Liam Broady and Kyle Edmund are both just one match away from qualifying for the Australian Open for the first time after impressive performances in Melbourne on Thursday.

Ireland’s Paul McGinley was continuing his battle to cement a place in the Ryder Cup team in the delayed KLM Open in Holland today.

Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam today revealed he had already earmarked one of his wild cards, but hopes good friend Paul Broadhurst does not get the other one.

A US soldier accused of beating an Afghan prisoner who later died was set to go to trial today, one day after a US military jury acquitted a fellow Army reservist of the same charge.