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A UK ticket-holder scooped the top prize on Tuesday night's draw, making it the country's largest ever lottery win.The draw results showed that the winner matched five main numbers and both the Lucky Stars to take the huge jackpot, which had been capped after a series of rollovers, made it the largest ever in the UK.British national lottery operator Camelot would not confirm where in the UK the winning ticket was bought, but they confirmed that nobody had yet claimed the prize.

Wesley Sneijder looks set to feature in the Premier League next season, with Man Utd likely to tie up a deal for the midfielder in the coming weeks. Reports in today's press suggest Inter Milan will "demand" Portugal winger Nani as part of any deal that takes Sneijder to Old Trafford. Meanwhile, United are interested in signing Porto striker Falcao this summer, according to reports this morning. Finally, Sergio Aguero is not heading to Old Trafford, despite reports in yesterday's pre...

The pick of today's Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 11 July 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

Some of the heat has come out of the Aussie over the last 24 hours after the RBA doused expectations of two further rate hikes this year. This could see the Aussie come back to test support at 1.0600. After seeing a move back to 1.0600, traders could then be looking to a bounce from support.

Chelsea transfer target Neymar has confirmed he will remain with Santos next season, ending months of speculation linking him with a move to Europe.

Sir Alex Ferguson is weighing up a £20m bid for Samir Nasri, as well as offers for Thiago Alcantara and Emilio Izaguirre but Ashley Young's arrival could spell the end of Nani's Old Trafford career.

England is officially the fourth best team in world football after FIFA released their latest world rankings. The news has taken most England fans by surprise but will be a welcome news for under fire manager Fabio Capello and England continue to struggle in their bid to qualify for the 2012 European Championships.

24 June 2011 – the pick of today's transfer gossip

André Villas-Boas has resigned as FC Porto coach and will be installed as the next Chelsea manager once his €15m (£13.3m) release clause is paid by the Stamford Bridge club, the Portuguese club announced this morning.

The Greek economic crisis may affect the Eurozone first, with France and Germany set to lose a vast amount of money if Greece defaults, but there will be considerable damage done to the United Kingdom as well.

FC Porto manager André Villas-Boas is on the verge of becoming the new Chelsea manager, according to reports in Portugal.

Syrian President Bashar Assad plans to make his third major speech since protests against his government began in mid-March, the state news agency SANA reported.

Greece has become the lowest rated country in the world, falling behind nations such as Jamaica and Grenada after Standard and Poor's cut the country's rating by three notches. Greece now has a credit rating of CCC, down from its rating of B and it is expected to be reduced further. There is now growing frustration in Europe over the efforts being made by the Greek government with a default the most likely outcome.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has announced that Turkey will not close its doors to Syrians fleeing unrest in their country.

The National Transitional Council in Libya is slowly trying to establish itself as the legitimate successor to Gaddafi. The West has helped the rebel movement by widely promoting it and calling for countries throughout the world to officially back the new regime. However while the U.S , the U.K, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Canada have officially recognised the political organisation as the new legitimate representative body of the Libyan people, countries in Africa and in the Middle East ...

France, which currently holds the rotating presidency for the Group of Eight and the G20 is hosting the annual G8 summit in Deauville on May 26 and 27. The meeting is due to focus on issues including the global economy, political and security issues such as drug trafficking and terrorism, exiting from Afghanistan, Iran's nuclear program, the Middle East and North Africa and Internet governance. Following the March 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, n...

Following the U.S. President's European trip, critics in the United States have claimed the president is using it as a way to deflect attention from the domestic issues that preoccupy Americans. For several months, Barack Obama's ratings on the economy have plummeted which, given that the 2012 election approaches, cannot be good news for the President.

Eurozone financial ministers are to continue their talks in Brussels, with discussions now expected to focus mainly on the poor state of the crumbling Greek economy. Greece got a 110bn euro (£94bn) bail-out in 2010, but leaders are now coming to the realisation that this was not enough to fix the county’s economy. Greece however is not the only European country in trouble since on Monday ministers approved a 78bn euro bail-out for Portugal while the IMF has also approved 1.58bn euros in new assi...

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as bailout talks in Brussels continued today.

The sexual assault charges against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York and his arrest have sent shockwaves across Europe, but how will it impact on the French political scene?

After being arrested on Saturday over allegations of serious sexual assault, Dominique Strauss-Khan has made his first public appearance handcuffed and surrounded by policeman. He was taken to an unknown location while waiting for his hearing to start in a Manhattan court later on today.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the shock arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, threatened to disrupt key talks on the eurozone bailouts of Greece and Portugal.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading despite a report suggested that Portugal will need a larger EU/IMF bailout than was previously expected.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as movement at the European Central Bank appeared to offset fears about sovereign debt in the eurozone.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading following the news that Portugal has asked for a bailout from the European Union.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as investors continued to show optimism about the state of the global economic recovery.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as positive signs about the global economic recovery started to be outweighed by more immediate concerns.

Shares in Compass Group were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the company said it had a "good first half" year ended 31March.

Read here the full text of Chancellor George Osborne's Budget speech to the House of Commons.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as investors continued to buy after last week's panic sell offs.