Heavy fighting rocks the strategic Libyan city of Zawiya after rebels repelled an earlier attempt by government forces to seize it.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the FA could have retrospectively punished Wayne Rooney for elbowing Wigan's James McCarthy.

Maternity units should offer midwife-led care as the norm rather than the exception, says the King's Fund think tank.

US aid worker Alan Gross is found guilty of crimes against the state in Cuba over illegal internet connections, Cuban television says.

An Oxford man who went on the run and was convicted of sex trafficking women in his absence is detained.

Spinner Robin Peterson takes three wickets in his first three overs as England collapse after winning the toss and choosing to bat against South Africa in Chennai.

The Ministry of Defence says it will not comment on a claim in the Sunday Times that members of the SAS have been seized by rebel forces in Libya.

The charity ChildLine says calls from children in local authority care in the UK have risen by a third in the past five years.