'We need to play with Poland at the same level. We know that this will not be an easy game', said Steven Gerrard after the 4-1 win over Montenegro at Wembley.more
More than 400,000 people in India have been evacuated as a massive cyclone sweeps through the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast. Cyclone Phailin, categorised as "very severe" by weather forecasters, is expected to hit Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states on Saturday evening.more
Opened in 1926 stadium in Kharkiv, where today Polish footballers are to play with a team of Ukraine on points of World Cup qualifiers, is located on the site of the former cemetery.more
Soccer fans have applied for more than six million World Cup tickets, nearly double the total available in Brazil next year. Because of the high demand, FIFA will hold a random draw to allocate the tickets to those who applied in the first phase, which ended on Thursday.
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Energy giant SSE was engaged in a war of words with ministers today after announcing it was raising gas and electricity bills by up to 10 per cent for millions of households. more
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has defended the newspaper's decision to publish secret files leaked by the US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden and said further stories could be printed in the future. more
John Vine, the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration said the Government's "e-borders" scheme had failed to fulfil the overwhelming majority of its intended remit, despite costing the public a billion pounds over ten years. more
A man suspected of grooming and sexually abusing hundreds of girls via internet has been arrested by police in Brabant, the public prosecution office confirmed on Wednesday.more
With the qualification campaign for the 2014 World Cup approaching its decisive stages, a number of teams will this week be looking to book their tickets for next year's tournament.more
New individual world champion Tai Woffinden just two days after winning the title in Torun, announced on Twitter that he will not change the club in Poland and will continue to ride for Betard Sparta Wroclaw.more
The Government's new Help to Buy scheme will enable people to buy a home with a deposit of less than £10,000 in more than half of regions across country, a property website has found. more
Manager Brendan Rodgers says Liverpool have not been at their best this season despite going top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace.more