Mercedes-Benz and three commercial vehicle dealers are to pay fines totalling £2.6m (€2.98m) following an inquiry into market rigging.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hit out at a Hollywood film about his organisation as a “massive propaganda attack” against the whistle-blowing website.

Aston Villa 2 Bradford 1 (Bradford win 4-3 on aggregate)

Tottenham 1 Manchester Utd 1

Fulham 0 Manchester United 1

Derby 3 Huddersfield 0

Newcastle 3 Chelsea 2

Monaghan progressed to the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals as Section A winners after ending Fermanagh's early season unbeaten run.

Chelsea 2 Southampton 2

Alex Ferguson has settled the great Manchester United goal debate in favour of skipper Nemanja Vidic.

Politicians in the North have not given up on building a shared future, Stormont’s First Minister vowed.

Around a thousand people have attended a peace rally at Belfast City Hall.

Fulham 1 Wigan 1

Sunderland 3 West Ham 0

Hundreds of Islamic militants fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad seized parts of a strategic north-western air base today after weeks of battling government troops for control of the sprawling facility.

Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill insists naming only six substitutes for their FA Cup third-round draw at Bolton was not meant as a message to owner Ellis Short.

West Ham 1 Everton 2

The brother of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 10 years in prison for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling by a judge who said she disbelieved his claims that he did not know about the epic fraud.

Referee Mike Dean was condemned by Swansea manager Michael Laudrup for his decision-making during a worrying extra-time incident in yesterday’s 1-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at Tottenham.

Swansea boss Michael Laudrup hit out at the officials following his side’s 1-0 defeat at Tottenham this afternoon.