Denmark coach Age Hareide’s withering assessment of opponents France last month has added “salt, pepper and vinegar” to their World Cup match today, his counterpart Didier Deschamps said.

Kuwait’s parliament today voted to severe diplomatic ties with Denmark over the controversial Prophet Mohammed’s cartoons and to spend about €37m to defend the prophet’s image in the West.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today accused a local newspaper and foreign publications of being insensitive for reprinting Danish caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.

Muslims are to protest outside the Danish embassy in London today over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed which have caused deep offence.

Celtic and Sweden defender Johan Mjallby admits he may be forced to call time on his playing career at the end of the current campaign if his latest injury comeback fails.