South Africa warmed up for next week’s Twenty20 international against England with a four-wicket win over the England Lions at Grace Road on Thursday.
A British drag artist talks to Hilary Whitney about how decades of drink and drugs led to a near death experience.
Kevin Pietersen celebrates his first Test as England captain with a consolation six-wicket victory over South Africa in the fourth and final Test.
Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first innings as England captain with a century on Friday, leading the hosts to a 122-run lead over South Africa.
A British man accused of hacking into computer systems of the US military and Nasa on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial.
With injuries behind him, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi is confident of making an impact at the London Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace Stadium on Saturday.
South African photographer Alistair Allen has made
it big in Britain by hobnobbing with London’s beautiful people, writes Jeremy Kuper.
Taking discarded copper pipes was once the preserve of the petty thief, but now there’s big money in copper theft, reports Aida Edemariam from London.
I can’t even draw the curtains and watch Bargain Hunt without some whirring electronic prick making a note of what I’m doing.
SA’s pace attack flopped in the first Test against England because they allowed pre-match hype to make them complacent, says their assistant coach.
The experts at London’s Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to classify thousands of species — except for a tiny red-and-black bug.
Mothers who eat a junk-food diet in pregnancy may seriously damage the long-term health of their child, according to recent research.
People who smoke the more powerful kind of cannabis known as skunk are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis than those who smoke milder forms.
South Africa stubbornly defied the England bowlers again in the opening session of the final day of the first Test at Lord’s on Monday.
Hundreds from captain Graeme Smith and fellow opener Neil McKenzie on Sunday gave South Africa hope of forcing a draw against England.
Monty Panesar led England’s attack with four wickets as South Africa were made to follow on at Lord’s in London on Saturday.
Ian Bell fell agonisingly short of a double century at Lord’s but his Test-best 199 left England in a commanding position against South Africa.
A star defence witness failed to turn up in a privacy case involving sadomasochistic sex and the head of world motor racing on Thursday.
South Africa will display bowling firepower reminiscent of the great West Indies side of the 1980s at Lord’s this week.
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur cannot wait for his side’s Test series against England to get under way at Lord’s.
The British Home Office is continuing to order failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers to return home in the face of mounting violence.
Venus Williams survived a fierce onslaught from Serena Williams to win her fifth Wimbledon singles title on Saturday.
Charles Wheeler was born in 1923, only a year after the BBC itself. For many the veteran reporter will always personify the corporation at its best.
Ashwell Prince told South Africa cricket fans not to worry about the form of Graeme Smith after his first innings before the Test against England.
Roger vs Rafa III, coming soon to a grass court near London.”It’s a huge thrill every time when I get to another Wimbledon final,” said Roger Federer.
Nelson Mandela has instructed his lawyers to take action against a gallery which is selling lithographs it says are signed by the former president.
The end of the ever-faster computer has been announced many times in the past decade, amd fllmakers will always need more poke from their machines.
Roger Federer beat Marat Safin in straight sets on Saturday to move one win away from his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title.
The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008 after Venus and Serena Williams surged into the final on Thursday.
Champion Venus Williams powered her way to her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Russian Elena Dementieva.
Giving children with epilepsy a special low-carb diet reduces the number of seizures they experience by 75% compared with children on a normal diet.
Marat Safin says he had almost given up hope of recapturing the form that made him the world’s best before embarking on his surprise Wimbledon run.