In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

Organisers of the 2012 Olympics have finalised their masterplan for the Olympic Park in east London. The only major change to the revised plans will see the volleyball event move out of the main park ...

Rangers manager Paul Le Guen has left the club by mutual consent. Chairman David Murray said: "Having met with Paul it was clear that in the interests of the club we agreed jointly to him stepping ...

Children growing up in refugee camps in Peshawar, in the north of Pakistan, are being drugged by their parents to leave themselves free to work undisturbed in the carpet factories. The Afghan men and ...

Calls to extend the Tube to a deprived area of north London have won the backing of the mayor. Ken Livingstone visited north Tottenham on Wednesday to see if the Victoria Line could be extended from ...

In the modern age of football there are many different roles and jobs a defender can have. And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the ...

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe has died after collapsing during an international match in France. The 28-year-old fell to the ground unchallenged in the 72nd minute of a Confederations Cup ...

Leeds ended their turbulent season with a last-gasp win in Peter Reid's first game as full-time manager. Late strikes from substitute Nick Barmby and Mark Viduka saw Leeds leapfrog their opponents in ...

The Magazine is compiling a people's history of modern Britain - featuring your written memories and photos. We continue with the 1960s. Holidays in the UK were still popular, although there was fresh ...

The Liverpool rearguard is one of the meanest around, but their defending regularly comes under scrutiny with boss Rafael ...

The Czech Republic came from 2-0 down to win an enthralling game with Holland and go through to the quarter-finals. The Dutch took the lead through a Wilfred Bouma header from a Arjen Robben free-kick ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter said Nigeria's plan to co-host the 2010 World Cup with four African countries will not work. "This idea of Nigeria [to stage the tournament with Cameroon, Benin Republic, ...