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Premier League players would still suffer "significant abuse" if they chose to reveal they are gay, Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has warned. Clarke was answering Commons Select Committee questions at the government's governance of football inquiry. "I'm cautious of encouraging...

Due diligence was carried out on Sam Allardyce before his appointment as England manager, says Football Association chairman Greg Clarke. Allardyce, 61, left his role in September after 67 days in charge following a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice...

Eight men were found guilty on Monday of waging what prosecutors called an "utterly abhorrent" campaign of sexual violence and intimidation against young girls in the Rotherham area of northern England 13 years ago. The defendants faced charges including rape,...

An attack by Islamist militants on a high-security prison in Niger holding about 100 jihadists has been foiled, government spokesman Marou Amadou says. Fighting at Koutoukale, 50km (31 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, was reported at dawn. Mr Amadou told...

The house where Adolf Hitler was born is set to be demolished to stop it becoming a focal point for neo-Nazis. The future of the former guesthouse has been widely debated in Austria, where opinion was torn between tearing it...

NatWest bank has frozen the accounts of Russia's state-run broadcaster RT, its editor-in-chief says. Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!" An MP...

Russia has announced a "humanitarian pause" in its bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo. Moscow said it would halt operations in Aleppo on Thursday 20 October for an eight-hour span between 08:00 (05:00 GMT) and 16:00. The Russian defence ministry...

Wall Street inched lower in a choppy session on Monday as an advance in technology and financial stocks offset the effects of lower oil prices and a dip in healthcare stocks. Investors are also awaiting Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley...

Deutsche Bank needs to move quickly to boost capital and deliver healthy profits if it is to restore investor confidence, but its room for maneuver appears limited, bankers, analysts and investors say. When John Cryan took over as chief executive...

Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, reported its first profit increase in three quarters on Monday, foiling expectations for another drop, as bond trading surged and expenses fell. Like rivals JPMorgan (JPM.N) and Citigroup (C.N),...