Iran routed the Philippines 85-71 to bag gold at the 27th FIBA Asian men's basketball championship Sunday, powered by NBA centre Hamed Haddadi. The seven-foot two-inch Haddadi was simply too much inside the paint for the Philippine side, scoring 29 …

Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images. Christine Ohuruogu gave another dauntless advertisement of her gold medal claims for Monday's 400m final by running the fourth fastest time of her life to win her semi-final while easing down. She has gone quicker …

MOSCOW — Ashton Eaton added the world title to his Olympic decathlon gold medal and Brittney Reese reigned over the long jump for the third time in a row in a golden day for the United States. Later Sunday, Usain Bolt was to make his return to the …

I have to say, I found some of the scenes I witnessed and stories I heard shocking in the 21st century, in a relatively affluent city like Exeter, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. ​. Between April 2012 and March 2013, the number of …

Yet for all the lip service that modern pedagogy pays to the precept that "all children can learn," rare are the educators who believe this enough to push such students toward their full academic potential. Instead, educators come up with misguided …

"Though a paradigm shift in hiring is yet to happen, things are changing as more and more companies demonstrate they are willing to press experts into service to handle product recall programmes," he says. In November last year, HMSI recalled 11,500 …

Politicians make things worse with a “college for all” mantra, implying life will be a failure without a college degree to provide the ticket to the moderately affluent middle class. To counteract the propaganda, a bill … Educational Testing Service …

Developers Taylor Wimpey Central London attributes the flutter of new build activity to Londoners (domestic and foreign) wanting more “connectivity, convenience and a more stylish lifestyle.” As opposed to five years ago, this is now being catered for …

The rates for Kim Dotcom's rented $50m Coatesville lifestyle block weren't far behind at $50,571, down 0 .4 per cent. Last year, the Auckland Council introduced a single rating system by merging the systems of the eight former councils. The council …