All was as it should be on the opening day of Wimbledon as returning British hero Andy Murray began the defence of his historic title with a accomplished first-round victory on Monday. Under bright skies, with the green Centre Court grass glistening and ...

During his innings of 160, Angelo Mathews became the second Sri Lanka batsman to have scored 300-plus runs during a tour to England. The only other man to have achieved this feat was Kumar Sangakkara, also during this Test. The 306 runs that Mathews ...

Substitutes Leroy Fer and Memphis Depay scored to ensure the Netherlands finished top of Group B with a 2-0 win over Chile in Sao Paulo on Monday. That result is expected to see the Dutch avoid Brazil, whose Group A campaign ends later on Monday ...

Mourners chant slogans against the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after they bury 15 bodies in the village of Taza Khormato in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Emad Matti) ...

Mourners chant slogans against the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after they bury 15 bodies in the village of Taza Khormato in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Emad Matti) ...

Portugal's Silvestre Varela heads the ball past U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard on Sunday to tie a World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Portugal in Manaus, Brazil. With Sunday's tie, the Americans and Portuguese will join 19 other teams who have one ...

MESCHEDE, GERMANY - JUNE 23: A helicopter flies over the wreckage of a Learjet that crashed following a collision with a Bundeswehr Eurofighter on June 23, 2014 near Elpe, Germany. According to reports the Eurofighter was able to return to its base, ...

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo believes Portugal's World Cup chances were always slim. Photograph: Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images. Portugal's captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has said after their last-gasp draw against USA he is giving his ...

"The very future of Iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks," according to US Secretary of State John Kerry. On Monday he discussed the crisis with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, and also met key Shia and Sunni figures.

Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed (L-R) listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014. (Photo: AP). Related. Egypt Al-Jazeera verdict 'chilling and draconian': Kerry · Al-Jazeera verdict triggers international condemnation · Australian ...

President Barack Obama is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop supporting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and the flow of arms across the border. Obama and Putin spoke by telephone on Monday morning. White House spokesman Josh ...

President Barack Obama is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop supporting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and the flow of arms across the border. Obama and Putin spoke by telephone on Monday morning. White House spokesman Josh ...

Dozens of people were killed Monday in a bomb blast in a medical school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano, officials said. State police spokesperson Musa Majiya confirmed the incident, but said the official casualty figure could not been given ...

Ukraine's government and militias in the east of the country on June 23 agreed a ceasefire to be in effect until 10 am on June 27, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma told at briefing after peace talks in Donetsk. Announcement To Readers. Since 1995 ...

There could be no clearer evidence that Egyptian society is still in a state of civil war than the verdicts which Egyptian judges have been handing down in recent cases, culminating in the appalling miscarriage of justice represented by the sentencing of three ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is strongly condemning Egypt's prosecution and sentencing of three Al-Jazeera journalists to seven years in prison on claims that they supported the Muslim Brotherhood opposition to Cairo's new government.

LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray came onto Centre Court to a standing ovation and walked off to another as he began his Wimbledon title defense Monday with a straight-set victory against David Goffin. In keeping with tradition, Murray had the honor of playing ...

Department of Health secretary general Ambrose McLoughlin has said the current generation of parents could be the first to “bury our children” unless the problem of obesity is tackled. Photo: David Sleator/The Irish Times. Ronan McGreevy. Topics: News ...

World soccer's governing body is aware of allegations regarding proposed match-fixing in Ghana games. RIO DE JANEIRO — FIFA confirmed it has been contacted by the Ghanaian Football Association regarding allegations that one of its senior figures ...

JOHANNESBURG – The leader of a South African union of miners who have been on strike for five months says an agreement to end the strike has been reached. The South African Press Association on Monday quoted union leader Joseph Mathunjwa as ...