Today's game is not just about football. John Walsh looks forward to an epic clash of off-field lifestyles

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It's never good news to hear about a new kind of terrorist bomb. That, the CIA says, is what it uncovered somewhere in the Middle East in recent days: a more sophisticated version of the underpants bomb worn by Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab when he tried to blow up a jet on Christmas Day 2009, apparently one that could have got through airport security without setting off any alarms. This is certainly an unnerving development.

From the Front Row

Commons Speaker John Bercow called time last night on Westminster's drinking culture following the brawl which led to the former Labour MP Eric Joyce's conviction for alcohol-fuelled violence.

Commons staff are being ordered to top up MPs' glasses less frequently amid concerns over the drinking culture at Westminster.

Beer companies are asking a judge to dismiss a $500 million lawsuit by an American Indian tribe that accuses them of knowingly contributing to alcohol-related problems on an impoverished South Dakota reservation.

Cheaper to attend, more adventurous tactically, and better run – what's not to like in Germany?

Australia reached 69 for 1 at lunch on the first day of the third Test against West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica, after Michael Clarke won the toss and chose to bat.

The brewing giant SABMiller flouted corporate governance rules yesterday as it announced a major management shake-up which will see its chief executive, Graham Mackay, 62, move up to become chairman.