Goucher finished 56 seconds clear in one hour, six minutes and 57 seconds to set the year's fastest half-marathon and the eighth quickest in history.

BBC: Radcliffe beaten in comeback race

He broke serve in the first game of the match and combined his usual breathless defence with numerous spectacular winners to come through in one hour 25 minutes, saving all six break points he faced.

BBC: Andy Murray beats Roger Federer to win Shanghai Masters

The hosts squandered a certain try on six minutes when they failed to convert a three-on-one and allowed Richard Whiting to intercept.

BBC: Wakefield 29-6 Hull FC

Syracuse had one last gasp, using an 8-0 run to 65-59 with six minutes left on a pair of baskets by Carmen Tyson-Thomas, who finished with 18 points.

WSJ: No. 2 Notre Dame beats No. 22 Syracuse 79-68

Yes, UK Twitter users were up from four million to six million in a year, but each one is spending just 24 minutes a month on the site.

BBC: Is Facebook still making friends?

One voter, casting a ballot in Douglasville, Georgia, outside Atlanta, said it took him six minutes to fill out his paperwork and vote.

CNN: Movie star among voters running into problems