Retiring champion jockey Tony McCoy believes he has over achieved in his career.

Tony McCoy today announced he is to retire from racing at the end of the season.

Mr Mole put his best foot forward to win successive races with an all-the-way triumph in the Kingsteignton Motors Graduation Chase at Exeter.

Tributes have been paid to Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend who has died aged 68.

Rain-softened ground at Sandown has increased confidence behind Mr Mole’s bid for Paddy Power Imperial Cup glory today.

Supporters of ante-post favourite Mr Mole have been advised to hold their bets on Paul Nicholls’ charge in the Paddy Power Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.

When Poungach fell at the first fence at Chepstow last month, I got such a surprise you could have knocked me over with a feather.

Ricky Gervais is to voice Mole in a new movie version of 'The Wind in the Willows'.

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Stephen McManus returns to the Celtic line-up for their SPL clash with Hearts at Tynecastle

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Singer Gareth Gates is to marry his long-term girlfriend, he announced today.

Hearts midfielder Paul Hartley will miss the Bank of Scotland Premier League visit of Motherwell.

ANGRY Hearts fans have been told majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov will answer their questions the next time he is in the country.

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JOHN COLLINS enjoyed a memorable first win as Hibernian boss as his side reached the CIS Insurance Cup semi-finals in a one-sided Edinburgh derby at Easter Road.

Hearts midfielder Saulius Mikoliunas will miss the Bank of Scotland Premier League visit of Kilmarnock through suspension.

Ten-man Hearts somehow fought back for a point in a dramatic Bank of Scotland Premier League derby at Easter Road despite falling two behind inside 16 minutes.

HEARTS’ European hopes were hanging by a thread after losing 2-0 to Sparta Prague in their UEFA Cup first round, first-leg tie at Murrayfield.

TWO sendings off and three late goals ended Hearts’ Champions League dreams as Valdas Ivanauskas’ team slumped to a 3-0 defeat in Athens last night.

Hearts will be without striker Roman Bednar for the second leg of their Champions League third-round qualifier against AEK Athens in Greece.

British police are seeking help from the Irish public in tracing a missing woman they believe may be in the Dublin area.

Author Sue Townsend has told how she was a struggling single mother juggling three jobs when she wrote The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole.

A firefighter who fractured a colleague’s skull with a Winnie-the-Pooh mug has been ordered to resign after a disciplinary hearing, it emerged today.