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.

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 ...

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 ...

A father who armed himself with a bat before deliberately driving into a motorcyclist who was involved in a high-speed chase with his son has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of ...

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

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 ...

A clip of the Reform UK politician shows his opinion of the US president rather than his thoughts on former EDL leader Tommy Robinson.

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.

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 ...