29/04/2012 | World

Sarkozy on defensive in bitter final election battle

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for tougher borders and a stronger national identity on Sunday and accused the left of petty slander as he struggled to catch up with his Socialist rival a week before a presidential runoff.

13/02/2013 | World

Crowd in St Peter's gives Pope standing ovation at final Mass

A capacity crowd in St Peter's Basilica gave Pope Benedict a thunderous standing ovation at an emotional last public Mass before his resignation at the end of the month.

18/03/2013 | Sports

Puerto Rico humble Japan to reach WBC title

Giant-killers Puerto Rico ended Japan's World Baseball Classic reign, combining a strong pitching effort with the power of Alex Rios to win their semi-final showdown 3-1 at AT&T Park.

04/03/2013 | Sports

Vélez thrash San Martín (SJ)

Vélez Sarsfield thrashed San Juan's San Martín by 3-0 in the last match of the fourth round of the Final Tournament.

11/03/2013 | Sports

Lanús beat Arsenal, achieve top

Lanús defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the match for the fifth round of the Final Tournament, and achieved the top of the ranking, passing by River.

11/03/2013 | Sports

Quilmes leave relegation zone after defeating Argentinos

Quilmes defeated Argentinos Juniors by 3-1 in the last match for the Final Tournament's fifth round, and managed to leave the relegation zone, complicating Independiente.

01/03/2013 | Sports

Newell's defeat Belgrano in Santa Fe

Local Newell's Old Boys defeated Córdoba's Belgrano by 2-0 in the match for the fourth round of the Final Tournament. The match had to be suspended for a while due to incidents with Belgrano's fans.

02/03/2013 | Sports

Colón manage to tie Estudiantes in the last minute

Colón managed to draw 3-3 with Estudiantes de La Plata in the match for the fourth round of the Final Tournament played at the "Elephant Cemetery" Stadium in Santa Fe province.

02/03/2013 | Sports

López leads Arsenal's victory over Independiente

Independiente, who has recently left the relegation zone, was defeated today by Arsenal de Sarandí 1-0 in the match for the fourth round of the Final Tournament.

23/02/2013 | Sports

All Boys defeat Boca Juniors

All Boys defeated Boca Juniors 2-0 in the match for the third round of the Final Tournament held in Floresta neighbourhood.

27/02/2013 | Sports

Atlético set up Cup final with Real Madrid

Atlético Madrid set up a King's Cup final with city rivals Real after Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao scored in a 2-2 second leg draw at Sevilla today, to progress 4-3 on aggregate.

01/03/2013 | Sports

Quilmes manage to tie Rafaela

Quilmes recovered and managed to draw the score against Atlético Rafaela by 3-3 in the first match of the fourth round of the Final Tournament.

18/02/2013 | Sports

Arsenal, Atlético Rafaela close round with goalless tie

Arsenal drew without goals with Atlético Rafaela in the last match of the Final Tournament's second round.

22/02/2013 | Sports

Arsenal beat Argentinos

Arsenal defeated Argentinos by 2-1 in the opening match of the third round of the Final Tournament held at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.

22/02/2013 | Sports

San Lorenzo-Estudiantes draw in La Plata

San Lorenzo managed to tie Estudiantes 1-1 by the end of the match for the third round of the Final Tournament.

08/02/2013 | Sports

Arsenal hold Unión in Final championship opener

Unión hel Arsenal 1-1 in the opening match of the 2013 Final tournament. Brahian Alemán scored at 1’ of the first half, while Darío Benedetto scored in added time in the second half. The match was suspended during 22 minutes during the second half

16/02/2013 | Sports

Del Potro on fire as he downs Dimitrov to reach final

Argentine Juan Martín del Potro is determined to go one step further than his runner-up finish 12 months ago at the World Indoor Tournament as he reached the final with a 6-4 6-4 win over Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov-

17/02/2013 | Sports

Del Potro beats Benneteau in Rotterdam final

Argentine Juan Martín Del Potro clinched his first title of the year as he overcame Julien Benneteau 7-6 6-3 in the final of the World Indoor Tournament in Rotterdam.

29/11/2012 | Sports

Tigre achieve Sudamericana Cup's final

Tigre drew Colombia's Millonarios 1-1 in the second leg of the Sudamericana Cup semi-finals, and reached the final round thanks to the aggregate score.

05/12/2012 | Sports

Goalless draw in Tigre-San Pablo first leg of Sudamericana final

Tigre drew without goals with Brazil's San Pablo during the first leg of the Sudamericana Cup, held in Boca Juniors' stadium.

12/12/2012 | Sports

Tigre abandon Sudamericana final over gun threat

Argentina's Tigre accused police of pulling guns on their players and refused to emerge from the dressing room for the second half of their Copa Sudamericana final, leaving Sao Paulo to be declared winners of the tournament.

13/10/2012 | Sports

Djokovic and Murray into Shanghai final

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic cruised through their semi-finals at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday to set up a repeat of their memorable US Open final last month.

20/10/2012 | Sports

Del Potro breezes into Vienna final

Argentine top seed Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the final of the Vienna ATP tournament, after he defeated Luxembourgish Gilles Muller, by 7-6, 7-6 in a two hour match.

18/11/2012 | Sports

Czechs lift Davis Cup with victory over Spain

The Czech Republic beat holders Spain 3-2 to win the Davis Cup for the first time as an independent nation when Radek Stepanek overcame Nicolas Almagro in four tough sets before a raucous home crowd.

09/08/2012 | Sports

Imperious Bolt blazes to sprint double-double

Jamaican Usain Bolt etched his name further into Olympic folklore by completing an unprecedented and sensational sprint double-double with a smooth 200 metres victory in the joint fourth fastest time ever run.

09/09/2012 | Sports

Williams wins US Open women's singles title

Serena Williams won the US Open women's singles title at Flushing Meadows. The US defeated world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the final to capture her 15th career grand slam title.

10/09/2012 | Sports

Murray fights off Djokovic to win US Open

07/07/2012 | Sports

Serena wins fifth Wimbledon crown

21/07/2012 | Sports

Mónaco defeats Almagro, advances to Hamburg final

Juan Mónaco defeated Spanish player Nicolás Almagro 3-6, 6-3 ans 6-4 in an intense match for the semi-finals of the ATP Hamburg open and will play the final.

08/08/2012 | Sports

Bolt coasts into 200m final

Jamaican Usain Bolt hardly had to break sweat as he coasted into the men's 200 metres final where he will bid for an unprecedented Olympic sprint double-double.

01/07/2012 | Sports

Superb Spain rout Italy to retain title in style

Spain cemented their status as football's global superpower in vintage style by thrashing an overwhelmed Italy 4-0 to retain their European championship title.

05/07/2012 | Sports

Radwanska sees off Kerber to reach final

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland overpowered German Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-4 to reach her first Wimbledon final.

06/07/2012 | Sports

Murray ends Britain's long wait at Wimbledon

Andy Murray consigned one of Wimbledon's longest-standing statistics to the scrapheap when he became the first Briton to reach the men's final in 74 years with a 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

19/05/2012 | Sports

Djokovic downs Federer to set up Nadal final

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in straight sets today and will play Rafa Nadal in the Rome Masters final for the second year in a row.

27/06/2012 | Sports

Boca and Corinthians end up tied

Boca Juniors and Corinthians ended up tied 1-1 in the first leg of the Libertadores Cup final. The Argentine team hosts the Brazilian powerhouse at the Bombonera stadium.

28/06/2012 | Sports

Balotelli double fires Italy into final

Italy forward Mario Balotelli scored two superb first-half goals to steer his team to a 2-1 victory over favourites Germany on Thursday and into the Euro 2012 final where they will meet holders Spain.

09/05/2012 | Sports

Simeone wins duel against Bielsa, celebrates in Europa League final

12/05/2012 | Sports

Azarenka to meet Serena in Madrid Open final

Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams will square off for the Madrid Open title after the current and former world number ones swept into the final with a minimum of fuss today.

19/05/2012 | Sports

Chelsea win Champions League

Chelsea stunned Bayern Munich to win the Champions League for the first time after a penalty shootout in the Allianz Arena after a tension-soaked final had ended 1-1 after extra time today.

25/04/2012 | Sports

Bayern stun Real in shootout to set up Chelsea final

05/05/2012 | Sports

Chelsea hang on to beat Liverpool in FA Cup final

Chelsea survived a late Liverpool fightback to win the FA Cup final 2-1 on Saturday and lift the trophy for the fourth time in six seasons thanks to goals from Ramires and Didier Drogba.

05/05/2012 | Sports

Del Potro through to Estoril final

Juan Martín Del Potro, favourite to win the competition, beat Swiss player Stanilas Wawrinka, by 7-6, 6-4 in one of the semifinal matches of the Estoril ATP 250 (Portugal) which now puts him through to the final.

27/01/2012 | Sports

Murray left behind as Djokovic powers through to the final

World number one Novak Djokovic fought off what appeared to be breathing problems and fatigue to advance to the final of the Australian Open following an epic five-set semi-final victory over Britain's Andy Murray. Djokovic will face Spaniard Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final.

18/02/2012 | Sports

Del Potro beats Berdych to reach Rotterdam final

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro beat Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-1 in a match for the semifinal of the Rotterdam tournament and thus gained a spot in the final.

21/04/2012 | Sports

Nadal and Djokovic to meet in Monte Carlo final

World number one Novak Djokovic will try to deal Rafael Nadal another blow when the world's two top players clash in Sunday's Monte Carlo Masters tennis final, where the Spaniard is chasing an eighth consecutive crown.

29/01/2011 | Sports

Murray and Djokovic do battle to fill the vacuum

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will put friendship aside when they meet in Sunday's Australian Open final to decide who fills the power vacuum left by the early exits of Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer.

15/12/2011 | Sports

Barça blast Al Sadd to set up Santos final

Barcelona swatted aside Qatar's Al Sadd 4-0 to advance to the Club World Cup final, but their win was clouded when striker David Villa suffered a broken leg.

14/01/2012 | Sports

Sydney final washed out by rain

The final of the Sydney International was postponed because of wet weather today. Finland's Jarkko Nieminen and France's Julien Benneteau will now meet at 10am on Sunday, local time, complicating the travel plans of both players for the Australian Open which starts on Monday.

24/07/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Solid Uruguay win Copa América

Diego Forlán scored twice after Luis Suarez's opening goal as Uruguay beat Paraguay 3-0 to win the Copa America on Sunday and be crowned South American champions for a record 15th time.

21/07/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Paraguay ride their luck to reach Copa final

Paraguay beat Venezuela 5-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the final of the Copa America for the first time since 1979 after a fortunate goalless draw.

20/07/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Squad unity key in Uruguay progress, says striker Suárez

Uruguay's long-time cohesion and squad harmony has helped them overcome a poor start to the Copa América and reach the final, striker Luis Suárez said.

22/07/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Paraguay coach banned for final, teams fined after brawl

Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino will watch the Copa América final from the stands after he was suspended for two games following a brawl at the end of their semi-final win over Venezuela.