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Olympic hero Mo Farah was back in London with his wife Tania and new-born twin daughters this morning after savouring the adulation of an adoring crowd on his return to the track.

One of Ireland’s top athletics chiefs admits to having concerns about Derval O’Rourke’s readiness for the Olympic Games following a betting scandal involving boyfriend Peter O’Leary.

Robert Heffernan was impressed when the main group of Irish athletes arrived at the Irish holding camp in Lensbury, Teddington, yesterday to put the finishing touches to their Olympic build-up.

With the Games just around the corner and tickets all but sold out, Brian Canty looks at how you can watch it on the cheap in London

Pinewood Shepperton studios, home to the Harry Potter and James Bond films, has received an £87.8m (€99.4m) takeover bid from the company run by billionaire investor John Whittaker.

New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew has claimed the Six Nations’ block vote against the most controversial experimental law variation (ELV) was “ridiculous”.

Revellers will have an extra second to enjoy tonight’s New Year celebrations.

A jury in the Central Criminal Court has been hearing that the lethal toxin Ricin was found in the prison cell of a former Las Vegas poker dealer accused of conspiring with a Clare woman to kill her partner and his two sons.

World junior champion Linet Masai will miss tomorrow’s Belfast International Cross Country after failing to get a flight from riot-torn Kenya.

AFTER the bitterly disappointing defeat by Llanelli last weekend, I was surprised by the behaviour of some Munster players as they prepared to leave the stadium afterwards.

ALISTAIR CRAGG has returned to Arkansas for treatment on his Achilles tendon following his mishap in the final of the 5,000m at the European track and field championships in Gothenburg.

The television studio that hosted hit shows such as The Office and Pop Idol was rescued from administration today.