“The incident occurred after his dismissal in the 85th minute of a game on September 5, 2015.“

Three Englishmen who ran out of food at sea on a €300m cocaine smuggling operation were so desperate one of them began to consume the drug to stave off hunger.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s rookie World Championship opponent fears Crucible humiliation before he even plays his first shot against the five-time winner.

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Three British men have appeared in court and another will be in the dock today accused of a plot to smuggle €125m of cocaine.

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The Premier League big boys have all been kept apart as the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup was made today.

A passenger who was forced to crash land a plane after the pilot was taken ill said he thought he was going to run into a wall as he struggled to reach the brakes to stop the aircraft.

A flight instructor who helped a passenger land a plane after the pilot was taken ill said the man performed a “beautiful landing”.

Two men who have appeared in court in England after a mosque was petrol-bombed are believed to be former British soldiers, it has emerged today.

Two men are due in court today charged with arson with intent to endanger life after a mosque was petrol-bombed.

Police investigating the grisly murder of a soldier in London by two Islamists made another arrest last night, as 1,000 far-right protesters demonstrated near Prime Minister David Cameron’s office.

The Duchess of Cambridge’s big hint that she is expecting a girl has caused huge excitement among royal fans.

The Duchess of Cambridge MAY have let slip the gender of her unborn baby.

Luton are determined to savour their success after returning from the brink to become the first non-League side in 24 years to beat top-flight opposition in the FA Cup.

Kerry Group can offer Irish graduates opportunities all over the world, chief executive Stan McCarthy told the group’s AGM yesterday.

Food supply-chain jobs will be lost due to supermarket chains acting to bypass the wholesale sector, Retail Excellence Ireland chief executive David Fitzsimons has warned.

Flintshire: A frozen foods factory owned by Kerry Group in Flintshire is to close at the end of April with the loss of 318 jobs.

Tim Vaughan is already charting a route towards the Cheltenham Festival with impressive Market Rasen winner Architrave.

English airspace will remain off limits until 7am tomorrow at the earliest.

The publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday said today it made an encouraging start to the year after advertising revenues rose in its national newspaper division.

ALEX FERGUSON is crossing his fingers record signing Dimitar Berbatov can make it to the end of the season without needing knee surgery.

Burnley have named former Sheffield Wednesday boss Brian Laws as their new manager.

John Coupland bettered his total for 2009 in one fell swoop as Tanley (9-1) won division one of the Bet Test Match Cricket – Betdaq Handicap at Lingfield.

A former tutor labelled a "predatory paedophile" by British detectives was today handed a indeterminate prison sentence after she admitted sexually abusing young children.

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs paid tribute to Alex Ferguson after being named Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year last night.

SHARING its name with a romantic historical novel, and with a Celtic rock band from Grimsby in Britain, is Merlin’s Keep — a prime Kinsale property in need of a wizard’s wand — or a sweeping brush and a rake.

Administrators for music, DVD and games retailer Zavvi said more than 200 jobs were secured tonight after a deal with HMV – but the news came after hundreds of the firm’s employees lost their jobs in further store closures.

Roy Keane will be looking for a second win in as many months over former club Nottingham Forest after Sunderland were drawn against the Championship newcomers in the second round of the Carling Cup.

Roy Keane will return to former club Nottingham Forest for a first competitive encounter as a manager after his Sunderland side were handed a trip to the City Ground in the Carling Cup second round.

Evidence has been found in a Second World War bunker which “corroborates” claims by alleged child abuse victims in Jersey, detectives said today.

West Brom returned to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after Zoltan Gera’s second-half goal earned the Baggies a 1-0 win at Wolves.

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England this morning.

The impact of a poor vegetable harvest was today being felt at Christian Salvesen after the logistics group warned of lower frozen food volumes.

Thousands of Liverpool fans poured into Athens today as the hours ticked away before tonight’s Champions League final against AC Milan.

Ladies European Tour rookie Kiran Matharu makes her first appearance of the year at this week’s Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf del Sur having set herself a target of winning three times this season.

B&Q owner Kingfisher today agreed to sell seven stores for £198m (€287.47m) in a bid to provide stability for the ailing DIY giant.

Goldman Sachs upped its takeover offer for the UK’s biggest ports company today as it attempted to head off interest from a rival consortium.

The UK’s biggest ports operator was today reported to have drawn an improved takeover approach worth £2.34bn (€3.5bn) from a consortium led by Goldman Sachs.

Furious Boston chairman Jon Sotnick has claimed there is a conspiracy against his club after manager Steve Evans was ejected from Blundell Park by police on Saturday.

NEWCASTLE boss Graeme Souness admits he is a worried man after seeing his side put together a run of three successive victories and climb into the top half of the table.

POLICE arrested a Tottenham fan who fiercely abused Arsenal’s former Spurs skipper Sol Campbell as the players left the field at White Hart Lane, writes Bill Pierce.