• Andy Murray seeks to acclimatise ahead of Melbourne challenge • Brother Jamie to join him as he rebuilds doubles reputation It was Daley Thompson, the double Olympic decathlon champion, who famously used to train on Christmas...
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A hospital in Essex has opened a new isolation unit and an extension to a stroke department. Colchester General Hospital said the 11-bed £1.4m isolation unit will "free up" 20 beds elsewhere for elderly patients. The unit, for...
Andy Murray has marked the beginning of London's hosting of the ATP Tour Finals with a 6-3 3-6 6-2 win over US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro. The Briton withstood a ferocious comeback by Argentine Del Potro, who lost the...
CARL Fearns touched down with six minutes remaining to complete a remarkable second-half fightback from Sale and deny bottom club Leeds a first-ever win over the Sharks. Leeds had been widely tipped to go straight back down at...
TOTTENHAM striker Jermain Defoe scored five times as Wigan caved in with an abject second-half display at White Hart Lane on Sunday. Paul Scharner hit Wigan's consolation as Aaron Lennon, Peter Crouch, David Bentley and Niko...