Manchester City players defeated Everton 3-1 away in the 19th round of the English Premier League and moved up to fourth place in the table. It was their first match after returning from Saudi Arabia, where they won the Club World Championship.more

Russian empires fell suddenly and the same will happen with Putin's Russia, when the situation changes, Putinism will collapse within a few days - says Ilya Ponomaryov, a Russian oppositionist, former member of the State Duma, currently actively involved in the fight against Vladimir Putin's regime.more

One lucky lottery player has received an extra-special Christmas present after a claim was made for a £15 million jackpot. more

Brazilian national team striker Vitor Roque has admitted that he has dreamed of playing for Barcelona since he was a child. The 18-year-old footballer, who has so far played for Athletico Paranaense, arrived in Spain yesterday. He will compete with Robert Lewandowski for a place in the team of the national champions.more

Fireworks and firecrackers will be banned in many cities on New Year's Eve. Throughout Germany, the ban on pyrotechnics applies all year round near places such as churches, hospitals, orphanages and nursing homes, as well as thatched houses, reports dpa.more

Driverless cars could be on some UK roads by the end of 2026, the transport secretary has told the BBC. more

Keep gift wrappers at home - the authorities of the Eternal City have appealed to Romans. In this way, they want to avoid overflowing rubbish containers during and after Christmas. Those who take the boxes and cartons to special points will receive a lottery ticket. It is possible to win shopping vouchers.more

Robert Lewandowski has, in the space of 12 months, gone from being the world's leading striker and a much-loved star to a footballer who - despite his still great class - is increasingly being reproached for his age and inferior effectiveness. In the all-important year 2024 for football, he can silence the critics or... give them even more arguments.more

The loss of predictable weather patterns is "causing chaos" for nature, according to the National Trust. more

The Dutch are dissatisfied with this year's Christmas gifts from their employers and are selling them en masse on online platforms, reports the daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad.more

At the end of 2022, approximately 1.523 million permanent residents of the country were temporarily staying outside Poland - the Central Statistical Office reported. As he explained, it was about 24 thousand. less than in 2021more

Airport liquid security restrictions are expected to remain in place next summer for many holidaymakers despite Government pledges to scrap the 100ml rule.more

This year alone, hundreds of passenger cars and delivery vans have been destroyed on the UK as a result of attacks by hungry rats, warns the RAC automotive group. The problem is becoming more and more serious, and its effects include: damaged fuel lines, engine compartments or headlights.more

The successes of Iga Swiatek and volleyball players, the Kraków-Malopolska European Games and the failures of footballers - these are the most talked-about events in Polish sport in 2023.more

Winemakers question plan as government champions Brexit ‘freedom’ to allow old-fashioned size.more

Storm Gerrit has rolled in to Britain as the Met Office raised the alarm over 70mph wins and issued a spate of rain and flood warnings.more

Seven goals were seen by fans in Jeddah, where a team featuring, among others, Frenchman Karim Benzema's Al-Ittihad lost 2:5 to Al-Nassr, featuring Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, in an outstanding match of the 17th round of the Saudi Arabian Football League.more

A new National Council of Police Chiefs (NPCC) guidance says officers should prioritise attending the scene of a domestic break-in within an hour of the report, increasing the chances of solving the case.more

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition activist thrown into the gulag, confirmed in a letter that he had been transferred to a penal colony behind the Arctic Circle, where the polar night is underway. He assured that all was well with him and thanked him for his support.more

Erling Haaland has won the poll for the world's best footballer in 2023 organised by the International Federation of Football Historians and Statisticians (IFFHS). The Norwegian national team and Manchester City striker was honoured for the first time in his career.more

The Fire Brigades Union has warned government plans to scrap furniture safety tests could risk dozens of lives a year. more

The reported increase in hospital admissions of people infected with the new coronavirus variants shows that they are not at all as benign as often thought and extreme consequences still occur, stressed Dr Maciej Tarkowski from the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at the University of Milan.more

The first group of six Ukrainian pilots preparing for combat on F-16 fighter jets has undergone base training in the UK and is now continuing in Denmark, the British government announced yesterday.more

Lionel Messi will miss at least seven Inter Miami matches in next season's MLS football league, the daily Marca reports.more

The number of thefts in Dutch shops is on the rise and is the highest in ten years, INretail, the retail industry organisation, reported yesterday. INretail estimates this year's damage from this to be more than €2 billion.more