URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez said his side had been insulted by claims they would play for a draw against Mexico – and duly proved it as a first-half from Luis Suarez was enough to help Uruguay secure top spot in Group A and progress into the last 16 of the World Cup.

ENGLAND midfielder Steven Gerrard revealed manager Fabio Capello had demanded more aggression from the team at half-time as England secured a 3-1 friendly win over Mexico at Wembley last night.

THE driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.

CHARLIE ADAM helped Rangers claim three vital points from their Champions League opener against Stuttgart, while making a point of his own to manager Walter Smith.

Rangers were handed a boost ahead of their Champions League opener against Stuttgart with the news that Barry Ferguson had been passed fit to play.

Portugal 2 Mexico 1

TEN-MAN Angola restored some pride to a flagging African World Cup campaign by holding Group D leaders Mexico to a goalless draw in Hanover.

Mexico 3 Iran 1

Brazil 4 Argentina 1

Brazil 2 Japan 2

Warrsan, dual winner of the Vodafone Coronation Cup, is one of 33 entries for this year’s renewal at Epsom on June 3.

MARXIST guerrillas killed at least eight soldiers and wounded 13 others in attacks across Colombia, the army said.

Marxist guerrillas killed at least eight soldiers and wounded 13 others in separate attacks across Colombia, the army said.

Police have captured a top Colombian drug lord who is said to responsible for “huge volumes” of drugs entering the United States.

Powerful winds drove two ferocious firestorms that had already burned more than 200 homes into dozens more houses in California today.

Eight people were said to have died and dozens were hurt after a car ploughed through a crowded farmers’ market in Santa Monica, California, today.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S main hopes in the 227th renewal of the St Leger at Doncaster could lie with Vodafone Derby runner-up The Great Gatsby, along with Roosevelt and Brian Boru, third and fourth respectively in the Irish equivalent.

AIDAN O’BRIEN may bypass next Sunday’s Prix du Jockey-Club and let all his Vodafone Derby entries take their chance at Epsom.

SINN FÉIN yesterday demanded the resignation of Colombia’s Prosecutor General after he claimed there was considerable evidence linking three Irishmen to left-wing rebels in the country.

Sinn Fein today demanded the resignation of Colombia’s Prosecutor General after he claimed there was considerable evidence linking three Irishmen to left-wing rebels in the country.

Hundreds of people have been massacred by Colombian rebels using techniques similar to those deployed by the IRA during the Troubles, it was claimed today.