A man who shook his partner’s toddler to death after staying up late playing video games has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years for the 22-month-old’s murder.

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby has backed rookie fly-half Sam Prendergast to rise to the challenge of showcasing his “unbelievable talent” in his first Test match outside of Dublin.

Matata is out to take advantage of the absence of Sir Gino and book his ticket to the Queen Mother Champion Chase when lining up in the William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Game Spirit Chase at Newbury.

Maro Itoje has revealed that he turned down lucrative offers from French club rugby due to his unfulfilled ambitions with England. Itoje leads England into Saturday’s crunch Guinness Six Nations clash ...

Nicky Henderson’s Arkle favourite Sir Gino had been due to be in action at Newbury in the Game Spirit, leaving Skelton to target Warwick, although as it has turned out Sir Gino misses his race as he ...

Enzo Maresca revealed Marc Guiu suffered a long-term injury in Chelsea’s 2-1 Premier League win over West Ham on Monday. The 19-year-old striker, who came on for Nicolas Jackson at Stamford Bridge, ...

The 25-year-old recently penned a moving piece for the Players’ Tribune about her relationship with dad Nick, who died in September last year.

The vehicle came to a rest upside down on a line in Salford, Greater Manchester, affecting services to Liverpool.

English clubs were the biggest January spenders on international transfers in men’s and women’s football, a new FIFA report has found.

Nicky Henderson’s Sir Gino will not run in Saturday’s William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Game Spirit Chase at Newbury. The five-year-old has been ruled out of the Grade Two contest due to a minor ...

Jockey Michael O’Sullivan is in intensive care following a fall at Thurles on Thursday. O’Sullivan was riding Wee Charlie for Gerard O’Leary and was one of three fallers at the last in the two-mile ...

UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said he is ‘determined to have a future’ for the Grangemouth oil refinery.