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A dramatic 158th Boat Race had to be stopped midway through because of a swimmer in the River Thames.

The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, wins the first motor race to be held in the ex-Soviet country.

Sir Chris Hoy tells BBC Sport he "wasn't as up for it" as much as earlier in the year after finishing behind Jason Kenny in the World Track Cycling sprint in Melbourne.

Despite deep rivalry, India and Pakistan inch closer together

Juan Mata scores a stoppage-time winner to sink struggling Wigan and strengthen Chelsea's hopes of a top-four finish.

A man appears in court accused of possessing cannabis said to be worth about £575,000.

A man is treated in hospital after he is attacked by a gang of masked men in west Belfast.

Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, whose speeches helped inspire the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, has died aged 76, in the United States.

Dramatic halt due to swimmer in the Thames

Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda is sworn in as Malawi's president, following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika.

The two biggest teachers' unions, the NUT and NASUWT, vote for strikes which could hit schools across the UK this summer and autumn.

Two men are detained by police after an armed robbery at a Costcutter shop in Stirlingshire.

Jane Hitchins, one of the sailors injured when their yacht was struck by a huge wave in the Pacific Ocean, has spoken about what she remembers of the incident.

Salvage experts are to break up and scrap the cargo ship which ran aground in rough seas off the north Wales coast.

Live BBC MotoGP coverage from the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. (UK users only)

The parents of a of a six-year-old girl who died at a campsite in Hampshire say they are "absolutely devastated" at her death.

Three prisoners, including one accused of collaborating with Israel, have been hanged in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Scrum V presents live coverage as Wales take on the Barbarians at the Millennium Stadium. (UK users only)

Scrum V presents live coverage as Wales take on the Barbarians at the Millennium Stadium. (UK users only)

A man is charged over an incident which led to the 158th University Boat Race being halted half-way through.