The Serbian government has approved a potentially landmark agreement to normalise relations with breakaway Kosovo which could end years of tensions and put the Balkan rivals on a path to European Union membership.

IT isn’t by choice Martin Rowlands has found his name inextricably linked to that of Andy Reid’s this week but that is exactly the situation in which the QPR midfielder finds himself just now.

Slobodan Milosevic has claimed al-Qaida members assisted Balkan rebels in their fight for independence from Serbia.