old widow and her 30-year-old caretaker died together in an apparent suicide pact at the home they shared, police in San Francisco said.

MANCHESTER UNITED have been warned to watch their backs by Sale chief executive Niels de Vos, who believes fans are becoming disenchanted with football and turning to rugby union as a genuine alternative.

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