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Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United are preparing to learn their Champions League fate.

Manchester United avoided a Champions League catastrophe with an impressive 4-0 win over Club Brugge in their Champions League play-off second leg.

Pity the poor country coppers – if you thought they had enough on their plates with red diesel, dogging and bored teenagers necking horse tranquillisers, now they're having to get to grips with sheep markings designed by the Vikings.

There is a lot of focus on John Stones at the moment due to the interest being shown in him by Chelsea, which is unfortunate considering his blooper in Everton's Capital One Cup tie with Barnsley.

Figures that will show how much Jeremy Corbyn relied on trade union support in his campaign for the Labour leadership will be made public.

Jeremy Corbyn’s female rivals for the Labour leadership have turned on his suggestion that women-only train carriages should be introduced at night to prevent sexual attacks.

WHSmith bosses have bowed to pressure and agreed to meet a politician who attacked the retailer’s decision to charge more for products in hospital stores than its high street ones.

Wayne Rooney's first-half goal during the Champions League play-off with Club Brugge went a long way to killing off the tie - but there was still an unlikely source keeping the fans entertained in Belgium.

A 16-year-old schoolgirl has admitted owning terrorist instructions on how to build a bomb, as a court heard that she tried to contact the Isis murderer known as “Jihadi John” and possessed violent images of an execution.

A retired senior general outed by the former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor as an alleged “co-conspirator” in an Establishment paedophile ring has denied any involvement in child abuse.

The Metropolitan Police is using social media-savvy young Muslims in London to combat extremism, the force's top counter-terrorism officer has said.

Wayne Rooney's long wait for a goal is finally over.

Wayne Rooney's long wait for a goal is finally over - and over in style.

They call it God’s Own County. Yet for decades Yorkshire has been divided into four, with some outlying lands even granted to local rivals.

Jay Simpson is remembering the challenges he faced during a brief stay playing football in Thailand. His club, Buriram United, were on course for the league championship but for the Londoner life in a rural corner of Thailand was not easy – he had to contend with stifling heat and humidity, long spells away from his family and also, as he explains, a significant communication problem. “When I went over there my manager was Spanish so the team talks were done in Spanish and then translated to English... Читать дальше...

It is 19 July 1821. King George IV has just been crowned and a lavish banquet in his honour is about to begin in Westminster Hall. Amid the extravagance and excess stand 18 powerfully built figures, whose imposing presence causes many of the nobles and dignitaries present to gasp in wonder and appreciation. Clad in retro-Tudor-Stuart costumes, these men are England's leading boxers and, as such, are the most famous and feted sportsmen in the land.

The European Commission has been accused of a cover-up after refusing to release details of talks between its officials and the tobacco industry during negotiations over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty.

That Ronny Deila is an honest man is not open to doubt. His judgement on the abject manner in which his “scared” team – and this is unquestionably his team – gave up on the Champions League was brutal and all too true. But what is now in doubt in the wake of Celtic’s Swedish fright night is Deila’s ability as coach and manager.

Andy Murray has been seeded third at the US Open for his attempt to regain the title he won in 2012. The men’s seeds are topped by the world No 1, Novak Djokovic, ahead of the five-times US Open winner Roger Federer. Marin Cilic, who won the final last year against Kei Nishikori, is seeded ninth for the tournament at Flushing Meadows, which starts on Monday.

Manchester United return to the Champions League after a year absence after coming through their play-off tie with Club Brugge.

Chelsea will be the Premier League's leading hopes for an English victor in this season's Champions League, with Jose Mourinho understood to be prioritising in the competition.

Manuel Pellegrini will be under pressure to take Manchester City beyond the Round of 16 which is where his team were beaten by eventual champions Barcelona last season.

Arsenal have only ever reached one Champions League final despite their regular presence in the competition. Could this be the year Arsene Wenger takes them all the way?

John Stones has been selected to start Everton's Capital One Cup tie against Barnsley.

Tourism is enduring a miserable summer. As almost two million holidaymakers prepare to flee the country for the August Bank Holiday, UK tourism chiefs fear the washout summer will hit the domestic travel industry over the weekend – and damage bookings for summer 2016.