Coach Milovan Rajevac shares a joke with John Pantsil during training as Ghana seek to become the first African World Cup semi-finalist tomorrow against Uruguay. Photograph: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters If the World Cup were decided by an X Factor-style popularity contest, Ghana might already... 

Nicolas Sarkozy’s election campaign has come under scrutiny. Photograph: Witt/AFP/Getty Images French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country’s richest woman secretly funded President Nicolas Sarkozy’s election campaign. Sarkozy... 

The Tory-dominated committee questioned George Osborner’s insistence that the budget was ‘fair’. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images George Osborne’s austerity budget has increased the risk of Britain sliding back into recession and is unfair on the least well-off, according... 

Tour de France Back in the Day: Who needs energy drinks when you can have a crafty ciggy on the way down the mountains. Photograph: Getty Images Today’s 196km run from Rodez to Revel in the south of France looks to be another one for the sprinters with Norway’s Thor Hushovd having...