Sports Calendar

Betting ring's bagman threatened to kill horse

Andrew Rodgerson sent chilling messages to jockey and Sir Michael Stoute after mistake left him owing syndicate £55,000

Police give left-footed shoe thieves the boot

Gang stole left shoes from shop displays in Sweden and matched them with items pilfered over the border in Copenhagen

Kepler telescope finds five new worlds

Early discoveries give boost to orbiting observatory's mission to track down rocky, Earth-like planets

Scientists discover ‘recent’ Martian lakes

Research indicates that lake beds existed three billion years ago, altering theories of when the planet finally became dry

Celebrities brought to book for cod science

The Celebrities and Science Review 2009 highlights outlandish and unfounded claims made by actors and sports stars

Place2Be’s ‘fast lady’ lends a listening ear

As charity aims to expand, the biker Eileen Wilson is among those who are helping to turn disturbed children's lives around

Scientists turn DNA detectives to track spread of MRSA

The genetic fingerprints of germs are to be mapped to open a new front in the battle against hospital superbugs

British aircraft remains found in Antarctica

Record low tides lead Australian explorers to what they believe are the remains of the first aircraft brought to Antarctica

The Top 20 Lists of 2009

Our various Top Ten (or more) charts have become such a popular feature of the site that they have earned their own category in our end-of-year...

The Top 10 Online Features of 2009

Sex, money and fast cars: the feature stories you clicked on most in 2009

The top 10 sports stories of 2009

Tiger Woods, Thierry Henry and the Rolling Maul - the year's sporting highlights

The top 10 comment articles of 2009

Finkelstein, Clarkson, Moran and the Prime Minister top the opinion league

The Top 20 News Stories of 2009

Climate change, political wrangles and an extraordinary coincidence - the 20 news stories that Times Online readers found most interesting this year

The Top 20 Videos of 2009

The videos you watched the most in the last 12 months

‘Drink-skiers’ targeted in new campaign

British tourists to the Alps are being reminded of the dangers of combining their sport with drinking at altitude

Freedom of the seas: a thing of the past?

Right to roam oceans could be lost under UN environmental plans

BBC survives dogfight over Kennel Club expose

Ofcom has ruled that a 2008 documentary on health problems in pedigree dogs was broadly fair, despite some criticism