UK driver filmed with hands behind head banned for 1 year

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 21:59

A `dangerous` British motorist was on Monday banned from driving for a year after he was caught driving at nearly 100 kmph with both hands behind his head.

Need for speed: Blind biker defies odds to set new 167 mph world record

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 16:39

A blind biker has set a new world speed record of 167 mph that he reached on his motorcycle to beat the previous fastest time of 164 mph at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.

Pietersen confirms fitness for Ashes after knee injury

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 11:03

England batsman Kevin Pietersen who has not played since March owing to knee injury has confirmed that he will be returning to the team and aim for the Ashes series.

British teacher charged with 23 sex offences

Last Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 20:45

A British schoolteacher has appeared in court charged with nearly two dozen sex offences involving kids.

Pakistani-origin quick Moin Ashraf says would like to emulate Root by earning England call

Last Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 10:41

Pakistani-origin fast bowler Moin Ashraf has claimed he would like to emulate Yorkshire teammate Joe Root by breaking into the England team. A Bradford-born fast-medium bowler, Moin made his first-class debut against Loughborough University in May 2010 and signed his first professional contract for Yorkshire at the end of the 2010 season.

`Amorous` couple’s accident sparks rescue op in North Yorkshire

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 19:27

A couple from North Yorkshire, who tumbled over a wall and down a steep bank while getting “amorous,” sparked a major rescue by the emergency services.

Gillespie says beating India gives Eng edge for 2013 Ashes

Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 16:19

Former fast bowler Jason Gillespie believes Australia would be the underdogs against an in form England team, who beat India in their recently concluded Test series in the sub-continent, during next year’s Ashes series.

2014 Tour de France will start in England`s Leeds

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 12:56

England`s Yorkshire city of Leeds will host the start of the 2014 Tour de France, it was announced.

Champions League T20 2012: Chennai Super Kings defeat Yorkshire by 4 wickets

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 09:04

Chennai Super Kings recorded their second victory in the Champions League Twenty20 with a four-wicket win over English team Yorkshire here Monday

CL Twenty20: Chennai Super Kings vs Yorkshire - As it happened...

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 20:36

Even though they are out of the contest, Chennai Super Kings would want the end the campaign on a high note as they lock horns with Yorshire in a ‘dead rubber’.

Lady Tarzan? Woman `raised by monkeys in jungle`

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 13:11

Marina Chapman learnt how to catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands after being abandoned in the jungle by kidnappers.

Champions League T20 2012: Chennai Super Kings vs Yorkshire Carnegie - Preview

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 10:12

Already out of the semi-final race, IPL heavyweights Chennai Super Kings would look to redeem some pride and end their campaign on a high when they take on a less-formidable Yorkshire in their final Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 here on Monday.