Auction house Sotheby’s has won a lawsuit against three Hong Kong companies that allegedly copied its trademark, and plans to sue a related group of mainland copycats, its Asian regional chief executive said today.

Detectives from the North today arrested a man in Hong Kong over the murder of a pregnant waitress in Belfast eight years ago.

ITALIAN coach Marcello Lippi expects Daniele De Rossi to receive some harsh punishment for elbowing US forward Brian McBride in the face.

China today said it had charged a reporter for a Singapore newspaper with spying for rival Taiwan, four months after detaining him.

Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is being trained in martial arts by Hero action choreographer Tony Ching Siu-tung in Hong Kong.