Tommy Smith's fierce strike is enough to give Watford victory over 10-man Charlton.

Sri Lankan troops say they killed 115 Tamil rebels over the weekend in heavy fighting in the north.

Russia engages in fierce clashes in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, reports say, amid fears of all-out war.

Fierce fighting continues between troops and militants in north-west Pakistan, as the army denies soldiers are surrounded.

A family and other civilians are killed in fierce fighting between troops and militants in Pakistan's north-west.

Athens bronze medallist Alison Williamson admits competition will be fierce for Olympic gold in Beijing.

Somali insurgents and government troops exchange heavy artillery fire in the capital, Mogadishu.

Harry Kewell defends his transfer to Turkish side Galatasaray despite receiving fierce criticism from some Leeds fans for the move.

South American heads of state end a regional summit with a fierce attack on the "barbarism" of EU immigration policies.

Whitehaven coach Ged Stokes warns his players they face a fierce battle in the race for a play-off spot in National League Two.

Fierce fighting breaks out between Lebanese government supporters and opposition supporters in the eastern Bekaa.

While the OECD discussed high-minded but long-term measures to tackle global warming and economic development, a fierce debate has been going on at the sidelines of the meeting over the growing protectionist pressures around the world.

High-profile, independent and politically ambitious, Hillary Rodham Clinton has waged a fierce battle to win the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2008.

Wasps survive a fierce Leicester fightback to win the Guinness Premiership final and ensure a dream send-off for Lawrence Dallaglio.

Both sides in Sri Lanka's war claim to have inflicted heavy casualties on the other in fierce fighting in the north.

Lebanese troops deploy in Tripoli to end fierce fighting between Hezbollah allies and government supporters.

Four US soldiers are killed in Baghdad, the latest casualties of fierce clashes with Shia militia.

Eleven people are killed in Baghdad in clashes between US forces and Shia militias, as Moqtada Sadr appeals for calm.

Sri Lanka's army says it has seen its heaviest casualties in months during fierce clashes in northern Sri Lanka.

Images from Gaza, after a fierce day of fighting between Hamas militants and Israeli troops.