A Brazilian photographer has snapped an African lizard clinging to a rock in a pose which is uncannily identical to Spiderman and more shy than the superhero himself.

The lizard's amazing red and bl

Barclays Plc Chief Executive Bob Diamond quit on Tuesday under a barrage of fire from politicians, the highest-profile casualty of an interest rate-rigging scandal that spans more than a dozen major b

Spanish Formula One driver Maria De Villota was fighting for her life on Tuesday after suffering serious injuries during a crash in testing for the Marussia team, it was confirmed.

A spokesman for th

Andy Murray on Tuesday reached a fifth successive Wimbledon quarter-final where he will meet Spanish bulldozer David Ferrer who has made the last eight for the first time at the 10th attempt.

British

Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas was confirmed as the new manager of Tottenham on Tuesday following the shock departure of Harry Redknapp last month.

"The club is delighted to announce Andre Vil

Four-time Wimbledon winner Serena Williams reached the semi-finals at the All England Club on Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of defending champion Petra Kvitova.

The US sixth seed brought all her exp

Indian challenge ended in the men's doubles event of the Wimbledon Championships as Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek and the pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna suffered contrasting defeats in th

Spanish Formula One driver Maria De Villota suffered serious injuries on Tuesday after a crash in testing for the Marussia team, it was confirmed.

De Villota was rushed to hospital after an early mor

A British Pakistani man is likely to face life imprisonment over claims that he allegedly told his former mistress to punish a crying baby by dunking her into water while he watched the child drown on

Claiming that Pakistan was being run to the ground, the country's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has not ruled out a fresh military takeover of the nation.

"The state is being run to the grou