Cristiano Ronaldo versus Zlatan Ibrahimovic, they called it. It could have been Ronaldo versus the rest of the world and he would still have won. On this night, he was just that good. Portugal are going to the World Cup with the accusations that they are a one-man team ringing in their...

Syrian regime has started in Suweida province, south Syria, to distribute compensations for its victims' families. Assad's gift was no more than two goats for each family, State-run media said. The "generous" compensation would cover 60 rural families so far. Ahmed...

France came back from the brink to overpower Ukraine 3-0 in a thrilling playoff return match to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with a 3-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday. Oleg Gusev put through his own net in the 72nd minute after Mamadou Sakho had put Les Bleus ahead with his first...

After escaping shelling in Damascus and terrifying bloodshed at sea, 14 month-old Palestinian twin girls are now among hundreds of people living in limbo in grimy Egyptian police stations, with no end in sight to their plight. Of the 2 million people who fled Syria's civil war, none...