Manchester City's Yaya Toure believes Juventus are favourites to top Europa League Group A despite the 'Old Lady' drawing 3-3 against Polish minnows Lech Poznan... more
Roberto Mancini has challenged Manchester City striker Jo to keep up the good work following his goalscoring contribution to their 2-0 Europa League triumph over Salzburg... more
Sven-Goran Eriksson's former assistant Hans Backe has confirmed he will have talks with Notts County regarding the vacant managerial post at the Coca-Cola League Two club... more
How do you turn a family of urban couch potatoes into hiking, yodelling, muesli-eating von Trapps?
Anne McElvoy packs her knapsack and heads to Austria’s Kinderhotel to find out... more
Red Bull Salzburg face UEFA charges after an assistant referee was hit in the head by an object thrown from the stands during their Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb... more
Jamie Neale, the Muswell Hill backpacker lost for 10 days in the Australian bush, is doubtless relieved to have been found before succumbing to dehydration or unpleasant Antipodean wildlife... more
The Austrian arm of discount supermarkets chain Aldi launched the company’s first petrol stations with astonishingly cheap fuel, triggering hopes that it may do the same in Britain ... more
Amanda Roocroft’s singing career looked burnt out — but her comeback at English National Opera next week offers a lesson for the next generation of divas... more
If singer Katherine Jenkins needs any pointers on how to maintain her poise in front of the cameras, she could do worse than ask an old pro like Joan Collins.... more
Musical standards ruled, even if the tedium of the Pelléas and Mélisande production did its devilish and level best to hijack minds and flatten imagination.... more
Our critics introduce the names to watch out for over the next 12 months - the ones you won’t have heard of before, the ones that you’ll suddenly see everywhere – and the one the critics will love best in 2007.... more
They're the new golden couple of opera, and although any romantic linkage between Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon is strenuously denied, few at the Barbican believed it... more
There's always a special buzz when foreign ensembles come to the Proms. So make the most of tonight's concerts, which mark the end of the overseas visitors to the Albert Hall this season.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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