Sir Bill Beaumont has been appointed Rugby Football Union chairman on an interim basis following the resignation of Tom Ilube. Ilube stepped down on Friday morning in response to the outcry over the ...

Hibernian striker Dwight Gayle reckons this season will be his last in professional football. “Yes, I’ve started to express my feelings,” the one-time EFL icon said. “My body’s starting to break down ...

The attack came hours after Ukrainian authorities said a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv killed at least one person and wounded 13.

Mervyn Kersh arrived in Normandy aged 19, three days after the start of the D-Day invasion in June 1944, acting for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Warren Gatland is to remain in charge for the 2025 Six Nations following a review into Wales’ slump but has been warned by the Welsh Rugby Union that he must start delivering results.

The Scottish Premiership match between Hearts and Rangers has been rearranged for television coverage. The league contest in February has been moved from a Saturday afternoon slot to an early kick-off ...

The US military conducted airstrikes in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing a leader of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and one other militant, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The ...

Rwanda discharged the last Marburg patient on November 8 and had reported no new confirmed cases since October 30. However, WHO officials and Rwanda’s health minister Dr Sabin Nzanzimana on Friday ...

A new poll appears to show that a commitment to abolish the monarchy in an independent Scotland would boost Yes support by five percentage points.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was probed on the future of defender Kieran Tierney, who has been linked with a sensational January transfer return ...

Stephen Bunting was given a huge scare before defeating Germany’s Kai Gotthardt 3-1 in the first round at the World Championship. Bunting, the reigning Masters champion, narrowly escaped falling 2-0 ...

Two men have denied plotting an Islamic State-inspired gun attack on the Jewish community in the UK. Walid Saadaoui, 37, and Amar Hussein, 51, pleaded not guilty on Friday to preparing acts of ...