Bradley Wiggins confirmed his return to form

Sir Bradley Wiggins confirmed his return to form following injury with victory in the closing time-trial at the Tour of Poland yesterday. In his first competitive action since pulling out of May's Giro d'Italia with a knee problem, Wiggins had been well off the pace all week, but gave a truer reflection of his current form in his specialist format.

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A rescue worker walks at the site of a head-on collision between two trains near Granges-pres-Marnand

Switzerland train crash: Driver's body recovered after disaster leaves 26 injured

Body recovered from drivers cabin amid wreckage at Granges-près-Marnand

Ben Chu: The Davos men said yes

Outlook It has emerged that the Publicis/Omnicom merger was conceived at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January after a (figurative) roll in the snow between rival chief executives Maurice Lévy and John Wren.

Royal baby: Birth of Prince George has Domino effect on pizza sales

Kate and William are said to have scoffed Zizzi pizzas after the birth of Prince George but the rest of the country gobbled Domino’s.

easyJet cancelled a late-night flight – then told passengers to wait 86 years and one day for a replacement

Passengers on delayed easyJet flight are given 86 years to browse duty-free shops

Britain’s biggest budget airline cancelled a late-night flight – then told passengers to wait 86 years and one day for a replacement.

Carsten Schloter felt guilt over not seeing his children enough

Swisscom chief executive Carsten Schloter who committed ‘suicide’ could not stop looking at his smartphone

Stressed by work and life, Swisscom CEO failed to follow advice about switching off

Five of the six men after their arrest in connection with the gang rape of a female Swiss tourist

Six jailed over Swiss tourist gang rape in India

An Indian court has sentenced six men convicted of the gang rape of a Swiss woman to life imprisonment, a lawyer in the case said.

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Swiss face losses in tax payments deal

Swiss banks could be left out of pocket as a result of a tax-evasion deal agreed between the Alpine state and the UK.

Tax evasion deal threatens to leave Swiss banks out of pocket

Swiss banks could be left out of pocket as a result of a tax-evasion deal agreed between the Alpine state and the UK.

Zoomable contact lenses, source: UCSD

New contact lenses offer 2.8x optical zoom

Invention aimed at helping individuals with age-related sight degeneration

Former head of the Vatican bank Ettore Gotti Tedeschi

Vatican bankers resign over finance scandal

The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned on Monday following the latest developments in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor into prison and added urgency to Pope Francis’ reform efforts.

The opposition politician Alexei Navalny launched his campaign to be elected mayor of Moscow on Monday

Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny bids to be mayor of Moscow despite 'political' charges of embezzlement

The opposition politician Alexei Navalny launched his campaign to be elected mayor of Moscow on Monday, but he could end up being sent to prison before the September vote.

Larger transfers get the best exchange rates

British pensioners lose £10.6 billion by living abroad

Research from currency specialists HiFX shows that falls in the pound since the start of the financial crisis have resulted in expat pensioners losing thousands of pounds in income.  We look at ways you can protect yourself.

Grigor Dimitrov slips during his singles match with Grega Zemlja

Wimbledon 2013: 'Baby Federer', Grigor Dimitrov, stumbles in march of new generation

Sharapova's boyfriend lags behind Nishikori and Tomic in race to fill void left by top seeds

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