Amir Khan and Audley Harrison enter the ring tonight in fights they need to win to stay in boxing’s lucrative deep end, and Martin Murray has a task without precedents in front of nearly 50,000 in Buenos Aires.

A breathless celebration had barely abated when Alan Pardew stood in front of the television cameras – hair sorted, shirt back in his trousers – and commended his players. “I asked them to find a way before kick-off,” he said. “They found a way.”

Britain's long wait to rejoin the Fed Cup's World Group will continue for another year. Judy Murray's team fell one tie short of returning to the elite competition for the second year in succession when Argentina completed a 3-1 victory in yesterday's play-off in Buenos Aires.

He has been called many things during his extraordinary life, and he could soon add a new title

Star duo could miss Premier League match at White Hart Lane

Argentine Pope receives shirt from Barcelona star

Uruguayan FA question why Fifa have targeted the Liverpool striker

Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand’s Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world – and the first in the Asia-Pacific region – to legalise same-sex marriage.

The Argentine made a two-footed challenge on the Brazilian

The bells of Westminster Abbey rang out as the black hearse carrying Thatcher's flag draped coffin pulled out of Parliament. A few in the crowd began to clap but most remained silent as it sped off down Whitehall towards St Paul's.

Chelsea defender was stamped on by the Argentine

Dereck Chisora has urged David Price to make swift work of his rematch with Tony Thompson – so that they can agree a domestic showdown for the summer.

But current foreign leaders are less well represented at service