Sean O'Driscoll is dismissed as Nottingham Forest manager after five months in charge of the Championship club.

Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action from the Boxing Day Premier League matches.

A severe winter storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern US has brought heavy snow to the Midwest and threatens disruption in the east.

The US Treasury is to take extraordinary measures to delay reaching a 31 December borrowing limit, as the so-called "fiscal cliff" looms.

Japanese carmaker Toyota agrees to pay more than $1bn in a settlement of US lawsuits dating back to the recall of millions of cars in 2009 and 2010.

Convicted Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese Sr dies in prison aged 75, US officials have announced.

Jon Walters scores twice as Stoke fight back to beat Liverpool and climb to eighth in the Premier League table.

Former US President George H W Bush has been in intensive care with a fever since Sunday, his spokesman reveals.