Coton Sport are seeking to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Al Ahly on Sunday to win the Champions League title.

BBC News looks at how the global credit crisis unfolded.

Joe Calzaghe gives his clearest indication yet that he will quit boxing after extending his unbeaten record to 46 with a points win over Roy Jones Jr.

Save the Children aid worker Ishbel Matheson writes of her visit to the Kabati refugee camp, in DR Congo

Celtic restore their lead at the top of the SPL table with a comfortable victory over Hearts at Tynecastle.

Eyewitnesses in the regional capital Quetta describe the chaos after the earthquake in Balochistan

South African writer Es'kia Mphahlele - the University of Witwatersrand's first black professor - dies at the age of 88.

Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman ensure India manage to draw the first Test of four against Australia in Bangalore.

There are more money transfer facilities in Britain than McDonald's and KFC outlets put together.

A motorist cleared of causing a boy's death by dangerous driving is sentenced for failing to stop after an accident.

Top US investment bank Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy protection, sending shockwaves through financial markets.

Pictures as Sussex win the Pro40 title and Essex lift the Division Two trophy

Two powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia's Moluccas islands and Hokkaido in northern Japan, but there are no reports of injuries.

Worsening US job figures heighten fears of a global economic slowdown - undermining stock markets around the world.

Third seed Novak Djokovic defeats Spain's Tommy Robredo in the fourth round of the US Open.

England produce another fine one-day performance to beat South Africa by 126 runs to seal the series at The Oval.

Police on Tyneside use a high-voltage taser to subdue a man after a woman is found with facial injuries.

After 70 years of dominating Sheffield's skyline, the Tinsley cooling towers are being blown up. How do you safely explode two 76m (250ft) -high structures within sight of a motorway?

Workington Town's play-off hopes are hampered by a 26-20 defeat to high-flying Keighley Cougars.

The UK's biggest domestic energy supplier raises gas prices by 35% and electricity prices by 9%, with immediate effect.