World champions New Zealand recover from last week's defeat by Ireland with a convincing 66-3 win against Italy in Rome.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says the uninspiring goalless draw against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford was "a game we needed to win".

Manchester City record an eighth consecutive victory as they swat aside West Ham - but Pep Guardiola says they were "quite lucky".

Supporters of a hard-line cleric planned new protests over the acquittal of a Christian woman.

Mick McCarthy will be unveiled as Republic of Ireland boss on Sunday but he will be replaced by Stephen Kenny after the Euro 2020 finals.

Wales score two tries to one to beat South Africa 20-11 and complete the first autumn clean sweep in their history.

Tottenham outplay Chelsea to inflict the Blues' first Premier League defeat of the season, which shows they are capable of "big things", says Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino.

The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final is postponed for 24 hours until Sunday after River Plate fans attack the Boca Juniors team bus.

What does the future hold for one manager at the start of his reign and another shrouded in speculation that he may be nearing the end?

France's leader voices anger after violence at a march against fuel prices on the Champs-Élysées.

Fiji claim their first ever win over France with a surprise 21-14 victory over the 2011 World Cup runners-up at the Stade de France.

Radical preacher Amadou Kou, who headed a militant group, is said to have died on Friday.

Olivia Hooker, who has died aged 103, went on to become the first black woman to join the US Coast Guard.

A deserted US Army base has found new life as a place of art, which the BBC's Stephen McDonell explored.

Tens of thousands of Hindu activists converge on Ayodhya to demand a temple be built.

An app is encouraging young authors to take up creative writing, by getting them to work in teams on their mobiles.

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "in a box".

Giulia and Edoardo are part of an informal group trying to change attitudes in Italy towards LGBT Catholics

In the days after the guns fell silent in Europe, fighting continued in Africa until the message got through.

Rahibai Soma Popere hails from a tribal village in western India, where she is known as Seed Mother.

Five charts on the scandal surrounding Carlos Ghosn, whose downfall has shocked the global car industry.