Rio Ferdinand has vowed there will be no brotherly love on show once the first whistle blows at Upton Park on Sunday.

The tradition of national anthems being played before international matches is under threat after FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggested they could be banned to avert crowd trouble.

Serena Williams was greeted with jeers and whistles but then eased into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-0 6-4 victory over Croatia’s Silvija Talaja.

Sectarian tensions were on a knife-edge tonight as Orangemen returned to flashpoint north Belfast amid fears of a full-scale riot.

Wales clinched the triple crown in the Under-21's Six Nations Championship with a convincing 64-20 victory over Scotland at Caerphilly.

The former Liverpool and Fenerbahce forward is in his second spell at Feyenoord.

An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences handed down against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 football riot that killed more than 70 people in the city of Port Said.

As Ireland pulled off a famous win over the World Champions, Twitter had a lot to say throughout the game.

The 20-year-old twins were born in the US, with a Mexican father and an American mother.

One man has done his bit to sum up the passion of the local GAA supporter.

Long may the celebrations last.

The explosion at the pyrotechnics factory in Colombia blew the cameraman off his feet.

With Chelsea coming from 2-0 down to draw with Tottenham tonight, Leicester City have been officially confirmed as Premier League champions.

Sam Allardyce may have been busy announcing his first England squad but he might have been wishing he was back where his managerial career began at Limerick FC yesterday, writes Robert McNamara.