A day after the civil wedding that transformed one-time Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock into the Princess of Monaco, she and Prince Albert II wed in a star-studded religious ceremony today.

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Best-selling author JK Rowling is to visit Romania where she will take part in a fundraising gala to help children in need in Romania and across Europe, organisers said Monday.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes a stop in Romania today amid allegations that the CIA operated a secret prison where top al-Qaida captives were interrogated in the country.

The Olympic spotlight shone today on the most famous sports star to have walked the Earth: Muhammad Ali.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, the unchallenged master of motor sport, has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the second time.

AS the gymnastics, or gymfantastics as it has been re-named in the RDS Simmonscourt, continued yesterday, the arena got a surprise visit from one of the most famous gymnast Olympians.

REMARKABLY there was still soap left in the men’s toilets for an almighty scrubbing up job had been done on Colin Farrell’s tongue.

THOSE truly defining moments in sport are rare gifts, burned into the memory by their achievement or standing as a monument to marvel for those too young to recall the instant.

Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci has ended an 11-year journey to freedom when she took the oath to become a United States citizen.