Blue Lemons (centre) ridden by jockey Paul Townend on their way to winning the O’Driscoll’s Irish Whiskey Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath, Ireland. Picture date: Monday April ...

Walsall’s winless run stretched to 12 games as they were held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Newport to further dent their hopes of securing an automatic promotion place in League Two. Mat Sadler’s men ...

Ten-man Crystal Palace battled to a goalless draw against Bournemouth on Saturday after conceding ten goals in their previous two Premier ...

Pep Guardiola has urged Manchester City fans to bring the noise and treat their remaining five Premier League games as cup finals. After winning the last four league titles during an unprecedented ...

Nevertheless, there are always front-runners, known as “papabile”, who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope – much like those depicted in last year’s Oscar-nominated ...

Suzanne Cherry, 62, was struck by a Nissan van at Aston Wood Golf Club in Shenstone, near Sutton Coldfield, on April 11 and died four days later.

Joe O’Connor missed out on a maximum but chiselled a 5-4 advantage over John Higgins after the opening session of their World Snooker Championship first-round clash that is due to conclude on Monday ...

Leandro Trossard hopes his double in Arsenal’s 4-0 win at Ipswich sent a timely reminder to manager Mikel Arteta ahead of next week’s Champions League semi-final against Paris St Germain. Trossard ...

Pope Francis had a busy final day celebrating Easter Sunday, greeting crowds in St Peter’s Square and meeting US vice president JD Vance. He emerged from his convalescence on Sunday morning to bless ...

Woking extended their unbeaten run in the Vanarama National League to seven games with a comfortable 3-0 win over Aldershot at the Laithwaite Community Stadium. All three goals came inside the first ...

Archbishop Stephen Cottrell said he was ‘deeply saddened’ a church building and gravestones were daubed with offensive graffiti.

Irish leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis as an “exceptional” and “remarkable figure” who spoke up for the poor and marginalised. The leader of the Catholic Church died aged 88, after months of ...