Usually, no-one at Old Trafford looks forward to Southampton away. It’s a horrendous journey, their fans can be deeply unpleasant, and it’s hardly the glamour fixture of our calendar.

Lionel Messi’s future at Barcelona has never looked more uncertain, amid ever-deepening institutional crisis at the Catalan club.

A ‘time of great interior crisis’ early in his career turned Pope Francis into a family man and one who is determined that the Church puts the care of individuals above doctrine, writes Paul Valley

His autocratic style as leader of the Jesuits in Argentina was a chastening experience that shaped Pope Francis’ life and led to his transformation as champion of the poor, Paul Valley reports.

Kerry Katona worries her life will always be a "car crash".

A Spanish judge has rejected an appeal filed by Lionel Messi’s lawyers to drop tax fraud charges against the football star, meaning the case against Messi and his father Jorge will continue.

Kerry Katona and her fiancé George Kay reportedly had a huge bust-up at their joint hen and stag do.

Kerry Katona will try for another baby on her honeymoon.

THE brisk sales of copies of Time magazine, with Pope Francis on the cover as Person of the Year, is yet another indicator of the growing popularity of the pontiff from Argentina. Yet none of this can disguise the fact the Church over which he presides is, in the words of Hans Kung, “gravely ill”.

Leo Messi was questioned by police investigating money laundering by Colombian drug cartels.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi appeared at a court in Catalonia to answer questions relating to tax evasion.

Footballer Lionel Messi and his father have paid €5m to the Spanish taxman ahead of a court appearance on tax evasion charges later this month.

Lionel Messi insists he had nothing to do with the appointment of Gerardo Martino as Barcelona coach.

The future of Manchester United target Cesc Fabregas will be among the priority issues for new Barcelona head coach Gerardo Martino.

Gerardo Martino believes fellow Argentinian Lionel Messi had a say in his appointment as the new Barcelona coach.

Football star Lionel Messi and his father were ordered by a Spanish court today to appear for questioning in September as part of an investigation into tax fraud allegations.

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta defended Lionel Messi against allegations of tax fraud, a case experts say could carry a prison sentence for the Argentina star.

Alexandre Lacazette’s deflected goal gave Lyon a much-needed win in the first leg of their Champions League clash with APOEL Nicosia last night.

Jonathan deBurca Butler gets a whistle-stop taste of a confident, vibrant, lived-in city with the ‘swagger of a matador ‘, before moving on to devour delightful Toledo, Seville and Cordoba

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's secret son used to watch 'Terminator 2' "all the time".

PROSECUTORS in Florida say they will seek the death penalty against a couple accused in the murder of their 10-year-old adopted daughter.

WHO’S afraid of the big bad wolf? Just about everybody, it seems.

Young German filmmaker Marco Kreuzpaintner investigates the ugly truth about sex trafficking in this drama written by Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries), based on an article in the New York Times by Peter Landesman.

Portugal’s health minister said today a 30-year-old woman who recently returned from holiday in Mexico is the country’s first confirmed case of swine flu.

AMIR KHAN believes the first defeat of his career has given him a “kick up the backside” after being spectacularly knocked out in less than a minute by Colombian Breidis Prescott.

SEVILLA’S dream season continued yesterday as they took command of the Spanish Primera Liga at Barcelona’s expense with a 2-0 win over Osasuna.

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Ex-con Antonio (Ernesto Aklterio) tries to cheer up his buddy Jorge (Alberto San Juan) who has just been dumped by his sister, so he organises a seven-a-side team of hopeless 30-somethings who can’t score on or off the field and calls them Brazil.

Portuguese transsexual bank clerk Nadia Almada, 27, of Surrey, has won reality TV show Big Brother on a huge wave of public support.

PORTUGAL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has named his provisional squad for European Championship in June.

A DECEASED Irish painter who made Spain his second home is to be honoured by having a street named after him in his adopted town of Málaga.

The Colombian army yesterday rescued five hostages being held by leftist rebels after hours of intense fighting near the capital.