Women undergoing IVF could have an 80% chance of success thanks to a test which has been developed by British scientists.

After recently reluctantly agreeing to be photographed with the Claret Jug in France, Graeme McDowell will turn down a request to pose with the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy, the prize in capturing next week’s USPGA Championship.

The Rolling Stones are returning to London’s Hyde Park this summer for an outdoor concert on Saturday, July 6 to finish off a US tour in May and June.

Triple Crown aspirant I’ll Have Another will not run in the Belmont Stakes today, trainer Doug O’Neill told American radio.

American Vietnam war veterans have helped locate the mass grave of 81 North Vietnamese troops killed in battle more than 40 years ago.

Former US Defence Secretary Robert McNamara - who was vilified for prosecuting the Vietnam War - died at home in Washington today aged 93.

American Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin will take his first look at Celtic Manor when he plays in the Wales Open on June 4-7.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is reported to have confirmed India will be added to the race calendar in 2011 and hinted Russia may also get an event in the near future.

American Ryder Cup veteran Jim Furyk has refused to be drawn into the controversy sparked by Hunter Mahan’s comments about the event.

US Open runner-up Rocco Mediate believes Tiger Woods’ absence could inspire the American Ryder Cup team in Kentucky later this year.

AMERICA has lost one of its most easily recognised brand names — for the moment at least.

American Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger laid into opposite number Nick Faldo and claimed that players want “nothing to do with him”.

American Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger teased opposite number Nick Faldo today over the resignation of his assistant Paul McGinley.

American Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger teased opposite number Nick Faldo today over the resignation of his assistant Paul McGinley.

Broadening his defence of the war in Iraq, US President George Bush today said withdrawing US forces would allow the Middle East to be taken over by extremist forces and put the security of the United States in jeopardy.

BUPA Ireland has withdrawn as sponsors of the Cork City Sports following their withdrawal from the Irish health insurance market.

Four days on from the Ryder Cup and Lee Westwood still sounds worse for wear.

American Ryder Cup star Jim Furyk believes the key to his successful partnership with Tiger Woods is that although their games are dissimilar, they share the same mentality.

Swede Carl Pettersson achieved the biggest win of his golfing life in Ohio tonight – and with it earned himself a place in the coming US Open and next month’s Open.

Scotsman Allan McNish has been given the chance to fight for a second American Le Mans Series title after Audi confirmed their entry.

American Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman wants his behaviour at the 1999 match in Boston to become “a dead issue” by the time he leads his side in Ireland this September.

Rapper DMX was slapped with an extra 10 days behind bars by a New York judge who said he had not shown respect for the court.

Trees right, trees left. Bogey, double bogey. That was Seve Ballesteros’s first two holes on the European tour for almost two years today.

A terrorist threat forced the British High Commission in Pakistan to close and the US Embassy to postpone a reception marking American Independence Day, officials said.

ISRAELI President Moshe Katsav invited Syrian leader Syrian Bashar Assad to peace talks yesterday, an overture that put him at odds with prime minister Ariel Sharon.

US President George W Bush made a surprise visit to American troops in Baghdad last night, flying secretly to violence-scarred Iraq to thank American forces for serving there.

US forces were fighting for a fourth day today in Iraq as they tried to stamp out resistance by supporters of Saddam Hussein’s former regime.

US OFFICIALS are seeing signs of renewed control