Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan make his return to the ring tonight in the US, still confident he can win a world title.

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USA: Forty years ago, the Pascagoula incident, in which two men said they encountered an unidentified flying object and its occupants, made headlines across America and sparked a new wave of reports of UFO sightings.

A Florida man who police say fatally shot his wife – and apparently then posted a photo of her body on Facebook – has been charged with murder.

Owega Star must be strongly fancied to make a successful chasing debut in the Connaughton Auctioneers Beginners Chase on today’s mixed card in Roscommon.

Venus Williams has pulled out of the Mutua Madrid Open due to a back problem.

Venezuela’s opposition says it will not attend the swearing-in of Hugo Chavez’s anointed successor as interim president.

Authorities in northern Mexico say they are searching for another seven suspects over an arson attack at a casino that killed 52 people.

FIVE men have been arrested in connection with an arson attack last week on a casino in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey that killed 52 people, said state governor of Nuevo Leon Rodrigo Medina.

MEXICAN authorities yesterday began identifying 72 suspected migrants believed murdered for refusing to become hitmen for a drug cartel.

The governor of a Mexican border state will give state police officers a 20% pay rise in an effort to deter them from joining drug cartels.

Federal police arrested Mexico’s ’King of Heroin’, a powerful drug trafficker allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said.

MEXICAN police have arrested a suspected top supplier of heroin to the United States, known as “The King of Heroin,” security officials said yesterday.

The only US Army officer convicted over the 1968 massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai has made an extraordinary public apology while speaking to a small group near the military base where he went on trial.

A gunman killed two members of staff at a US missionary training centre after being told he could not spend the night there.

A GUNMAN walked into a dormitory for young Christian missionaries in the US yesterday and opened fire, killing two people and wounding two others.

A gunman walked into a dormitory for young Christian missionaries in the US early today and opened fire, killing two people and wounding two others.

An alleged kidnapper considered armed and dangerous peacefully surrendered to US police in armoured battle wagons yesterday after a four-and-a-half-hour chase and stand-off that shut down one of southern California’s busiest freeways.

A former professional wrestler captured while fleeing a house where an 82-year-old woman had been strangled with a stethoscope has been linked to the deaths of at least 10 elderly women in Mexico City, police said today, raising hopes that the notorious Little Old Lady Killer is finally in custody.

Hopes are fading of finding a missing Irish teenager alive after she fell overboard while holidaying on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

Hopes were today fading of finding a missing teenager alive after she fell overboard while holidaying on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

Mariah Carey has embarked on a range of water exercises to achieve her new toned figure.

Mariah Carey has launched a scathing attack on Eminem and accused him of resorting to vulgar lyrics to boost his poor sales.

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Jennifer Lopez's plans to reunite with her former manager Benny Medina have collapsed.

Kevin Costner has won a restraining order against a woman who claims she's the mother of his daughter Anne.

Latino hunk Ricky Martin has ditched celebrity manager Benny Medina, just a year after fellow Puerto Rican Jennifer Lopez dispensed of Medina's services.

R&B star Brandy has followed in Jennifer Lopez's footsteps by parting ways with manager Benny Medina.

Walter Estrada claims there is no reason to seek advice from Manuel Medina ahead of his challenge to Scott Harrison’s WBO featherweight title tomorrow night.

WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison vowed to make his next opponent William ‘The Conqueror’ Abelyan pay dearly for costing him thousands of pounds.

Scott Harrison's manager Frank Maloney admits the Cambuslang fighter is under pressure to restore Scottish pride when he tries to regain his WBO featherweight title from Manuel Medina.

Mexican WBO featherweight champion Manuel Medina has dismissed Scott Harrison’s chances of regaining his crown at Braehead Arena on November 29.

A frail but determined Pope John Paul led his general audience today and, brushing aside any suggestions he is cutting back, announced that, “God willing,” he will travel to a shrine in Pompeii next week.

Sunderland misfit Nicolas Medina has been farmed out to Spanish Second Division outfit Leganes on a year-long loan deal.

Former WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison may have to wait until next year for a rematch with Manuel Medina.

Frank Maloney claims Mexican Manuel Medina will get “the fright of his life” when he climbs into the ring to challenge Scott Harrison for his WBO featherweight title.

Jennifer Lopez has launched a lawsuit against her former manager to demand he repays the £60,000 (€87,100) he earned while working for her.

Felix Trinidad is quitting professional boxing.

Sunderland midfielder Kevin Kilbane is likely to be sidelined by an ankle injury for tomorrow’s match at Leicester.

Sunderland striker Niall Quinn will be given until the last minute to prove his fitness ahead of tomorrow’s Premiership clash with former club Arsenal.

Sunderland duo Niall Quinn and Alex Rae have handed manager Peter Reid a fitness boost by proving themselves ready to take their place in the squad for tomorrow’s Premiership opener at home to Ipswich.