Manchester United will be without captain Rio Ferdinand as well as Anderson, Jonny Evans, Ryan Giggs and Michael Owen for the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Marseille.

At least 30 people are killed in a stampede at a stadium in Mali after an imam's sermon at a Muslim festival, officials say.

London Irish sign England centre Shontanye Hape from Bath.

Pregnancies in girls under 18 in England and Wales have fallen to levels not seen since the early 1980s, according to new government figures

Thomas Hitzlsperger is on target on his West Ham debut as the Premier League strugglers stroll into an FA Cup sixth-round tie at Stoke with a comprehensive win over Championship outfit Burnley.

The wife of a former soldier who tried to blow her up with a grenade planted in her car says she does not hate him for trying to kill her.

England will hope to avoid an upset when they begin their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands in Nagpur on Tuesday - having lost to the Dutch in the World Twenty20 in 2009.

Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti believes the club could still enjoy their best-ever season, despite their recent disastrous run of form.