Striker Luis Suarez is all fired up for the FA Cup as he looks to continue his red-hot streak, Liverpool assistant manager Colin Pascoe has warned.

A gay member of the RTÉ Vanburgh Quartet has refused to take part in a concert in Moscow in protest against Russia’s increasingly draconian laws against homosexuality.

Premier League: MAN CITY V LIVERPOOL

QPR chairman Tony Fernandes insists it is “not over yet” for the bottom-placed side despite their miserable season continuing yesterday.

Liverpool earned victory at QPR despite being hit by a winter vomiting virus that laid low manager Brendan Rodgers and several of his playing staff on the morning of the game.

Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones feels training every day with the likes of Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard has given him plenty of preparation for facing Samuel Eto’o.

Liverpool assistant boss Colin Pascoe insists the club’s players are fully focused on tonight’s Europa League clash with Anzhi Makhachkala and that they will not be distracted by thoughts of the upcoming Merseyside derby.

Syrian troops armed with heavy machine guns killed dozens of people in the central city of Hama today, activists said, a day after chanting protesters welcomed a visit by a UN team sent to observe a shaky ceasefire.

Arsene Wenger was a relieved man after Arsenal finally got their Barclays Premier League campaign up and running with a narrow 1-0 win over gallant Swansea at Emirates Stadium.

A deeply divided United Nations Security Council failed to agree on a European and US-backed statement condemning Syrian violence against peaceful protesters.

The UN Security Council met in emergency session today amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and a North Korean warning of a “catastrophe” if South Korea goes ahead with a live-fire drill.

The United Nations has opened top-level talks with North Korea for the first time in six years, the world body’s political chief said today.

Woolworths Group was granted an administration order in the British High Court today.

Outraged at the turmoil in Zimbabwe, the UN Security Council declared this morning that a fair presidential vote is impossible because of the “campaign of violence” waged by President Robert Mugabe’s government.

Cyprus’ new president pledged to open new crossing points on the divided island and to work towards demilitarising it under a possible reunification deal.

The United Nations has set up a team of experts in conflict mediation who can deploy quickly to global hotspots with advice on power sharing, constitution drafting, security, justice and human rights.

One of the biggest US military disaster relief missions in history kicked into high gear today as an aircraft carrier battle group arrived off the shores of tsunami-battered Sumatra and began launching helicopters heavy with supplies.

He may have a tough guy image on screen, but in the real world Warren Clarke is a family man, and self-confessed “pussy cat.”