ENGLAND'S under-fire skipper Alastair Cook last night dismissed Kevin Pietersen's advice that he should quit the captaincy after his and the team's nightmare run. By Richard Sydenham/ Published 27th July 2014. Alastair Cook, England, Test Cricket, Kevin ...

Cor de Gooiger was driving home from work on Wednesday when he saw the lights of the cortege. “I thought, I think that is the coffins of the people coming home,” he said. “I stopped. It was my gut feeling saying I have to pay respect for the ones who were ...

The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military escort after escalating clashes broke out between rival militias in Tripoli. Security in the Libyan capital has deteriorated ...

PERIGUEUX, FRANCE - JULY 26: Vincenzo Nibali of Italy and the Astana Pro Team races to fourth place in the individual time trial and defends the overall race leader's jersey during the twentieth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, a 54km individual time trial ...

Vladimir Putin is facing a multi-million-pound legal action for his alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. British lawyers are preparing a class action against the Russian ...

"A lot of rain, maybe? And seeing a lot of kilts around the place." - Olympic champion sprinter USAIN BOLT on what he is expecting from Glasgow. "A marathon is a long way to run." - Australia's chef de mission STEVE MONEGHETTI on the reality of ...

India and England resume their rivalry at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Sunday with the tourists 1-0 ahead in the five-match Test series. Devarchit Varma opines that India cannot afford to take the foot off the gas pedal as this is a very crucial stage that ...

David Beckham believes new signing James Rodriguez has all the qualities to be a success at Real Madrid. The former England captain has watched on as an interested spectator over the close-season as the Spanish giants - with whom he spent four years ...

From the moment the world's fastest man struck his patented 'Lightning Bolt' pose with Clyde, the Commonwealth Games' mascot, he had the audience at Glasgow's Loch Lomond conference room firmly in his giant palm. Belatedly, these Games have their ...

BAMAKO, Mali – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says its experts have found the second black box of the Air Algerie flight that fell from the sky and disintegrated in remote northern Mali, killing all 118 people onboard. The U.N. mission issued a ...

BAMAKO, Mali – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says its experts have found the second black box of the Air Algerie flight that fell from the sky and disintegrated in remote northern Mali, killing all 118 people onboard. The U.N. mission issued a ...

July 26, 2014 5:53 AM EDT — A 12-hour humanitarian truce began on Saturday after Israel and Palestinian militant groups agreed to appeals by the U.N. The number of Palestinian casualties has risen to 881, most of them civilians, since the start of the ...

July 26, 2014 5:53 AM EDT — A 12-hour humanitarian truce began on Saturday after Israel and Palestinian militant groups agreed to appeals by the U.N. The number of Palestinian casualties has risen to 881, most of them civilians, since the start of the ...

The Ebola virus that has already killed 660 people across West Africa has spread to Nigeria after a Liberian man boarded a plane to the country, the most populous in the continent. He managed to board the flight despite of having a high fever. Once on the ...