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 ...

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

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 ...

In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 1.0% to finish at 38,488.34. Shares in Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp jumped 2 ...

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

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 ...

Hussein Mohamed Abdille Ali and Mohamed Abdi Ali sent money and helped acquire fake identification documents for the militants involved.

Tom Marquand extricated himself from a difficult position to win the King George V Stakes on Merchant for William Haggas. Drawn in stall 20, Marquand had chosen to drop in behind horses while Ryan ...

John and Thady Gosden’s Understudy is unlikely to be so overlooked next time she lines up after finishing second in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot. Beaten three and a quarter lengths by the far ...

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 ...