A black police officer in the US state of Ohio has filed a discrimination complaint after allegedly receiving a racist note from a superior officer, BBC reported.
Officer Keith Pool made the complaint after video footage emerged of then-Sheffield (...)
China's Ding Junhui moved into a narrow 3-2 lead in the early stages of his World Championship first round match against Wales' Ryan Day here Tuesday.
With Mark Allen accusing Chinese players of cheating following a first round defeat by Cao (...)
Defying his aching left knee and advancing age, Evgeni Plushenko produced a career-best performance to win a seventh men's European figure skating title Saturday, adding another layer to his legend.
Throwing in an unexpected quadruple jump to a (...)
Sheffield Wednesday has been issued with a winding-up petition by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the English League One club admitted Friday.
The action by HMRC relates to an outstanding debt of £550,000 ($848,000) and the order will be (...)
Sheffield United has suspended goalkeeper Paddy Kenny after he tested positive for the banned drug ephedrine, the club confirmed Tuesday.
Kenny, 31, faces a ban after the urine sample he provided after May's playoff semifinal against Preston was (...)
Ding Junhui held off a stern challenge from fellow Chinese player Liang Wenbo to reach the second round of the snooker world championship on Tuesday.
The world number 11 lost four consecutive frames in the afternoon session at Sheffield's Crucible (...)
Ronnie O'Sullivan clinched a third world snooker world title on Monday with a resounding 18-8 win over Ali Carter in the final at The Crucible.
O'Sullivan established an 11-5 lead at the close of play on Sunday. He then moved to within two frames (...)
"Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan crushed seven-time champion Stephen Hendry 17-6 with a session to spare to reach the World Championship snooker final on Friday.
O'Sullivan will play either Ali Carter or Joe Perry in the final - Carter was leading 9-7 (...)
China's Ding Junhui overcame an opening session blip to secure his place in the second round of the snooker world championships here on Tuesday as he edged Hong Kong's Marco Fu 10-9.
The 21-year-old Ding - who is the youngest player ever to win (...)
time winner Stephen Hendry is in danger of a shock first-round exit at the World Snooker Championships after slipping 6-3 behind in his best-of-19 frame opener against Mark Allen.
Allen, from Northern Ireland, needs only four more frames on Monday (...)
Scotland's John Higgins opened the defense of his snooker World Championship title here on Saturday, taking an early lead over tough opponent Matthew Stevens.
In the first fixture of the tournament, Higgins won six frames in a row to forge a 7-2 (...)
The world's eight major industrialised nations agreed to a "significant" amount of extra money to fight the Afghan drugs trade on Thursday after Britain admitted efforts to curb it had not succeeded.
British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said more (...)