It's a hot, sunny day in June on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily, but the problem is that I'm not on the beach, I'm running up a volcano.

An even bigger problem is that I've been going for two hours, but I'm only half way to the top and I'm tired.

This is Mount Etna, at 3,330 meters (10,926 feet) the highest volcano in mainland Europe and one of the most active in the world, and on Saturday I was one of 160 starters gathered on the beach for the "Etna Supermarathon."

The 43 km (27 miles) race is just a tad over the official marathon distance of 42.2 km. But much more significant

Greg with Johnny Chaillot (Twitter)

Diving legend Greg Louganis has taken to Twitter to confirm that he is getting married to his partner Johnny Chaillot.

Yes! It is official we are getting married! I love my life and I love Johnny Chaillot ! Namaste, Greg http://t.co/iO4vfVxKiR

— Gregory Louganis (@greglouganis) June 17, 2013

In 1988 Louganis became a global superstar when he performed the 'Dive of Death' to seal double Olympic gold in Seoul and became the first male diver to defend both the springboard and platform titles.

In 1995 Louganis came out as being gay and a year later he confirmed that he was HIV positive.

Since

Children play on the field where an unlucky keeper was struck by a bullet (avaz.ba)

Goalkeepers are used to having shots fired at them during games, but not usually from firearms.

Amateur keeper Duško Krtalica was playing in a tournament in the Sarajevo suburb of Boljakov Potok recently when he complained of a headache. The shot stopper assumed it was the result of striking his noggin on a post while making a save, so ignored the pain and carried on playing.

According to Sarajevo newspaper Dnevni Avaz, the 51-year-old completed the match, but soon complained of a stiff arm and had difficulty speaking. He was driven to a local hospital, where doctors were shocked to see that

Ashley Cole and Anton Ferdinand had to be separated after almost coming to blows outside a Los Angeles nightclub at 2am in the morning.

According to The Sun newspaper, Carroll "put a protective arm" across Cole to help onlookers keep the two men apart in a car park

Cole's Chelsea team-mate John Terry was accused of using racist language towards Ferdinand during a Premier League match in 2011.

He was later cleared in court of racist abuse with Cole backing his account.

Ferdinand later rejected a pre-match handshake when Chelsea met QPR.

A source said: “There was no row, no confrontation. They

It has emerged that David Beckham was offered a trial as a kicker for an American Football side.

The report in the Daily Mirror claimed NFL scouts contacted the star to see if he would be interested in trying out.

A work of fiction or a story that could actually be true?

Well it has some early legs. Becks did a training session for a 2007 Adidas commercial with NFL star Reggie Bush and split the posts from an impressive distance.

Beckham also showed off his conversion skills with a rugby ball during another commercial with Johnny Wilkinson.

And no knowledge of the sport's nuances is required,

The Australian men's hockey team were treated to the wrong national anthem in their opening match of the Hockey World League against Belgium in the Netherlands.

To make matters worse, the anthem they got instead was that of their neighbours across the Tasman Sea - New Zealand.

The players, as you can see above, did not manage to keep their expressions neutral as the wrong song played out - from bemusement to anger to giggling, the reactions had it all.

"You have to see the funny side sometimes," the commentator said, "but I don't think Rick Charlesworth [the coach] will do."

After the first

Gareth Roderick made a name for himself with a pair of quite exceptional catches in the Yorkshire Bank 40 game between Gloucestershire and Yorkshire.

The 21-year-old wicketkeeper's acrobatics was instrumental in helping his team defend their total and winning by 36 runs.

He took three catches and a stumping in all, but it was the two catches in the video that really stood out.

The first accounted for Adam Lyth, the opening batsman seeing his bright start come to an end with Roderick's diving stretch to grab a ball darting down the leg side.

The second might just be even better - on the other

Joe Kinnear's self-proclaimed return to Newcastle United has not gone down at all well in the north-east, and local paper the Chronicle, reporting on events, has summed up the feeling neatly in a cheeky front page.

They tossed around several ideas, apparently, and this was the design they settled on:

Taking snippets of supporters' comments under the headline WHAT A JOKE, they write: "Hard to imagine a more stupid decision... For the love of our Toon, Nooooo way... It's a bit late for an April Fool... Kinnear can only add to the laughing stock that is Newcastle United... It's finally time to