BBC Mexico

Dwain Chambers' hopes of 60m gold at the World Indoor Championships are boosted after American gold medal favourite Ivory Williams is given a three-month doping ban.

A profile of Carlos Slim, the Mexican tycoon who has been named the richest man in the world by Forbes magazine.

South Africa defender Matthew Booth believes their month-long training camp in Brazil will be crucial to determining the hosts' World Cup fortunes.

Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell finishes fifth at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Mexico.

Heather Watson goes out in the quarter-final stage of the Tangipahoa Tennis Classic in Louisiana.

The world's leading companies are failing to make the most of their female workforce, a World Economic Forum report says.

Almost four in five people worldwide see internet access as a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

Ivory Coast are in talks with ex-England Sven-Goran Eriksson about coaching the team during the 2010 World Cup in June.

Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who died last month aged 40, wins a Brit Insurance Design Award 2010 for his latest spring/summer catwalk show.

An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs.

Youngster Kermit Erasmus is included by South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parriera in a 29-man squad for a World Cup training camp in Brazil.

A law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry and have the right to adopt comes into effect in Mexico City.

Toy manufacturer Lego has reported a 55.9% profit rise for 2009, helped by Lego Star Wars and Lego City.

How scientists are using dead pigs and undersea cameras to find out more about life in the ocean.

Fabio Capello praises the influence of Peter Crouch after the striker's double helps England to a 3-1 win against Egypt at Wembley.

England come from behind to beat Egypt at Wembley, while Craig Levein's reign as Scotland manager gets off to a winning start, but Wales and Northern Ireland lose.

Ivory Coast's preparation towards the World Cup suffers a jolt after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of South Korea.

England manager Fabio Capello will unveil his final 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup on Tuesday, 1 June.

Guatemala's chief of national police and the country's top anti-drugs official are arrested over alleged links to drug trafficking.

John Wood Group, a company with a leading role in providing support services to the oil and gas industry, reports a sharp fall in profits.