Touching tributes have poured in from Manchester's two football clubs, as well as a number of prominent players have expressed their condolences to the family and friends of the victims, some of whom were young children.
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At a time when we are presented with pictures of David Beckham's impossible-to-achieve physique, the dad bod comes as a welcome change.
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Sachin Tendulkar says he did not find it disrespectful that Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova did not know who he was, as she does not follow cricket.
Serie A leaders Inter Milan ground out a 1-0 victory at Chievo and Juventus ended their bad run with a similarly battling 2-1 win at Parma on Wednesday.
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The Canadian follows in the footsteps Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry, and Mary J Blige, who have already signed up to offer up their opinions to wannabe stars.
Britain's Got Talent's unique finding is about to feature on the cover of a prestigious magazine in the US after a sensational makeover.
Russell had opted out of the three-match T20I series against India due to an injury, but he turned up for Vancouver Knights to play in the T20 tournament in Canada.
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Diego Maradona's Argentina were impressive 2-0 winners in France on Wednesday as two of world football's heavyweights squared up for a friendly in Marseille. On a hectic day of friendly internationals and a smattering of World Cup qualifiers, David Beckham equalled 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore's record of 108 caps for an outfield player when he came on for the second half of England's 2-0 friendly defeat in Spain.
England moved to within three points of next year's World Cup finals by crushing Andorra 6-0 on Wednesday to win their seventh successive Group Six qualifier.
After creating waves with her saucy Armani advert, Victoria Beckham has shown even more skin in a new underwear advertising campaign for the designer.
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Victoria Beckham may join judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi on the American reality show.
Captain John Terry struck five minutes from time to give stuttering England a 2-1 win over Ukraine on Wednesday and extend their 100 percent start to World Cup Group Six qualifying.
Manchester United had English Premier League leaders Liverpool looking anxiously over their shoulders after a 3-0 drubbing of Chelsea on Sunday put the champions just five points off the pace with two games in hand. Barcelona left it late to win at Osasuna and go 12 points clear in Spain while David Beckham played almost all the match on his debut for AC Milan, a 2-2 draw at AS Roma.
There is something of a 'new dawn' feeling about Euro 2008 and it has a lot to do with the absence of some of the great names of European soccer.
England's 3-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday will stand as a full international, despite coach Fabio Capello using seven substitutes.
Alexandre Pato showed why he is regarded as Brazil's next superstar. He marked his international debut with a superb goal to earn his team a 1-0 win over Sweden on Wednesday. The 18-year-old only made his first appearance for AC Milan two months ago but is already being heralded as a phenomenal young talent.
David Villa hit a spectacular volley to earn Spain a 1-0 win over world champions Italy in a friendly on Wednesday. The Valencia striker, who replaced Fernando Torres at halftime, fired the ball into the top corner past a helpless Gianluigi Buffon 13 minutes from time after Fabio Cannavaro had headed the ball clear of his area.
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard is close to signing an 18-month contract with Major League Soccer's (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy, ESPN reported on Saturday.
France striker Thierry Henry has pulled out of Wednesday's friendly international against England in Paris.
Steven Gerrard, John Terry, David Beckham, Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves have been included in the 28-man squad for next Wednesday's friendly against Germany at Wembley.
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Physicist Stephen Hawking to trademark his name.
Malaysian fans say no to Premier League 'circus games'.
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It is Father's Day this Sunday, and so it's as apt a time as any other to look back at some of the cutest pictures of celebrity dads with their little ones.
England scored a morale-boosting 3-0 victory over Israel at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to improve their chances of qualifying for Euro 2008.
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, also tipped for the job, has been appointed vice-captain.
A new Team England Footballers' Charity has pledged a minimum of one million pounds over the next four years.
David Beckham is on the cover of next month's Vanity Fair, a spot usually reserved for Hollywood royalty. But will his features register with Americans?