David Beckham

The BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award is rarely won by a team player, but Wimbledon champ Andy Murray may not be a shoo-in.

Watch an extended online edition of Channel 4 News at midday covering the loss of the former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary, Nelson Mandela, who has died at the age of 95.

The number of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war has topped two million, the UN’s refugee agency says, in what it is calling the “great tragedy of this century”.

David Beckham says he is “fortunate to have realised his dreams” as he bows out of professional football.

The editor and deputy editor of the People, and two former Mirror Group journalists, are arrested by police investigating alleged phone hacking.

The phrase coined by Margaret Thatcher: “There is no alternative”- or Tina for short – has been revived by David Cameron when talking about deficit reduction. But Lib Dem Vince Cable argues otherwise.

Government plans to cut spending in Whitehall departments and invest an extra £5bn in schools and other capital projects will “make our country work better”, says David Cameron.

David Beckham celebrates his final game for LA Galaxy with a win in the MLS Cup final – the former England captain’s sons joined in celebrations on the pitch.

Former England midfielder David Beckham announces his intention to leave football club Los Angeles Galaxy to find “one last challenge”.

David Beckham has been left out of Great Britain’s Olympic football team by Stuart Pearce in a shock move which looks like the end of the player’s international career.

David Beckham tells Channel 4 News Sports Reporter Keme Nzerem he would walk off the pitch in support of a player being racially abused and that he thinks an Olympian should light the Olympic flame.

As David Beckham aims to become Team GB football captain at this summer’s London Olympics, an expert tells Channel 4 News the star is driven by “Brand Beckham”, as well as national pride.

With David Beckham at the end of his contract in America, a former England footballer tells Channel 4 News he could still play at the highest levels in England.

As David Beckham calls on the FA to appoint an Englishman as the next national team boss, football commentator and sports writer John Anderson asks if Beckham is eyeing up the job for himself.