Ashley Young defends Aston Villa and England team-mate Emile Heskey despite the striker not scoring for more than five months.

Highly anticipated video game Call of Duty: Modern warfare 2 goes on sale around the world on 10 November.

Toro Rosso sign Swiss Sebastian Buemi for a second season in Formula 1.

Details of the F1 coverage across TV, radio, online and mobile on the BBC

The organisation charged with conserving Atlantic tuna has a "final chance" to get things right at its meeting this week.

Chelsea's Ashley Cole could be out of action for weeks after aggravating a leg injury.

A 19-year-old from south-east London who fell to her death from a house had earlier threatened to jump from a window, a court hears.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent is named in the England squad to face Brazil in a friendly on 14 November.

A BBC World Service poll on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall finds global dissatisfaction with capitalism.

Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the world on the basis of sheer geography and has the fifth-largest population as well. But in 2026, it will also be the fifth-largest economy in the world, says its finance minister, Guido Mantega.

Ghana star Michael Essien tells the BBC about his hopes for the Black Stars and why his brother's death inspired him to set up a charitable foundation

Barcelona plan an £85m swoop for Wayne Rooney, plus other rumours.

A hoaxer pretending to be Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was interviewed by some Portuguese-language radio stations before being found out.

England boss Fabio Capello says he will only take fully-fit players to the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Berwick collect all three points with a dramatic win over 10-man Stranraer.

G20 Finance Ministers are meeting in St Andrews, in Scotland to pursue an agenda of financial reform and economic recovery.

A look at what is behind the removal of Manuel Zelaya from the Honduran presidency and what this means for the country.

Meet the people - and wildlife - along one of Brazil's longest roads.

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand faces a prolonged injury absence as the club try to find the cause of his problem.

The world's most powerful finance ministers are in St Andrews for a summit aimed at pulling the global economy out of recession.