Player wages eat up most of the money involved in international transfer deals during the past two years, according to new Fifa figures.

The union boss who led striking ferry workers in Calais apologises for the disruption caused but does not rule out fresh action.

Stockpiles of one of the world's most effective anti-venom to treat snakebite are running out, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk, experts warn.

Andy Murray suffers his earliest Grand Slam exit for five years, losing to Kevin Anderson in the fourth round of the US Open.

Head teachers say plans to extend free childcare places in England's schools could backfire, leaving fewer children attending school nurseries.

A British father and his wife accuse a doctor at a hospital in El Salvador of swapping their newborn son at the request of child traffickers.

Hundreds of migrants break through police lines in Hungary and head north along a motorway, as EU politicians continue to wrangle over the influx of asylum seekers.

The two Koreas agree to hold rare reunions next month for families separated by the Korean War, according to Seoul.