Viktor Kulikov was among the very last survivors of the old Soviet military establishment, a Second World War veteran unswerving in his lifelong communism and suspicion of the West, who rose to be the top commander of the Warsaw Pact and a key figure in the crisis that led to the imposition of martial law in Poland in 1981.

The Tottenham midfielder returned from Euro 2012 needing surgery

The top lawyer for jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been stripped of parliamentary immunity and his seat in the Ukrainian legislature.

Alice Sara Ott's 2010 recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor demonstrated how capably she could handle the Russian temperament; but even so, recording Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition live in Saint Petersburg must have taken great courage and self-belief. Which was not misplaced: she negotiates the various pictures' stylistic twists and turns with confidence and expressive brio, from the mesmerically melancholy, mist-shrouded depiction of "The Old Castle" to the coyly tiptoeing chatter of the "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" and the more frantic, tempestuous hubbub of "The Market at Limoges" – before arriving with due gravitas at "The Heroic Gate (in the Old Capital of Kiev)".

1 July: Beautiful Spain smash Italy in the Euro 2012 final

Where to go and what to know

It is worth remembering why Uefa has found itself with a European Championship in 2020 that will be hosted across the continent. It may try to present it as a ground-breaking, inclusive idea but it was born of just another cock-up.

England had their disappointments at the end of a night that had promised so much

Ibrahimovic scores all of Sweden’s goals in brilliant individual display as England beaten 4-2 in friendly

Waiting for Wilfried Zaha was, naturally, a matter of great compulsion.

England travel to Stockholm to face Sweden in a friendly tonight.

Swedish captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hailed the qualities of England counterpart Steven Gerrard who is set to win his 100th cap in tomorrow's clash between the two countries in Stockholm.

Sweden winger Alexander Kacaniklic claims he made the right decision to quit Liverpool for Fulham at the start of the Roy Hodgson era, ahead of tomorrow's friendly international with England at the Friends Arena.

Four UK cities are among Europe's top 10 fastest-growing tourist destinations.