Ex-Chesterfield player managing Antigua and Barbuda making waves in cricketing heartland

A Congolese woman whose legs were blown off by a landmine will compete in the London Paralympics after a British woman gave her a top-of-the-line racing chair.

Allen Stanford, the Texan financier who bankrolled English cricket, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a Houston judge ruled last night, sentencing the pyramid schemer to 110 years without parole.

England have fallen one place to seventh in the latest world rankings announced by Fifa this morning.

Sea sickness and waves as high as five metres are making life difficult for all six teams in the early stages of leg four of the Volvo round the world race from Sanya, China, to Auckland, New Zealand.

Sandy shores and warm weather make the Caribbean the perfect family playground

A man who was jailed for life after murdering a British couple on their honeymoon has stabbed another inmate in prison, police said.

The two men protested their innocence. They were linked to the killing by mobile-phone records and bullets that came from the same gun they used in another murder

Villas-Boas is still admired on the tiny island where he cut his teeth as a coach. By Mark Fleming

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A new resort, specialising in sailing, opened on Antigua this year. But could it make sea dogs out of landlubber Lisa Markwell and her family?

Music legend Eric Clapton is to sell off part of his extensive guitar collection - including one he played on stage with Cream - to raise hundreds of thousands for his rehab clinic.

Rain or shine, this tiny fragment of the Caribbean is the perfect place for a relaxing family holiday

The Brian Viner Interview: West Indian legend reveals his blueprint for success Down Under but bemoans the state of Caribbean cricket