Legal moves are under way in the High Court by a bank to secure the repossession of an apartment in Dublin which the bank says is owned by fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn.

The saga of fugitive Michael Lynn appeared to be finally over last night, as Brazil’s Supreme Court confirmed that his extradition could proceed as planned.

KRISTEN STEWART says her relationship with Twilight co-star ROBERT PATTINSON became “a product” which she called “gross”.

TV presenter Charlie Webster has been brought out of an induced coma in a Rio hospital after contracting a rare strain of malaria.

Brazil must close ranks if it is to win the war against the pest that carries Zika, writes Liz Braga

Brazil is planning to fight the zika virus by zapping millions of male mosquitoes with gamma rays to sterilise them and stop the spread of the virus linked to thousands of birth defects.

A suspected boss of the Naples-based crime syndicate known as the Camorra has been arrested in Brazil after more than 30 years on the run, police said.

Fugitive former-solicitor Michael Lynn will return to Ireland to face allegations of mortgage fraud after a Brazilian judge ruled he can be extradited.

Three days on and the images from Belo Horizonte that stick in the mind are not those of David Luiz’s Sideshow Bob- standing-on-a-rake routine, nor Germany’s seven wonders, but instead it’s the youngsters and grown men crying in the stands.

WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

Costa Rica are confident of writing another chapter in their World Cup fairytale when they come up against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

Costa Rica 1 Greece 1 (AET) (Costa Rica win 5-3 on penalties)

USA 0 Germany 1

USA 0 Germany 1

This great video shows Ferrell making a surprise appearance in a bar in Recife last night, saying he "will bite every German player if I have to.”

Mesut Ozil has brushed aside any suggestions that Germany would be involved in another ‘biscotto’ affair and manufacture a convenient draw against the United States in Recife today.

This was supposed to have been Cristiano Ronaldo’s tournament. His heroics against Sweden had taken Portugal to the finals.

Veteran skipper Rafael Marquez has warned Mexico they face their toughest challenge yet as they attempt to book their place in the World Cup finals second round.

Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1

Runaway solicitor Michael Lynn has been turned down by a Brazilian judge after begging to be allowed out of jail, because he claims he may have tuberculosis.

GROUP A

Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1

Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1

Your guide to all the weekend’s World Cup action

A football fan was killed when he was struck on the head by a toilet bowl hurled from stadium stands as supporters of rival clubs clashed in north-eastern Brazil, police said.

Fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn is back in a high-security Brazilian jail after a court appearance related to allegations of theft and fraud in Ireland.

Spain have dismissed a Brazilian media story accusing them of hosting a party at their hotel in Recife with alcohol, women and a game of strip-poker after their Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay last week.

The Spanish Football Federation has released an official statement denying a report published by the Brazilian newspaper Globoesporte into events that took place after Spain’s opening Confederations Cup match with Uruguay in Recife.

Paul McCartney proved to be a pain in the neck for a female fan as she took away a permanent reminder of her encounter with the superstar.

BRAZIL’S 2014 World Cup will see potential travel trauma for fans — and the latest kick-off times ever for a finals tournament, with matches starting as late as 10pm, or 2am in Ireland.

Brazil’s 2014 World Cup will see potential travel trauma for fans – and the latest kick-off times ever for a finals tournament with matches starting as late as 10pm, or 2am in Ireland.

AN AIRPLANE crashed and exploded shortly after take-off from Brazil’s northeastern city of Recife early yesterday, killing all 16 people on board, rescue and air force officials said.

A MAN in northeastern Brazil is recovering after surgeons removed a 4-inch (10-centimeter) blade that had been stuck in his head for three years following a bar fight.

MORE than 600 pieces from Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues to the cause of the June 1 crash, Airbus said yesterday.

THE remains of one of the three young Irish doctors lost in the air crash off Brazil five weeks ago are on their way home after a positive identification was made from a body recovered from the sea.

MEDICAL examiners have identified the first 11 of 50 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic three weeks ago, officials said.

Medical examiners have identified the first 11 of 50 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic three weeks ago, officials said.

A Dutch ship towing a high-tech, US Navy listening device was trawling the Atlantic today for data and voice recorders that investigators say are key to determining what caused an Air France jet to crash with 228 people on board.

Six more bodies were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France jet crashed, as the race to find the black boxes and gather key evidence from human remains and debris gained urgency.

The ocean location of the Air France plane crash victims could provide answers to whether the doomed jet broke up in the air, experts said.

GARDA forensic experts are to fly to Brazil to help identify the bodies of people who perished in the Air France plane disaster a week ago.

Police in Brazil are scouring airport video footage in a bid to identify passengers on the doomed Air France jet, following reports that two terror suspects were aboard when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

A FRENCH nuclear submarine has reached the crash zone of Air France Flight 447 to join the search for the plane’s black boxes, the key to determining what brought the Airbus down in the sea off Brazil with 228 people on board.