Majborough laid down a marker to Sir Gino when destroying the opposition in the Goffs Irish Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown. While far from foot-perfect, the five-year-old undoubtedly has a huge ...

Two promising youngsters fought out a thrilling finish to the Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown, with Handstands just getting the better of Jango Baie. The pair had met at Huntingdon ...

A Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Poltava killed at least seven people and injured 14 more, including three children, Ukraine’s emergency services reported.

Serbia’s students are leading mass demonstrations and blockades of three bridges over the Danube river in the northern city ...

Josh Sargent hit the winner as Norwich kept their Championship play-off hopes on track with a 1-0 victory at 10-man Watford. The first-half strike by the American was enough against a home side that ...

England are resigned to drawing a line under Harshit Rana’s controversial appearance as a concussion substitute after he helped India take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the T20 series.

The plan backfired, though, as he could not live with Nicky Henderson’s Arkle favourite and such was the manner of the defeat, Ballyburn now steps back up to the distance over which he was so ...

Wales’ Six Nations clash against Italy has been billed as Welsh rugby’s biggest game for the “last 15-20 years” after their campaign ...

Willie Mullins began the Dublin Racing Festival in the best possible fashion when Final Demand displayed plenty of stamina in winning the Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle at ...

Updates from Rodney Parade as Newport County host Barrow in a crunch clash at the bottom of League Two (kick-off 3pm).

United head into Sunday’s Premier League match at home to Crystal Palace on the back of three successive victories.

Mourners at the funeral of singer Linda Nolan have been told she would have “loved all the fuss”, by her sister Denise Nolan-Anderson. The singer’s pink sparkly coffin was carried from St Paul’s ...