World number one Brooks Koepka has dismissed the idea he has a rivalry with Rory McIlroy — by reminding the world that McIlroy hasn’t won a major in five years.

As many as 70 migrants have drowned after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, according to a UN migration official and Tunisia's state news agency.

Ronan O’Gara is at the centre of a TOP14 battle for his services next season between La Rochelle and former club Racing 92.

French Rugby president Bernard Laporte has kicked to touch on the possibility of Ronan O'Gara being part of the country's World Cup coaching ticket, insisting it's a call for head coach Jacques Brunel.

A 69-year-old Dutchman wants the courts to make him officially 20 years younger in order to be more appealing on dating apps, and improve his chances of finding new work.

Belfast bantamweight Ryan Burnett admitted he’s gutted after losing his WBA title on a fourth-round retirement in Glasgow on Saturday night.

Latest: Nantes defender Diego Carlos' sending-off against Paris St Germain has been overturned after referee Tony Chapron apologised for the controversial end to the game.

Ireland’s bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been “holed”, but not sunk, by the report that placed them third of the three bids, IRFU chief, Philip Browne, has said.

A judgment has been delayed in the trial held over the publication of topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge.

Recent research has revealed that wild hamsters in France are losing their minds and turning cannibal.

At least nine people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a police station in southeast Turkey.

A man has been arrested after a woman and her three daughters were stabbed at an Alps resort.

A truck ploughed into Bastille Day celebrations in Nice last night, killing at least 60 and injuring more than 150.

Villagers in Indonesia thought they had been blessed with a gift from heaven after this ‘angel’ fell from the sky.

Police in Bangladesh say unidentified assailants have stabbed two men to death, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the US Agency for International Development.

France are playing catch-up on Europe’s best sides, according to second row Yoann Maestri.

The satirical French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, whose staff was decimated by Islamic extremists on January 7, 2015, is running a special edition this week, its cover cartoon a bloody God armed with a Kalashnikov, accompanied by the headline: “One year on. The murderer is still at large.”

KYRGYZSTAN: A British mine worker has reportedly been arrested in Kyrgyzstan after comparing its national dish to a horse’s penis on Facebook.

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A cafe where five people were killed by Islamic gunmen terrorising central Paris has reopened for business.

A Danish court has jailed two Greek businessmen for 13 days for making remarks that sparked the brief evacuation of one of Copenhagen’s international airport main terminals.

French security forces struck back on two fronts last night following Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, launching a bombing campaign against Islamic State in Syria, as a manhunt got under way for a man suspected of being on the run after the attacks.

Paris was under siege and France was shutting its borders last night after a series of explosions and deadly shootings claimed the lives of up to 60 people, causing mayhem and panic throughout the French capital.

A baby girl has been born with two heads in a hospital in Bangladesh.

Nepal is considering placing new age and fitness restrictions on people who want to climb Mount Everest, officials said, as the country looks to enhance safety on the mountain after several disasters in recent years.

Three years of carnage has turned the city mentioned by Shakespeare in Macbeth into a Stalingrad, writes JAMES HARKIN

Once home to kings and now one of France’s most visited sites, the Château de Versailles is planning a new venture with a luxury hotel to prop up its finances, according to local media reports.

New evidence has emerged which shows Kurdish forces fighting in northern Iraq were allegedly attacked a few days ago with chemical weapons.

A new world record for the number of hot air balloons launched together at the same time was set in France at the weekend.

A Pakistani man whose lawyers say was a child when charged with murder, and only confessed after being tortured, was handed a reprieve just hours before he was due to be executed, the fourth time his death penalty has been stayed.

A court in Saudi Arabia has upheld the decision to sentence liberal blogger Raif Badawi to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes.

Johnny Sexton’s two-year Parisian adventure could end abruptly tonight if he cannot steer his Racing Metro colleagues past city rivals Stade Francais in the French Top 14 play-offs.

A 17-year-old boy arrested after police foiled a suspected bomb plot in Australia’s second-largest city has appeared in court charged with terror offences.

Police in Australia have arrested a 17-year-old boy suspected of plotting to detonate three home-made bombs in Melbourne.

Russia’s Mission Control has failed to stabilise a cargo ship spinning out of control in orbit and it is plunging back to Earth.

More than a decade after the death of Stieg Larsson, a fourth novel in the bestselling Millenium series is about to be published.