This was billed as 'Judgement Day' and in many ways that is exactly what it was for the ailing Welsh regional rugby. Sports promoters often suffer delusions of grandeur when advertising their wares but inadvertently they, for once, hit the nail on the head.

Compensation has been agreed with Doncaster

With his stunning performance at Aston Villa on Saturday, Javier Hernandez entered football folklore as one of the game's great substitutes.

A young mother and her fiance who were found dead at a swollen river had died as a result of drowning, post-mortem examinations found today.

Couple were swept away by swollen river during floods that have forced hundreds from homes

The burly, affable Eddie May looms large in the modern history of Welsh football. During his playing prime in the first half of the 1970s he cut an imposing figure at the heart of the Wrexham rearguard, totalling some 400 senior appearances.

An investigation was under way last night after two trains running on the same track crashed head-on in southern Poland, leaving 16 people dead and 58 injured in the country's worst rail disaster in more than 20 years.

New pinless headscarf persuades world body to reverse ruling

The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, insists he would "die" if he witnesses another World Cup goal-line blunder such as Frank Lampard's disallowed goal for England in 2010.

Sir Trevor Brooking, a key figure in the Football Association's recruitment of the new England manager, would not allow any personal issues to affect his judgement as to whether Harry Redknapp is a suitable candidate for the role, it is understood.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is still in his prime and surely must be coveted by the Premier League’s big spenders

Birmingham have confirmed the Football League have placed them under a transfer embargo after they failed to submit their club accounts on time.