Italian Fabio Capello resigned as manager of England's national football team on Wednesday following the FA decision to sack English captain John Terry for alleged racism.
England captain John Terry (pictured) will face trial on July 9 for alleged racial abuse of another footballer during a match last October, a British court has said. The trial date may allow Terry to take part in the Euro 2012 cup.
Every country in the European Union except for Britain and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Monday designed to reassure investors by requiring member states to balance their national budgets or face automatic sanctions.
Since British Prime Minister David Cameron vetoed a new European treaty, the British government is having to face an increasingly pressing issue: should Britain stay in the European Union at all? In the midst of the eurozone debt crisis, the British are becoming increasingly eurosceptic, with a growing number demanding a referendum on the issue. Our correspondents Alix Bayle and Yong Chim report from the heart of England.
English rugby star Johnny Wilkinson announced his retirement from international rugby on Monday. The 32-year-old will continue to play club-level rugby for French club Toulon.
Old rivals Germany and Netherlands were drawn together on Friday for next year’s Euro 2012 football finals to take place in Poland and Ukraine, while France, England and Sweden will face off in another group.
British PM David Cameron announced Friday that the 16 Commonwealth nations meeting in Perth approved changes to the rules of succession to allow first-born daughters to inherit the throne.
Italian officials on Sunday said the protesters who ran riot in Rome the previous day had caused one million euros of damage to public buildings. The violence, which broke out at an anti-capitalist protest, injured 135 people.
Rome cleaned up its damage on Sunday, a day after an anti-capitalist protest - one in a series held worldwide - turned violent. The protests continued in London however, with about 250 people setting up camp outside St Paul's Cathedral.
