Defence Secretary Philip Hammond believes himself vindicated by the High Court ruling that his Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) is independent.
A look at the causes and possible outcomes of Silvio Berlusconi and his right-wing coalition's lead in the polls.
Racing: Last year’s St Leger hero Encke is among seven further horses formerly in the care of Mahmood Al Zarooni to test positive for anabolic steroids, the British Horseracing Authority said today.
Football: Activists will target Uefa’s annual congress on Friday to protest against Israel’s selection as host for next month’s European under-21 football championships.
Football comment: Useless, disjointed, heartless, farcical, embarrassing. This writer was asked a produce a 600-word review on Queens Park Rangers’ 2012-13 season. In truth, I really only needed to use five.
Football: Tottenham's hopes of finishing fourth were left in tatters despite a brilliant late goal from Gareth Bale which saw off an under-strength Sunderland.
Football: Arsenal might have gone eight seasons without a trophy, but once again they have their hands on the holy grail of Champions League football.
Football: Alex Ferguson's 1,500th and final game in charge of Manchester United ended in an astonishing 5-5 draw after Romelu Lukaku netted a second-half hat-trick for West Bromwich Albion.
Football: Nahki Wells says he won’t be leaving Bradford after his man-of-the-match display in the 3-0 win over Northampton at Wembley on Saturday.
Boxing: Colchester welterweight Lee Purdy produced a brave display before being pulled out by his corner after seven rounds against IBF champion Devon Alexander in Atlantic City on Saturday night.
Scottish football: Celtic ended their campaign in emphatic fashion with a 4-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.
Cricket: Stuart Broad produced a superb spell of new-ball bowling to spark New Zealand’s collapse to 68 all out as England won the first Test by 170 runs today.