An exhausted Paula Radcliffe fails to finish in Athens as Japan's Mizuki Noguchi wins the women's marathon.

Islamic militant group Hamas has won a surprise victory in Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections. Preliminary results give Hamas 76 of the 132 seats in the chamber, with the ruling Fatah ...

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says he believes the new points system will encourage better racing in Formula 1. A new spread of points for 2010 increases the difference between first and second ...

Forty years ago this week, the world's first cash machine was installed in north London. Meet John Shepherd-Barron, the Scotsman who invented it.

Tony Blair says his authority is intact despite his first Commons defeat in a vote on detention of terror suspects.

The funeral of singer Gene Pitney has been held in his home town of Somers, in Connecticut. Pitney died on 5 April at the age of 65 of natural causes, hours after coming off stage during his UK tour.

Es probable que quienes tengan que viajar al exterior empiecen a hacerlo en aeronaves de plástico. Pero no todavía, no se ...

El cantante estadounidense Bobby Hatfield, integrante del famoso dúo "The Righteous Brothers", falleció este miércoles a los ...