By the time United States authorities took country singer Mindy McCready’s five-year-old son from her and into custody last night, one thing had already become apparent: McCready’s life has come to resemble a bad country song.

Manchester City have completed the signing of teenage Schalke full-back Nils Zander.

BMW-Sauber have announced the signing of former Williams design boss Jorg Zander.

Williams have moved to strengthen their backroom staff in a bid to return to the front of the grid.

Blue chip stocks surged to a strong finish in the US today following upbeat economic news.

Motorola has named Ed Zander, former president and second-in-command at Sun Microsystems, to be its new chairman and CEO, replacing Chris Galvin.