Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya. And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years ...

Matthew Stevens took just 30 minutes to complete a comfortable 13-5 second-round win over Jimmy White at the World Snooker Championship. The people's favourite began the final ses ...

Hull City manager Peter Taylor says he intends to talk to Southend United defender Leon Cort about a possible move to the newly promoted Tigers. The former Shrimpers boss has voiced his interest in ...

Aston Villa midfielder Patrik Berger has agreed to sign a one-year contract extension at Villa Park. The 33-year-old Czech international will sign the deal when he returns for pre-season training in ...

Giant front-man Leo Fortune-West has signed for Doncaster after his release from Cardiff City. The 32-year-old striker joined the Bluebirds for £300,000 from Rotherham three years ago, but he was not ...

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem has launched a new political group within the Peronist party and vowed to return to Argentina soon. Mr Menem, now living in Chile, sent a recorded message to ...

Tottenham captain Ledley King has been ruled out for the rest of the season. The England centre-back has been given the time to recover from a long-standing knee injury, which has kept him out for ...

Hundreds of daredevils have taken to the skies above Bangkok to set a world record and mark the queen's birthday. The skydivers swooped in their hundreds out of six transport planes, more than 2,000 ...

BBC World Cup Photo Album. Fifa World Cup 2010. World Cup 2010 Teams. Algeria; Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Cameroon; Chile ; Denmark; England; France; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Ho ...

There are a few differences between the pull and hook shot. Where the pull is played to a ball around waist height, the hook is played to a short delivery between chest and head height. A word of ...

Pupils at a school in Bo'ness have been led to safety after a fire broke out in the gymnasium. The evacuation began after flames were seen in the gym hall at Bo'ness Academy in th ...

With new audiences switching on to cricket because of a gripping Ashes series, questions have been raining in asking about the particular quirks of the game. So we thought we would set the ball ...