USA: Authorities say an Orlando man panicked after robbing someone of a phone and shot himself while fleeing the scene and eventually flagged down a deputy for help.

Don’t get too paranoid about becoming the butt of jokes on April 1— you’re in good company, says Caroline Delaney

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Many readers will guess that picking Lance Armstrong as Sportsman of the Year must be a juvenile wind-up. Sports Monster of the Century more like.

The Songs of Achilles

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JOHNNY Murtagh is convinced Jan Vermeer, his mount in today’s Derby, is the ideal type for Epsom.

FRANKIE DETTORI believes Rewilding has the right credentials to be a major player in today’s Derby. The popular Italian jockey broke his Derby duck on Authorized in 2007 and admits he would dearly love to win the premier Classic in the Godolphin blue for his boss Sheikh Mohammed.

Frankie Dettori believes Rewilding has the right credentials to be a major player in Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.

A PASTOR shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman’s four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

ACCORDING to Garda statistics, 275 people lost their lives on Irish roads in 2008. Many people place the blame on the Government, young drivers and the Road Safety Authority.

Marcus Tregoning reports Mubtaker to be in even better fettle than he was when scoring at Goodwood ahead of tomorrow’s Doncaster Audi Troy Stakes.

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed 15,000 tiny golden pieces that date back to the end of the third millennium BC – a find they say matches the famous treasure of Troy.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment today in the trial of five Dublin men accused of IRA membership after their arrest in Bray in October 2002.

Troy follows the exploits of the Greek army around 1100 BC, when they were out to conquer the world.

Kieren Fallon made it back-to-back Epsom Derby wins as North Light shone brightest of all today.

The cast of movie blockbuster Troy were bringing some Hollywood star power to the Cannes Film Festival today.

Movie hunk Brad Pitt sent out a defiant message about his marriage last night when he appeared hand in hand with wife Jennifer Aniston at the premiere of his latest film.

Brad Pitt insists his relationship with Jennifer Aniston is fine, despite hinting recently that his marriage may not last for ever.

EUROPE today bears witness to the most significant event since the razing of the Berlin wall in 1989.

British actor Orlando Bloom, who stars in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is set to appear in a movie with Hollywood star Brad Pitt.

A Bulgarian historian today launched an ambitious project to reconstruct the Biblical ark, complete with pairs of animals, as a tourist attraction.