As Olsson, Williams-Darling split $1M jackpot, Holmes lets ...
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Sweden&#39;s triple-jumper Christian Olsson and runner Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas ensured equal shares of the $1m (Â£569,000) jackpot on offer to athletes unbeaten in their events at all six Golden League meetings.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9 -- A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again.
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Britain&#39;s double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes sprinted to an emphatic victory in the women&#39;s 1,500 meters at the world athletics finals in Monaco.
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The Pritzker family feud may be near a  settlement with two young heirs set to split a $1 billion  payment to drop their suit against their father and  fellow-heirs, a published report said on Wednesday.
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Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corp and UK metals broker Credit Lyonnais Rouse today settled their $1.1bn (Â£600m) action, drawing a line under a rogue trader scandal that shook the world&#39;s biggest metals market in the 1990s.
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Olympic hero Kelly Holmes is contemplating tackling another historic double in the two-day IAAF World Athletics final which begins in Monaco today.
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At least two people can claim a share of a record $370 million lottery jackpot, and there could be more winners
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Japan&#39;s Sumitomo Corp and UK broker Credit Lyonnais Rouse have settled a $1.1 billion (600 million pounds) suit in the High Court, drawing a line under a rogue trader scandal
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AUSTRALIA&#39;s best players will be forced to take a pay cut running into thousands of dollars if a West Indian dispute leaves a second-string Caribbean side touring Australia for the one-day series.
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When Ralph Klein fled from a first ministers&#39; dinner to a nearby casino he traded a sure bet for odds that ultimately ensure losers outnumber winners.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war, Cicero once said, but it may also be the dividend of peace -- especially for gamblers who can now place bets online on the person or organisation they think is going to be named the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday.
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One yearâs winner can lose big in the next cycle.
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Winners of Spain's Christmas lottery celebrated yesterday by drinking toasts and singing songs after thousands took a share of the $3.1 billion in prizes. via Winnipeg Sun
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Peace Rules, a multiple Grade 1 winner and earner of more than $3 million, will be retired after developing filling in a leg that would force him to miss the major races this fall.
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - J.B Holmes lost his nerve and found it in the nick of time to beat Phil Mickelson in a playoff and win the Phoenix Open in thrilling style on Sunday.
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The men's and women's singles champions will get a record $1.4 million apiece at this year's U.S. Open and the total prize money will top $19 million for the first time.
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ING, the Dutch bank which bought Baring in 1995 for Â£1 after rogue trader Nick Leeson ran up losses of more than Â£800m, ending its use of the Baring name.