The popular theory is that England'sGolden Generation missed out on silverware because of tribal loyalties and who sat where at dinner. Michael Owen remembers it differently ....
Here, Daily Mail Sport is keen to provide one handy guide to the beauty and the madness awaiting fans at home and abroad alike, with a run-through from A to Z....
The KristinFisher soap opera continues - I reveal the courtroom twist after police charged a man with trying to break into her home 'with intent' after a handful of spirited dates ....
Weeks before the start of trial of Karmelo Anthony, a black 19-year-old charged with the murder of a white teen at a Texas track meet, a pack of bigots held a rally at the stadium where it all went down ....
It goes without saying that there can be no excuse for the rampage of thuggery, intimidation and wanton destruction across Belfast in the past 36 hours ....
The pop star, 30, and actor, 36, lived it up with a three-day Italian extravaganza over the weekend, which began with a cocktail party at Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi ....
While some England fans hope to change sleep and work schedules to follow the event at home in the UK, others are trading the living room sofa for a Mediterranean sun-lounger ....
David Moore, 63, pictured, and his wife Dawn, 59, have spent �325,000 taking their case all the way to the High Court insisting the public pathway didn't run by their 'multi-million pound' home....
Through the 18th and 19th centuries, as machines took over the roles of humans, it was manual and semi-skilled workers who bore the brunt of the job losses ....