One of the finest Russian companies, The Royal Moscow Ballet, returns to Ireland this week, bringing its dazzling production of the well-loved classic, Cinderella, to Drogheda, Limerick, Dublin and Cork.

Germany’s Stephan Feck was consigned to the Olympic blooper reel after he landed flat on his back on a crazy night of diving mishaps in the first round of the men’s springboard at the Aquatics Centre.

THE crashes of two Russian planes on Tuesday brought immediate worries of terrorist attacks - Siberia Airlines said on its website that its air traffic control centre notified it that the Tu-154 had activated a hijack alert.

Divers working on the wreck of the Kursk have begun piercing the last of 26 holes in the vessel's hull.