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The former head of China's football association, Nan Yong and his predecessor, Xie Yalong are both sentenced to 10-and-a-half-years in jail each for corruption.

The Olympic cauldron has been lit at Edinburgh Castle at the end of a day which saw large crowds turn out to watch the flame.

Researchers fail to find knots or "textures" in the Big Bang's leftover glow, ruling out a number of theories that attempt to explain how the Universe started.

Sports Minister Hugh Robertson says the London Olympics is set to come in under budget, with £476m of the contingency funding left.

Meltdown or the start of a golden age?

Sainsbury's reports a rise in sales in the face of a "challenging market", led by its smaller convenience stores and online operation.

Plans for school closures to be decided by local panels rather than ministers are hugely flawed and will be seen as a "kangaroo court," claims an education solicitor.

Blow darting is a rapidly growing sport among Japanese pensioners.

Culling vampire bats in South American nations does not curb the spread of rabies, in fact it could actually be counterproductive, a study suggests.

The European Commission unveils proposals to end wasteful discarding of fish, amid differing ideas about what should replace it.

The leader of an under-fire council accused of failing to safeguard young people is to meet ministers after complaints some children were locked in padded "time out rooms".

Alec Stewart says Ian Bell is the perfect choice to replace Kevin Pietersen at the top of the order in England's one-day side

The Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on its "political status" in a bid to end the dispute with Argentina over the archipelago's sovereignty.

Hundreds of firefighters are tackling a wildfire in the US state of Colorado, which has left at least one person dead.

The prisoner ombudsman says she is worried inmates' use of illegal drugs is accepted, after a report finds a man who died in his cell had taken a "cocktail" of drugs.

The run on Northern Rock could have been prevented, the outgoing chief executive of the Financial Services Authority tells the BBC.

Papers unsure about Olympics opening ceremony

Four soldiers killed whilst peace keeping in Bosnia are being remembered later with the rededication of two plaques.

US-based organisations apply for 884 new net address endings such as .law and .music, dwarfing the UK's 40 applications.

Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are to hold talks in Washington as part of the US-India strategic dialogue.