“He has decided to go to the match as life must carry on.”

An explosion on a highway overpass near a subway station in Istanbul wounded five people and was caused by a bomb, a local mayor has said.

Schools and much of the Brussels metro system reopened yesterday as the Belgian capital started to return to normal after four days of lockdown, but troops on the street were a reminder it remains on alert.

Passengers on a city centre Metro system were stunned when several dozen crabs were spotted crawling out of a train.

Saracens centre Marcelo Bosch landed a match-winning penalty with the final kick of the game to guarantee English representation in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup.

YouTube pranks are ten-a-penny, but this one is something special both in how elaborate and how cruel it is.

“It looked pathetic and dreadful. You have to be extremely severe with any incident of that calibre.”

Racing Metro are hopeful Jonathan Sexton, pictured, will play some part in their opening European Champions Cup clash with Northampton next weekend, increasing prospects the Ireland 10 will be available for the autumn internationals.