Australia coach Guus Hiddink described his team as ’lion-hearts’ after they twice came from a goal down to draw 2-2 with Croatia and qualify for the second round of the World Cup.

Croatia 2 Australia 2

Japan 1 Brazil 1

US President George Bush and European leaders urged Iran and North Korea today to give up military and nuclear ambitions that they said threaten each country’s neighbours and destabilise the world.

Iran 1 Angola 1

About 350 students chanting “Bush Go Home!” marched through Austria’s capital Vienna today to protest against a visit by US President George Bush for the US-European Union summit.

– A tearful Michael Ballack claimed “it just isn’t meant to be” for him to play in a World Cup final after Italy clinched an epic semi-final victory over Germany in Dortmund last night.

The German FA have expressed their disappointment over FIFA’s decision to suspend Torsten Frings for tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final clash with Italy.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez downplayed questions of a rift with his Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho and is focused on securing more silverware for the Reds in the 2006-07 campaign.

Love is in the air in the Big Brother house, as reunited contestants Pete and Nikki declare their feelings for each other.

Big Brother contestants Pete and Nikki could not keep their hands of each other after the latter was voted back into the house.

Borussia Dortmund's woes have been heightened by the loss of defender Philipp Degen to injury.

Matalan boss John King was named chief executive of House of Fraser today after the department store chain changed hands in a £351m (€523.4m) deal.

Dramatic CCTV footage of the moment when one of the alleged July 21 bombers tried to detonate his rucksack bomb and failed was revealed for the first time today.

Celtic striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink praised Steven Pressley for guiding the champions through a difficult Bank of Scotland Premier League clash with Hearts at Tynecastle.

Mick O'Dwyer has got his wish today - his new Wicklow charges will face their biggest test to date when they come up against Dublin in a unique O'Byrne Cup semi-final next Saturday.

Unionists are not going to throw Sinn Féin a lifeline in the current stand-off over support for policing, a senior MP in the Rev Ian Paisley’s party claimed today.

Tottenham 0 Liverpool 1

Charlton midfielder Bryan Hughes climbed off the bench to give Alan Pardew the first win of his reign as Addicks boss today.

Charlton 2 Fulham 2