Richard Hannon went a long way to retaining his trainers’ championship title with the victory of Coupe De Ville in the £500,000 Tattersalls Millions 2yo Trophy at Newmarket.

Brian Meehan's Mehdi easily justified his prohibitive odds in the EBF Children's Day Maiden at Ripon this afternoon.

Newcastle today confirmed the signing of teenager Mehdi Abeid from French side Lens.

X Factor judges are confronted by the Parisian equivalent of Jedward on tonight’s show – twins who tackle Lady Gaga.

Birmingham midfielder Mehdi Nafti has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at St Andrews until 2009.

Birmingham manager Alex Mcleish has held talks with Medhi Nafti over his future - and confirmed the midfielder will return to the side for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Everton.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will postpone contract talks with midfielder Mehdi Nafti and goalkeeper Maik Taylor to fully focus on the battle for Premier League survival.

Steve Bruce has revealed Birmingham midfielder Mehdi Nafti is likely to miss the whole season through injury.

MUSLIM gunmen sprayed bullets and lobbed grenades at a liquor store in central Baghdad yesterday before kidnapping the owner’s brother-in-law in the fifth such attack this week, staff and police said.

A militant Muslim group has denounced the attacks on targets in Afghanistan.