Turkey goes to the polls on Sunday in what seems, in the broadest terms, another battle between deep-rooted conservatism and, again in the broadest of broad terms, secular(ish) liberalism. Just as in nearly every country that holds credible elections today, the old and the new collide.

US president Donald Trump has described his lengthy head-to-head encounter with Russian president Vladimir Putin as a "tremendous meeting".

THE never-ending difficulties brought by allegations of corruption against those who run international soccer must be a cause of embarrassment to those millions who love the beautiful game.