Andy Murray moved one step closer to retaining his St Petersburg Open title today by breezing past Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-2.

A British tourist who urinated on one of Latvia's most revered monuments was made an example of by the Baltic state yesterday and sentenced to five days in custody.

Hundreds of Hindu devotees flocked to take a dip in the Ganges yesterday to celebrate Ganga Dashahara festival in the north Indian city of Allahabad.

1. Whitgift and its wonderful biscuits beats Colchester's communal loos

The repercussions of the preceding one-day series were evident on the opening day of the first Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground yesterday.

A Latvian father who had moved to Britain to earn money for his four young children is critically ill after a racist knife attack.

Campaigner for workers' rights in South Africa

Latvia 0 Germany 0

From Richmond to Riga they've been cursing Clive Tyldesley. ITV's main commentator is having a bad tournament, and not least for his unerring ability to, well, fluff his timing.

Czech Republic 2 Latvia 1

Some upsets are greater than others. While Greece's victory over the host nation drew gasps of surprise just about everywhere last weekend, it is widely assumed that a minor miracle is what Latvia will need to find a way past the Czech Republic in Aveiro this afternoon.

AN ALLEGED Nazi war criminal has slipped into Britain and is believed to be living in the Rugby area, according to Nazi hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Israel. Konrad Kalejs, now 86, is implicated in the murder of 30,000 Jews at a death camp in Latvia in the Second World War.

ENGLAND RESURRECTED their European Championship challenge in astonishing style last night, beating Latvia 97-90 in Riga in their third Group A semi-final round game.