There was no sign of a convalescing Fidel Castro as hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Revolution Plaza in Havana to celebrate May Day, an event the Cuban leader had attended for decades without fail.

Sevilla set up a date with Middlesbrough in Eindhoven next month in the final of the UEFA Cup after beating Schalke 1-0 in extra time at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has called for the release of the three Irishmen arrested in Colombia on suspicion of training the country’s largest leftist rebel group.