It is clear, writes BBC sports editor David Bond, that policy makers need to do more to tackle falling youth participation rates in sport

Roberto Soldado scores a hat-trick as Tottenham maintain their 100% record in the Europa League by easing past Anzhi.

Chemical weapons were "probably used" at five out of seven sites in Syria investigated by UN experts, their report says.

Four former bosses from the Icelandic bank Kaupthing are sentenced to prison in the heaviest sentences for financial fraud in Iceland's history.

Claims “pilfering police” helped themselves to Buckingham Palace nuts make headlines, along with efforts to deny benefits to migrants with poor English.

Championship football club Queens Park Rangers reveal plans for a new 40,000-seater stadium in north-west London.

The big methane seas on Titan, a moon of Saturn, contain volumes that dwarf all the proven reserves of oil and gas on Earth, say scientists.

An ex-FBI agent believed held in Iran for the last seven years was working for the CIA on an unapproved mission, the Associated Press reports.