LONDON

Talks between Arsenal and Chelsea over the loan of Michael Essien are taking place, according to reports, with the 29 year old set to make the move to the Emirates for the season ahead.

WikiLeaks founder prepared to stay up to a year in Ecuadorian embassy.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Andre Villas-Boas rules out signing Marseille forward Loic Remy in this transfer window.

Manchester City will be full of nostalgia as they prepare to take on Queen Park Rangers at the Etihad because their last victory against the Hoops saw them lift their first Premier League title since 1968.

The US Open moves into the fifth day and the men's singles event will continue with its second round of play.

Arsene Wenger has given updates on the situations surrounding Marouane Chamakh, Nicklas Bendtner and Theo Walcott, with the Arsenal manager insisting the latter wants to stay at the club, despite not signing a new deal.

Sarah Storey dominates to claim ParalympicGB's first gold medal of London Games in women's C5 individual pursuit final.

Andy Murray made short work of Ivan Dodig as he secured a straight-sets victory to advance to the third round of the US Open for the seventh consecutive year.

Reports claim that the pregnant singer and her businessman fiance have tied the knot after she is spotted wearing a wedding band.

Mark Hughes is set to continue a busy summer of transfer activity after QPR had an offer accepted to sign Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero.

Drunk-driver left two-time cycling gold medalist unable to compete at London 2012 Paralympics.

Judy Chicago talks exclusively to Gianluca Mezzofiore about the state of radical art and the challenges punk feminist band pose to Russian bigotry.

World record holder Victoria Arlen faces an anxious wait over her continued participation at the London 2012 Paralympics after being found non-eligible for competition by the International Paralympic Committee.

QPR have have confirmed the signing of Inter Milan goal keeper Julio Cesar, subject to international clearance and visa formalities

UK Border Agency strips London Metropolitan University of Highly Trusted Status - leaving overseas students just 60 days to find a new academic home.

The Games are returning to Britain where they first began more than six decades ago.

Britain's most successful modern-day Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson insists a partisan home crowd might not be the gateway to automatic success at the London Games.

Equestrian rider Lee Pearson is hoping to make history in London by overtaking the medal haul of Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to become Britain's most successful Paralympian.

Information naming assassin of Swedish PM, who was gunned down in 1986, found on millionairess's computer.

Inquiry to investigate claims that former Palestinian leader was poisoned with radioactive polonium.

Hector Bellerin believes he made the right decision after choosing to leave Spanish giants Barcelona in order to join Arsenal last summer.