“Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten. He was close to the realities of human fragility, meeting Christians around the world facing war, famine, persecution and ...

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 ...

Crowds of mourners gathered at Westminster Cathedral in central London to pay tribute to Pope Francis, after his death was announced by the Vatican on Monday morning. Father Patrick van der Vorst led ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The teenager, who died from leukaemia in 2006, was due to be canonised in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican next Sunday.

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 ...

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.

Sandown is set to benefit once more from the trainers’ title going down to the final day, with superstar mare Lossiemouth among a host of equine talent entered by Willie Mullins on Saturday.

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

The 28-year-old from Xian made the most of his 20-month ban for his involvement in a betting scandal by having laser surgery on his eyes.