'For a good holiday, you need someone to hate'

As Noel Gallagher quizzes the striker, City sense new maturity

Nick Mallett should be the next England coach, according to John Kirwan, who will not be considered for the post after being told by the Rugby Football Union's headhunters that he was not experienced enough.

Discover what inspired the masters of Italian creativity on a pilgrimage with pizzazz.

Where are you now and what can you see?

Ireland have named the 22-man squad which beat Italy 42-10 in Dublin last weekend for Sunday's Six Nations game against France in Paris. The same players were selected for the original visit to the French capital on 11 February. That game was cancelled 10 minutes before kick-off, due to a frozen pitch.

First the Concordia ran aground, now 30 Britons are among hundreds on ship adrift in Indian Ocean after blaze

A dancer who was with the captain on the bridge of the Costa Concordia when the liner crashed with the loss of 32 lives has denied that her presence created a fatal distraction.

Man-for-man marking from the Six Nations match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin

Ireland 42 Italy 10

A Milan court has ruled that the statute of limitations has run out in a corruption case against Silvio Berlusconi, handing Italy's former prime minister another victory in a long string of judicial woes he has faced.

Unsung Briton sets pace at Phillip Island ahead of tomorrow's curtain-raiser to the Superbike season

Italy's most romantic city is the perfect place to take your Valentine – or get into the carnival spirit, says William Cook.