Nov 18, 2016- Naples, FL, USA- Charley Hull of England tees off during the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club. Mandatory credit: Luke Franke/Naples Daily News via USA TODAY NETWORK Britain’s Charley Hull won the LPGA season-ending CME Group Tour ... More »
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain plays with his pet dog Roscoe in the paddock Formula One racetrack in Monza September 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Lewis Hamilton’s pet bulldog Roscoe, who occasionally accompanies the triple Formula... More »
Park Sung-hyun of South Korea tees off on the ninth hole during fourth round of LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea, in this file photo taken on September 16, 2016. To match Feature GOLF-LPGA/KOREA REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo World numbe... More »
Golf – WGC-HSBC Champions Golf Tournament – Shanghai, China- 29/10/16 Alex Noren of Sweden in action. REUTERS/Aly Song – RTX2QXG6 Alex Noren has an outside chance of topping the Race to Dubai standings in the United Arab Emirates this weekend but the Swede is ... More »
U.S. singer Meat Loaf performs during the German game show ”Wetten Dass” (Bet it…?) in the southern German town of Friedrichshafen December 3, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Rocker Meat Loaf’s 1977 breakthrough album “Bat Out Of Hell” has inspired a pa... More »
Renault’s low cost electric car program is aiming for a price tag of $8,000 or less after Chinese incentives, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said on Thursday. More »
Britain Athletics – Team GB – Rio 2016 Endurance Athletes Media Session – Grange Tower Hotel, London – 24/7/16Team GB’s Laura Weightman poses for a photoAction Images via Reuters / Matthew ChildsLivepic Laura Weightman expressed disappointment at British Athle... More »
Britain Football Soccer – Everton v Crystal Palace – Premier League – Goodison Park – 30/9/16Everton manager Ronald KoemanAction Images via Reuters / Carl RecineLivepic Manager Ronald Koeman has praised Pep Guardiola’s impact at Premier League leaders Manchest... More »
Britain Football Soccer – Southampton v Burnley – Premier League – St Mary’s Stadium – 16/10/16Burnley’s Sam Vokes scores their first goal with a penaltyReuters / Stefan WermuthLivepicEDITORIAL USE ONLY. – Southampton’s Charlie Austin struck twice and Nathan R... More »
Britain Football Soccer – Southampton v Burnley – Premier League – St Mary’s Stadium – 16/10/16. Southampton’s Charlie Austin celebrates scoring their first goal. Reuters / Stefan Wermuth Southampton’s rich vein of form in the Premier League continued as they ... More »
UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, speaks during a news conference to launch the HeForShe IMPACT on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S. September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi... More »
Tennis – China Open Men’s Singles quarterfinal – Beijing, China – 07/10/16. Britain’s Andy Murray shakes hands with his compatriot Kyle Edmund after their match. REUTERS/Thomas Peter World number two Andy Murray has urged his British compatriot Kyle Edmund to ... More »
Team Sky rider Nicolas Roche of Ireland warms up in front of his hotel before a team training session in Zeist, Netherlands, July 2, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Bradley Wiggins’ therapeutic use exemption which allowed him to use an otherwise banned drug was e... More »
Sep 25, 2016- Atlanta, GA, USA- Ryan Moore reacts after putting the eighteenth as Rory McIlroy prepares to putt during regulation play in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports Ryan Moore ... More »
This year’s World Black Pudding Throwing Championships, a more than 100-year-old tournament centered around hurling blood sausage, was won by the first thrower. More »
Tennis Britain – Great Britain v Argentina – Davis Cup Semi Final – Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland – 18/9/16. Great Britain’s Andy Murray applauds during Dan Evans’ match against Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer. Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers Andy Mur... More »
Bank of England Deputy Governor Minouche Shafik speaks during the bank’s quarterly inflation report news conference at the Bank of England in London August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett Bank of England deputy governor Minouche Shafik will step down at the... More »
A logo is pictured on UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse UEFA elects a new president on Wednesday whose main task will be to stop what European officials say is an inexorable slide toward a breakaway soccer Super Le... More »
A 120-meter long model of the 17th century London skyline is set alight on the River Thames to commemorate the 1666 Great Fire of London in London, Britain, September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall Flames once again licked the historic buildings of Britain’s capit... More »
A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, northern England, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term populat... More »
LONDON British Star Wars actor Kenny Baker, who played the robot R2-D2 in six of the films, has died aged 81, Baker’s niece told the BBC on Saturday. Baker, who was three feet, eight inches tall, had suffered from a long illness, his relative said. In addition... More »
TROON, Scotland Record-breaking Swede Henrik Stenson became the first Scandinavian male to capture a major when he won the British Open on Sunday, beating Phil Mickelson in an extraordinary final-round duel. The world number six produced a swashbuckling eight-... More »
LONDON British pro-Brexit former minister Iain Duncan Smith said on Sunday that it would be very difficult for the public to accept a prime minister who had campaigned for Britain to stay in the European Union. Duncan Smith said Britain should make good on its... More »
LONDON Britain’s Anthony Joshua put on a devastating display to retain his IBF heavyweight crown with a seventh round knockout of American Dominic Breazeale at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday. Unbeaten Joshua dominated from the start but the 30-year-old Breazeal... More »
PARIS/NICE Russia will be thrown out of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament if there is any repeat of the violence by Russian fans which marred the end of the match against England, UEFA said on Tuesday. UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification on the Russian Foo... More »
LILLE, France Russia fans will not repeat offences which could see the team thrown out of Euro 2016, coach Leonid Slutski said after UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification on the country on Tuesday after crowd trouble against England. “We are sure that we a... More »
SHANGHAI Chinese retail giant Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd, set to tie up a deal for Italian soccer club Inter Milan, is already eyeing bigger ambitions: controlling a global sports empire stretching from soccer clubs to online broadcasting. Suning and Inter M... More »
CANNES, France The British director of the new film “American Honey” said she had discovered a “different America” in her research for the gritty drama, and was shocked by the poverty she had witnessed. Andrea Arnold’s movie, competing for the Palme d’Or at th... More »
LONDON Another grass court tournament will be added to the calendar next year after the ATP announced on Monday that a World Tour 250 event would be staged in Antalya, Turkey in June. The tournament will take place from June 25-July 1 and give players another ... More »
CANNES, France Fifty years after TV play “Cathy Come Home” shocked viewers with its grim depiction of the slide into homelessness, director Ken Loach is still angry about the precarious reality of life on the breadline in Britain, and tries not to be too pessi... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday carrying about 3,700 pounds (1,680 kg) of experiment results and cargo from the International Space Station, NASA said. It was the first return load from the station i... More »
Leicester City’s remarkable Premier League triumph after starting the season as 5,000-1 outsiders to win the title made the pages of the press around the world on Tuesday. Leicester clinched the English league title for the first time in their 132-year history... More »
LONDON There was no shortage of superlatives on Tuesday after little Leicester City were crowned champions of the world’s richest soccer league. New fans sprung up worldwide overnight, but few could explain the season’s extraordinary events. A Bangkok monk sai... More »
Leicester City have the chance of making anything between 150 million pounds ($220 million) and 250 million pounds ($365 million) from their sensational Premier League triumph, according to sports marketing experts. The city of Leicester in England’s Midlands ... More »
BANGKOK The owners of English soccer champions Leicester City say they will resist attempts by more glamorous rivals to lure away their title-winning players, after an unlikely triumph that has captured the imagination of fans worldwide. Duty-free magnate Vich... More »
ROME Leicester City coach Claudio Ranieri said on Tuesday that he believed at Christmas his team would win the Premier League, even as he continued to tell the media his only goal was avoiding relegation. “Now I can say it, I always knew we’d win,” Ranieri tol... More »
Claudio Ranieri warned Leicester City fans, who were still in dreamland on Tuesday following their side’s “unbelievable” Premier League triumph, that a repeat next season could not happen. The Foxes’ Italian manager, talking for the first time since Leicester’... More »
British astronaut Tim Peake became the first man to complete a marathon in space on Sunday, running the classic 26.2 mile distance while strapped to a treadmill aboard the International Space Station. As part of the London Marathon, Britain’s biggest mass part... More »
LONDON Some of Shakespeare’s best known characters – Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and King Lear – will be featuring along a stretch of the River Thames this weekend, as part of celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of England’s greatest playwrigh... More »
LONDON A team of sniffer dogs set up at a British airport at a cost of 1.25 million pounds ($1.7 million) have proved adept at discovering small amounts of cheese and sausages but not so good at finding smuggled drugs, a report said on Thursday. An inspection ... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia World number one Jason Day was “absolutely shocked” while Lee Westwood pointed to the fine line between success and disaster at the Masters after Jordan Spieth’s astonishing collapse in Sunday’s final round. American Spieth, seeking a second c... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia An English invasion at the 80th Masters marked the 20th anniversary of Nick Faldo’s third and final Green Jacket victory in fine fashion on Sunday. Winner Danny Willett, Lee Westwood, Paul Casey, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose each posted... More »
LONDON Shakespeare’s skull is likely missing from his grave, an archaeologist has concluded, confirming rumors which have swirled for years about grave-robbers and adding to the mystery surrounding the Bard’s remains. Four hundred years after his death and bur... More »
LOS ANGELES Sir George Martin, the legendary music producer who shaped the Beatles into the world’s most important pop music force, has died, Ringo Starr said on Twitter. He was 90 years old. “God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family,” Sta... More »
Tall Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom hopes he has inspired others to break down barriers and banish stereotypes after becoming the first male diver from the Caribbean island to qualify for the Olympics. The British-born university undergraduate stands 190 cm... More »
LONDON A baby gorilla has been delivered by a rare caesarean section at a British zoo in an operation performed by a hospital gynaecologist, the zoo said on Tuesday. Vets at Bristol zoo in western England called in expert medical help after the mother Kera sho... More »
LONDON The 19th century courtyards of Britain’s parliament echoed to the strains of Hubert Parry’s “Jerusalem” on Wednesday in one of the loudest public shows of support for a possible new anthem to be played at English sports events. One lawmaker has challeng... More »
Tyson Fury, the boxer at the center of controversy over comments about women and homosexuals, made an apology at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in Belfast on Sunday. Before tennis champion Andy Murray collected the prestigious award, an audience... More »
LONDON Firebrand hooker Dylan Hartley is set to replace Chris Robshaw as England captain under new coach Eddie Jones, British media reported on Thursday. Loose forward Robshaw led his country 42 times under former coach Stuart Lancaster, culminating in this ye... More »
LONDON Debris from a U.S. rocket, most likely the doomed SpaceX Falcon 9, has been recovered near the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of southwest England, the UK coastguard has said on Friday. It was covered in barnacles and was initially mistaken for a dead w... More »
LONDON Nicole Kidman won the best actress award for her performance as a DNA researcher in the play “Photograph 51” at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Sunday. James McAvoy won best actor for a revival of “The Ruling Class” while Imelda Staunton t... More »
LONDONArsenal’s hopes of leapfrogging Premier League leaders Manchester City were frustrated when they drew 1-1 with London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday after City’s surprising 0-0 draw with bottom club Aston Villa. Tottenham, who moved up to fifth, had ... More »
OTTAWA One of the world’s most famous central bank chiefs, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, briefly became the late American actor Art Carney during a Canadian election debate on Friday. Gilles Duceppe, leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois party, refer... More »
BEIJING British finance minister George Osborne said on Monday Britain would like to continue helping the gradual internationalization of the yuan and that it welcomed the potential for majority Chinese investment in future nuclear projects. Speaking at the st... More »
LONDON Reuters) – London’s tallest building, a 95-storey gleaming glass tower named the Shard, has changed more than the skyline. Completed in 2012, it spurred redevelopment at the ground level that ripped at southeast London’s cultural fabric by forcing the e... More »
NEW YORK Unlike the women’s U.S. Open final there was no center court retirement announcement on Sunday with Roger Federer putting aside the disappointment of losing to Novak Djokovic in the men’s final to tell fans he will be back. After winning the U.S. Open... More »
American conductor Marin Alsop brought the 120th season of the Proms, the world’s biggest and longest running music festival, to a close in London on Saturday, with an acknowledgement of the power of music to help overcome inequality. “It’s clear inequality is... More »
LONDON A London skyscraper that made headlines for reflecting sunlight at an intensity that melted parts of a Jaguar car in the street below has been awarded the annual Carbuncle Cup that highlights perceived architectural horrors. Officially called 20 Fenchur... More »
LONDON/LOS ANGELES One Direction member Niall Horan said Monday that the hugely successful British boy band will take a “well earned break” next year, but are not splitting up. Horan, 21, told his 23 million fans on Twitter that the group will continue to tour... More »
LONDON British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca named Sean Bohen as its chief medical officer, in an appointment that it said could help accelerate the development of new oncology and immunology medicines. AstraZeneca, Britain’s second biggest drugmaker behi... More »
COPENHAGEN European Tour journeyman Andreas Harto stole the show at the Made In Denmark event by proposing to his girlfriend during the tournament in Farso on Friday. The Dane celebrated sinking a five-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th by going down on on... More »
KUALA LUMPUR The head of world athletics vigorously defended the IAAF’s anti-doping record on Monday, as global sporting bodies called for a thorough probe of the latest allegations to plunge international sport into crisis. Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper an... More »
KUALA LUMPUR The head of world athletics said on Monday that any suggestion his organization had been negligent in drug testing of athletes was “laughable”. “There are allegations made, no evidence,” IAAF president Lamine Diack told Reuters in the Malaysian ca... More »
SEOUL South Korea’s Park In-bee had once hoped to win all the top tournaments in women’s golf before her career came to an end. After winning the British Open on Sunday, the 27-year-old now finds herself searching for new goals. Park’s three-shot win over comp... More »
KUALA LUMPUR Olympic chiefs must pump more content to mobile devices, and extend the allure of the Games outside its 17-day window to stay relevant to young people, marketing guru Martin Sorrell said on Sunday. “You need to evolve to new consumption behaviors ... More »
LONDON After three hours and two minutes of combat, Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson were forced off court in the twilight with their last 16 clash tantalizingly poised at two sets all and their Wimbledon audience begging for more. The match was halted as dus... More »
PARIS Chris Froome struggled for form, then crashed but the Briton looks ready just in time to compete for a second Tour de France title although micro managers Team Sky will struggle to control the race like they usually do. Froome, who claimed the 2013 Tour ... More »
PARIS Hot prospects Warren Barguil and Simon Yates have been tipped to win the Tour de France one day, yet neither is riding for a team from their home country as they learn the ropes abroad. France’s Barguil, 23, is with Dutch team Giant-Alpecin while Briton ... More »
