More than £900 million will be committed to major sporting events and grassroots sport across the UK in a “transformational investment” over the coming years, the Government has announced.

Somerset made it six wins from seven matches while there were also victories for Leicestershire and Middlesex.

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe has been discharged from hospital after being admitted with “acute gastroenteritis”. The 26-year-old France international missed Wednesday night’s 1-1 Club World Cup ...

Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a Government whip over proposed cuts to disability benefits. In a letter informing the Prime Minister of her resignation, the MP for Lewisham North said she ...

Donald Trump has delayed a decision on whether to join Israeli attacks on Iran as Sir Keir Starmer continues to urge ...

The 24-year-old is facing a lengthy ban after the Football Association announced on Friday it had charged the player.

Rory McIlroy made an impressive start to the Travelers Championship to sit two shots off the early clubhouse lead. The Masters champion had finished tied for 19th at the US Open over a punishing ...

A transport minister has branded the company responsible for delivering the troubled high-speed rail scheme “arrogant”. In withering criticism, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said the flagship HS2 ...

It is not a common occurrence for a horse to start winning Gold Cups at seven – Yeats had two triumphs on his CV by the time he added a third in his seven-year-old season, Drums Taps was defending his ...

Thomas Holford, 24, has denied murdering Everleigh Stroud, who died aged one after ‘excessive and severe’ shaking when she was just five ...

Beaten three and a quarter lengths by the far more experienced Garden Of Eden, Understudy proved she was underestimated when a 40-1 chance under Robert Havlin. The run was only her third racecourse ...

Nothing says glamour quite like Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot, but it was not just the fashion that was scorching on a blazing day in Berkshire. Fans and water at the ready, we take in the sights at one ...