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All the action as Welshman Joe Calzaghe beats American legend Bernard Hopkins by split decision in Las Vegas.
We writers may be jealous of JK Rowling's success, but the world of literature benefits from Harry Potter mania, says Clive James.
Senator Barack Obama impresses BBC Washington correspondent Matt Frei.
Dave Woods ponders Brian Noble's reasons for talking to Wigan
Danny Williams and Audley Harrison keep their cool at the pre-fight weigh-in
To those who see the French president as out of step with the pace of modern Europe, Jacques Chirac's jibe about British food is perhaps a case in point.
A career profile of Kostya Tszyu.
How do voters in Scotland, where many of the powers on bread and butter issues were devolved to the Scottish Parliament, feel about the general election?
Featherweight Kevin "Mighty" Mitchell is being touted as London's hottest prospect since Nigel Benn.
Who is Antonio Tarver, the man who beat boxing's pound-for-pound supremo Roy Jones Jr?
Quentin Tarantino has fulfilled a long-held dream of chairing the jury at the Cannes film festival. Plus Lord Carey, Mary Donaldson and Murali.
The favourites did not perform as predicted in this year's Cheltenham races, but Best Mate was true to form - the customers' choice
Can the British Brit Award winners use their success at home to help them crack the American market?
Ad Breakdown takes a look at Apple's iPod campaign and asks what's going on here?
Baz Luhrmann's lavish production of La Boheme on Broadway is to close with losses of $6m.
Former New Zealand number 8 Wayne Shelford talks about the great All Blacks side of the late 1980s.
Despite a picture sharper than the crease in a pair of polyester flares, the much ridiculed 1970s Betamax home video format has gone to the repair shop in the sky.
The new American generation led by Andy Roddick and James Blake is adding another dimension to tennis.
Bollywood film Mujhse Dosti Karoge (Will You Be My Friend?) promises much but descends into familiar clichés.
BBC Sport Online's Tom Fordyce watches a spine-tingling first night of athletics at the Commonwealth Games.
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