Rory McIlroy made an impressive start to the Travelers Championship to sit two shots off the lead before world number one Scottie Scheffler later laid down a marker to defend his title in Connecticut.

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 ...

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 ...

Cases of cryptosporidium infection began appearing in visitors to the Cowbridge Farm Shop in the Vale of Glamorgan in March.

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

Trinity College produced a dominant front-running display in the Hampton Court Stakes to complete a treble on day three of Royal Ascot for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore.

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 ...

Four MPs have confirmed they are switching their vote on the assisted dying Bill from yes to no, branding it “drastically weakened”. Labour’s Paul Foster, Jonathan Hinder, Markus Campbell-Savours and ...

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 ...