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Six Nations 2013: France make three changes for Scotland meeting

The sides meet in Paris on Saturday

A view of the Bernabeu

Bernabeu selected as 'neutral venue' for Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid

The match is being staged on a Friday to avoid clash with Eurovision Song Contest

Philippe Saint-André has taken over as France manager

Six Nations: France make eight changes for England match

France play at Twickenham this weekend

Wales captain Sam Warburton

Six Nations: Sam Warburton's place on the bench for Wales confirmed

Wales take on Italy in Rome this weekend

It was emotional after our win – as my bear hug on Jonathan Davies shows

Jamie Roberts: I've been getting stick for crying after Wales' win against France – but it was such a relief!

Millennium Eye: I thoroughly enjoyed it – one of the best days I’ve had in a red jersey

Wales captain Sam Warburton

Six Nations: Wales boss Rob Howley plays down impact of Sam Warburton exclusion

Wales captain among favourites to captain the Lions this summer

George North's dad enters the pitch to congratulate his son

Six Nations: Pitch invader during Wales' victory over France revealed to be George North's father

Father ran on to pitch in Paris to celebrate his son's try

Struggling to make progress against Ireland in Cardiff last weekend
Ireland wing Simon Zebo runs in the first try against Wales

Wales players under pressure after opening Six Nations defeat

Wales take on France in Paris this weekend

Sam Warburton faces Wales’ worst series of results

Wales can't get stuck in the blocks again, says Sam Warburton

Wales defeated at home by Ireland

An aerial view of The London Olympic Stadium and Park on June 14

Three months on from the Games, what's going on with the Olympic Stadium?

With West Ham due next week to be named as preferred bidders, Robin Scott-Elliot answers the key questions

Having a ball: Andy Saull, the Saracens flanker is tackled by Racing Metro's Benjamin Noirot

Saracens flex their muscles in Brussels

Saracens 30 Racing Metro 13: Pool One leaders make themselves at home in Belgium to beat Racing

France's far-right National Front angered by Madonna video showing Marine Le Pen with swastika on her forehead

France's far-right National Front plans to file a complaint against Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party's leader with a swastika on her forehead.

For sale: All you need to stage your own opera

After 20 years of producing operas in stadiums, arenas and other unusual venues around the world, Companions Amsterdam is putting away its songbooks and shutting up shop for the last time, after its retiring director, Peter Kroone, failed to find anyone to fill his shoes.

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Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end