Italy has issued its strongest warning yet about the danger of the Islamic State group establishing a stronghold in Libya from where it could attack Europe and destabilise neighbouring states.

Italian rider Eros Capecchi won the 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia in a sprint finish today.

Three-time Italian national time trial champion, Marco Pinotti, has won the 2008 Tour of Ireland after a storming last stage from Killarney to Cork in glorious late summer sunshine.

Naomi Campbell has been hospitalised in Brazil, after undergoing surgery for the removal of a cyst.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been admitted to hospital in Brazil for the removal of a cyst, her publicist said today.