At the conclusion of Super Bowl XLVI, a game won by the New York Giants, 21-17, the 2011-12 fantasy football season was finally complete. While regular season playoff championships were decided quite a while ago, those GMs who decided to take part in...

Mohamed Nasheed, ousted in suspected military-back coup, calls for elections as diplomats arrive to try and broker deal Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital of the Maldives in a major show of support for the former president ...

Three Muslim men have been jailed for handing out leaflets calling for gay people to be killed.

BARCLAYS is heading for a clash with shareholders after the Association of British Insurers labelled its bonus plans as "very close to business as usual" despite a cut in payouts to top bankers.

Yamile Aldama would love to win an Olympic gold medal for Britain in London. She would love to have won one for Cuba in 2000 and for Sudan in 2004.

Up to 10,000 people are expected to have a picnic with the Queen in Lincolnshire as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Three tries in seven minutes of the second half – two of them set up by Lee Gaskell – ensured that St Helens' first match at the brand-new Langtree Park ended in a convincing win. For 50 minutes, Salford threatened to rip up the script by out-playin...

• Gold Cup winner to have Cheltenham Festival prep race • Oscar Whisky wins easily on Kempton all-weather card Betfair Day at Newbury, one of the most valuable cards of the jumps season outside the major Festivals, will be staged almost in its entir...

Victim believed to be from Derry died after shooting at house in Links View area of Buncrana A man originally from Northern Ireland has been shot dead just across the border in Co Donegal. The victim died after a shooting at a house in the Links View...

England World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio tells Metro he is impressed by Wales' start to the Six Nations but warns plenty of challenges lie ahead.