TV weathergirl to perform as acrobat in Russian circus
Scotsman
I've always enjoyed sports and things like that and this was something I really fancied doing." Asked how she felt about performing with such an iconic circus group, she replied: "It's just amazing, there's quite a lot of pressure but I can't put into …

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Play against Jeff Stelling and co to win big prizes
SkySports
Russian Bullet 5-1 (8-9) Dwelt, soon recovered to lead narrowly on rail, ridden hung right and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 5l behind Laura's Bairn (8-9) at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) fbs. Sweet Ovation 28-1 (8-0) …

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Newspaper Briefing, including 'Trichet calls on EU leaders to implement crisis …
Proactive Investors UK
BP to sue Renova over breach of pact: BP has accused one of its Russian joint venture partners of breaching a shareholder agreement, just three months after they thwarted the UK groups plans to strike an alliance with state-energy company Rosneft. …

London riots: international reaction
Telegraph.co.uk
Most Russian commentators chose to see the trouble through the prism of what they said was Britain's failed immigration policy. The state-owned Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper published a picture on its front page of a policeman walking past two burned …

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And for my next trick . . .
Herald Scotland
Then again, if you've survived a bonkers Russian banker what harm can a polysyllabic potentate do? “The agency got in touch and asked if I was interested in taking on the club,” Anderton explains. “I was actually pretty happy with what I was doing at …

Is missing out a genuine concern for Arsenal fans?
FootballFanCast.com (blog)
As every follow of the Premier League knows, since Roman Abramovich rolled into town, the historical big three of Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, became 'the big four' as Chelsea were thrust into the limelight behind the Russian's …

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Football transfer rumours: Nani to Juventus?
The Guardian
Meanwhile at White Hart Lane, despite repeatedly slamming the door in the face of Roman Abramovich and then triple-locking it, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy may have to contend with the Russian oligarch sliding £30m in used tenners underneath it if the …

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Towyn conman sold fake 'signed' football shirts online
Daily Post North Wales
Cassidy's wife Katsiaryna Cassidy, 30, of the same address – who followed the proceedings through a Russian interpreter – admitted two consumer protection charges after she admitted making show bids on her husband's goods. She was placed on a 12-month …

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Reporters: Gerry Holt, Ollie Williams and Alex Kleiderman
BBC News
Russia's pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva has told the BBC Russian Service she believes London 2012 is "the beginning of a new story for the Olympic movement". But Isinbayeva, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion, says she will not visit London before …

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London 2012 National Watersports Centre boost hopes
BBC News
Both the Russian slalom team and the Chinese rowing team used the centre for a six-week training camp in 2010. The Spanish, Italian, French, Czech and Slovakian canoe slalom teams have trained at the site and the GB slalom team will use it as a …