Ben Duckett is dropped from an Ashes tour game and also suspended after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar.

Hundreds of thousands of fans line the streets of Paris to pay tribute to a French icon.

King Michael's death is uniting, at least for now, a deeply polarised Romania, says the BBC's Nick Thorpe.

Motorcyclist won the World Superbikes title for the third successive year - profile of Sports Personality nominee.

Meet Kimberly Espinel, the blogger earning a crust from teaching people how to photograph food for Instagram.

Saturday's racing at Aintree, Sandown and Chepstow is going ahead despite weather warnings for icy and snowy conditions across large parts of the UK.

A woman raped by a driver in Delhi says executives got her medical records after doubting her story.

British coaches Paul Green and Gareth Brown are recruited by USA Taekwondo less than a month after resigning from the GB programme.

Tom Curran makes an unbeaten 77 but the batsmen in England's Ashes squad fail to push for a Test place on day one of the tour game in Perth.

Actor Kathryn Rossetter says she suffered an "abusive experience" during a Broadway play in 1984.

PM Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi troops are now in complete control of the country.

The former minister said that Spain's reaction to the declaration of independence was "too severe".

Germany's Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek miss out on gold after crashing near the line in their second heat in the women's bobsleigh World Cup event in Winterberg.

Charlie Veron's been diving for 50 years and has discovered more than 20% of the world's coral species

West Ham win for the first time under David Moyes as Marko Arnautovic's first goal for the club proves enough to beat a disjointed Chelsea.

Bradley Wiggins finishes in 21st place on his competitive rowing debut at the British Rowing Indoor Championships.

Hundreds of leather-clad bikers follow the French singer's coffin down the Champs-Elysees.

A mummy dating back about 3,500 years is among items discovered in the two tombs.

Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is through to a seventh UK Championship final in York, where he fill face Shaun Murphy.

Swedish boxer Erik Skoglund is in a "serious yet stable condition" after having surgery for a bleed on the brain, his promoters have said.

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Premier League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City.