Sam Bennett claimed his best result of the Giro d’Italia so far after finishing third on yesterday’s fifth stage of the race into Messina from Pedara.

Chris Froome has reported an apparent hit-and-run incident to police after saying he was deliberately knocked off his bike while training in southern France yesterday.

CONSERVATIVE Alvaro Uribe’s landslide victory in Colombia’s presidential election has interrupted a series of election triumphs by leftist candidates across South America.

Tourists gawked, VIPs arrived and the wedding party rehearsed Thursday as Spain prepared for this weekend’s nuptials between Crown Prince Felipe and former TV anchorwoman Letizia Ortiz.

A former Colombian international footballer has been killed and four others injured by a lightning strike during a practice session with his team.