British cyclist Chris Hoy wins the 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year in Liverpool.

India thrash England by six wickets in the fifth one-day international at Cuttack.

Andy Murray beats Andy Roddick on the second day of the Masters Cup in Shanghai.

England survive a scare to come through 32-22 against Papua New Guinea in the opening game of the Rugby League World Cup.

Will the economic downturn help the BNP make further electoral gains across the country?

Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes parade in front of thousands of fans through London.

Pictures of celebrity amateurs and top golfers out on the courses in Scotland

Bradford and Bingley's bowler hat is one of the most instantly recognised logos in the financial sector. What will happen to it now the bank is being broken up?

Korea's KJ Choi leads two-time champion Greg Norman by one shot in the second round at the 137th Open.

Number five seed Elena Dementieva beats fellow Russian Nadia Petrova to gain a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

BBC Sport football analyst Graham Taylor assesses the Euro 2008 final between Germany and Spain

Portsmouth beat Cardiff 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley.

Rahul Dravid talks to Sanjeev Srivastava of the BBC's Hindi Service about cricket and more.

The BBC's Martin Redfern is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year.

The big talking points of the day cropped up on the first Let's Talk of 2008, but so did bingeing on cakes, trysts with an unnamed actress, singing in an opera and switching allegiance to your rival team.

With security improved in the Iraqi capital, the BBC's Crispin Thorold meets Iraqis who want to see other things get better, and meets the man charged with getting it done.

Mahendra Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh help India ease to a five-wicket win over Pakistan in the first one-day international.

A man convicted of killing his wife and dumping her body in a lake so he could live off her life insurance had a dark side to him.

Journalist Francis Wheen talks to the BBC about his News Quiz companion Alan Coren, who has died aged 69.

Scotland and England win but Wales lose and the Republic of Ireland draw against Germany in Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifiers.