Fifa plans for five officials at World Cup Thierry Henry’s handball against the Republic of Ireland could lead to Fifa fast-tracking the introduction of two additional referees in time for the World Cup...

EU names bloc’s top officials BRUSSELS — European Union leaders picked the lowkey prime minister of Belgium and a British trade representative who has never held elective office as the...

Health bill a step closer to debate Washington — Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health care bill as...

UNHOLY HAND French striker Thierry Henry has won just about everything there is to win in football. In 1998 he was a member of the French side that won the World Cup, he...

Death and destruction on England’s wettest day ENGLAND’S wettest day on record claimed the life of a policeman and left hundreds of people homeless yesterday as forecasters warned that the “Biblical”...

TEARS AT THE OPRAH THE QUEEN OF Daytime TV wept yesterday as she relinquishes her throne — while a pack of pretenders lined up to claim her crown when she finally leaves that...

Old dog Westwood shows young pups a thing or two THE JOURNEY along the hard road may have gobbled up just half of the required distance; but, so far at least, the old dog has had the edge over the young pup....

Police expose Europe’s biggest match-fixing ring BOCHUM, Germany: A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three in the...

SWEPT AWAY A POLICEMAN who was attempting to rescue a driver from a bridge before it collapsed in devastating floods was today feared dead. Pc Bill Barker, 45, was swept...

TELEVISION TRANSITIONS Oprah Winfrey plans solo venture and an end to her talk show Final season of ‘Lost’ will debut Feb. 2 on a new night CHICAGO >> “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an...

Andy Murray According to Phil Anderton, chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ticket sales for next week’s event at the O2 Arena make it “the equivalent of 15...

Insurance will pay for breast screening Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for annual mammograms amid widespread fears that new breast cancer screening...

IRELAND DESERVE A REPLAY? NO THEY can complain all they want but France are going to the World Cup. Get over it. France were there for the taking and Ireland didn’t do it. Same old...

Floods devastate Britain’s Lake District. COCKERMOUTH, England | Raging floods engulfed northern England’s picturesque Lake District on Friday after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain,...

Soccer violence: Mousa calls for calm Cairo ( AFP) Protesters hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo yesterday, wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks...