Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favourite actor for such lighthearted films as The Love Bug, has died aged 84.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson stars in San Andreas (12A), playing LAFD chopper rescue pilot Ray, whose considerable skills are tested to their limits when California experiences a massive earthquake.

Wayne Rooney edged one goal closer to Sir Bobby Charlton’s record as England coasted past the clothes salesman, the factory worker and the bar owner from San Marino with a simple if not spectacular 5-0 win at Wembley.

When Lisa Zagone from San Francisco ended up in Cork on holidays 13 years ago, she fell for the city and made her way to the Opera House to make enquiries about work.

AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri has vowed his team will not make the same mistakes as last season against Tottenham when Arsenal come to the San Siro in the Champions League tonight.

Thousands of supporters in Burma’s countryside cheered opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed south-east Asian nation.

San Francisco police are said to be investing the incident last Saturday which left Fermanagh Gaelic footballer Mark McGovern in a coma.

Tony Parker has been “taking refuge in basketball” since splitting with Eva Longoria in November.

A state-controlled newspaper said today Burma’s military rulers were breaking no laws by holding pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for a sixth straight year.

Firefighters battling wildfires menacing southern California discovered the bodies of six people killed by the flames.

Firefighters were given a breathing space in their battle against the blazes sweeping Southern California today.

I UNDERSTAND that literally tens of letters have flooded into the Irish Examiner, expressing ineffable joy at the news that the paper’s soccer correspondent is alive and well and back on terra firma after Monday evening’s heart-stopping mid-air drama which one newspaper dubbed ‘Stan’s jet terror’.

Swept into the most powerful political job ever held by a US woman, Nancy Pelosi embarked on a jubilant victory lap with children and grandchildren in tow and a soundtrack by Tony Bennett: I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

SAN MARINO fell to another humbling defeat, conceding their 20th goal in two Euro 2008 qualifiers as the Czech Republic ran out 7-0 winners in Liberec.

Storm-weary resorts on Mexico’s Pacific coast are braced for the fury of Hurricane Lane, which was flooding port cities as it churned toward the Gulf of California, the second major hurricane to strike the region in two weeks.

London Irish have signed Argentina centre Gonzalo Tiesi.

A woman accused of lying about finding a human finger in a bowl of chilli at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, adding to the theft counts she already faces.

BAR will tomorrow be hauled before world governing body the FIA to explain why Jenson Button’s car was found with a secret fuel tank at Imola.

Firefighters struggled desperately to save emptied-out resort towns in southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains as 200ft walls of flame engulfed dead and dried-out trees.