Manchester City’s history in European football is a curious case of the premature, the never-has-been and, as of today, the maybe-never-will-be, writes Simon Curtis.

Tottenham have handed "indefinite" bans to three supporters who tried to sell their Champions League final tickets on a secondary ticketing platform.

 

It looks like the end of the line for the man who helped establish the Russian president’s regime almost two decades ago, writes Nina L. Khrushcheva.            

When the Panama Papers were released in 2016, they thrust a spotlight on the tax affairs of the rich and powerful.

Norway is seeking greater leeway to restrict foreign ownership of its offshore fields, a move seen to be potentially targeting a growing Russian interest in its resources.

After Dundalk had taken a giant step towards a third successive league title by beating Longford Town 3-0 on Monday night, Stephen Kenny surveyed a dressing room which resembled a field hospital more than a party zone, with players stretched out on benches nursing injuries or simply laid low by sheer fatigue, as a fourth game in 10 days took its toll.

As Stephen Kenny was delivering his post-match team talk in the dressing rooms of Oriel Park on Tuesday night, he turned and asked “Where’s Daryl?”.

Too many other Nato countries rely on the US to defend them without making a full contribution of their own to the alliance’s budget, writes Josh Cohen

WHEN a sprawling yellow banner cascaded from the stands of Basel’s St Jakob-Park football stadium in late-2013 the world was suddenly alerted to a struggle for freedom thousands of kilometres away that had been waging for weeks.

The EU has charged Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom energy giant of abusing its dominant position in central and eastern EU nations in an anti-competitive case that will further test tense relations between Brussels and Moscow.

LET’S do a security sweep of the room! No men dressed in black suits speaking into microphones up their sleeves? Check. No femme fatales dressed in silk reaching for their stilettos? Check. 

Ukraine has signed an interim deal for cheaper supplies of gas from Russia for the next three months, Ukrainian energy officials said yesterday.

The odd eye-catching European result aside, the march of Russian football has been stopped in its tracks. Paul Little investigates the reasons.

EU policymakers yesterday unveiled plans to ensure the free flow of gas and power to every corner of the 28-member bloc, hailing it as the biggest energy shake-up for more than half a century.

A retired army major-general tested positive for a radioactive substance after two men suspected of poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had visited his offices, an inquiry heard.

FIFA says it is in advanced talks with companies to replace a number of sponsors whose contracts have expired.

Three major FIFA sponsors have ended their relationships with world football's governing body, it has emerged.

Germany’s anti-immigrant movement Pegida isn’t some sinister Russian plot. Instead, it is striking for the ordinariness of the people it attracts and must be taken seriously, writes Lucian Kim

The ruble advanced after the Russian government called on some companies to sell foreign exchange received from exports, while tax payments boosted demand for the currency.

There is nothing like a strong tonic in the form of a collapsing oil price to help a stock market bull who is starting to sweat following a long run.

The range of sanctions that come into force today against Russia chosen by the EU and the US have been very carefully balanced to impact as little as possible on their national interests.

The EU opened a new front — the toughest since the end of the cold war — against Russia with restrictions aimed at hurting its banks, oil industry, defence and a range of industries that depend on parts from the west.

Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in a dispute over unpaid bills that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe and set back hopes for peace.

Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine as a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal on gas prices and unpaid bills amid continued fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Russia is to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine as a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal on prices and unpaid bills.

Greenpeace activists have boarded two offshore drilling rigs in a protest against oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters.

Greenpeace campaigners have been arrested at the Champions League final before they were able to attach a protest banner to the stadium roof.

China has signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal to buy Russian natural gas worth $400bn.

Ukraine must pay in advance for Russian gas supplies starting from next month, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Dragging much of Europe into his fight with Ukraine, Russian president Vladimir Putin urged European leaders to quickly help Ukraine settle its gas debt to Russia to prevent an imminent shutdown of Russian natural gas supplies to the continent.

Vladimir Putin has told European leaders that Ukraine’s growing gas debts to Moscow can threaten supplies to Europe.