Juventus women have shattered previous records after selling out the team's first game the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin.

Donald Trump has spoken to advisers about sacking his attorney general, as he rages against the legal chief's decision to excuse himself from anything to do with the Russia investigation.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has formally withdrawn from consideration for a post in President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

President-elect Donald Trump is embarking on the massive undertaking of creating a new administration as a circus-like atmosphere unfolds around his building in Manhattan.

US riot officers arrested dozens of people in Louisiana’s capital Baton Rouge during protests over the killings of black people by police. 

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted Beyoncé’s half-time performance at Super Bowl 50 as “outrageous” due to its apparent allusions to the Black Lives Matter movement and black power imagery.

New York’s Michael Bloomberg had riches and a can-do spirit, but after 12 years he had outstayed his welcome, says Jim Dwyer.

TEN years ago, with the rubble of the World Trade Centre still smouldering away after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, prospective visitors to New York wondered whether they should put off their trips, or keep a respectful distance.

With three big hitters in the field, the emergence of a Republican wildcard for the presidential race seems unlikely, writes Patricia Zengerle

FORMER New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he has not ruled out making a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he has not ruled out making a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

Mitt Romney formally declared his candidacy to challenge President Barack Obama in next year’s US election, but the presumed front-runner for the Republican nomination will likely face some big-name competition for his party’s backing.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s daughter Caroline is likely to get her shoplifting case dismissed with a day of community service after a judge today accepted an offer to resolve it.

An Italian researcher claimed today that he forecast the powerful earthquake which hit central Italy yesterday but was muzzled by authorities.

Laertes put up a fine staying performance to land the £25,000 Press & Journal Highland National, the feature race on the final day of Perth’s festival meeting.

John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination tonight as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering campaign.

Republican front-runner John McCain said he would follow Osama bin Laden “to the gates of hell” to stop the al-Qaida leader, as he rallied voters in the key state of New York today.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama seized on his endorsement by a leading anti-war group to disparage Democrat rival Hillary Clinton’s judgment on voting for war in Iraq, while the former First Lady used the latest dire US economic news to criticise President George Bush.

John McCain is an “extraordinary leader” who would be a “crusader against wasteful spending” as president, former Hollywood star-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger said today.

“America’s mayor” Rudy Giuliani stood side-by-side with John McCain as he gave the Republican front-runner his support for the party’s presidential nomination.

Rudy Giuliani, who sought to make the leap from New York mayor to the White House, bowed out of the Republican presidential contest tonight and endorsed front-runner and long-time friend John McCain.

John McCain has won a “sweet” victory over his main rival Mitt Romney after a close contest in Florida’s Republican primary election.

Hillary Clinton will win the popular vote in Florida’s Democratic primary election, but the state has been stripped of its delegates at the party’s national convention for breaking the rules.

Hillary Clinton and John McCain won a major endorsement today ahead of key primary elections in their parties’ nomination contest.

ONE thought nothing could match the embarrassing tearless performance by Hilary Clinton in New Hampshire, but then along came her sychophantic Irish fan club.

REPUBLICAN John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton yesterday looked ahead to the next battles in a chaotic White House race after scoring tough wins in the first presidential voting in the south and west of the US.

YOU’RE aware that they’re picking presidential candidates in America at the moment.

Voters in New Hampshire began the first presidential primary ballot today with Barack Obama apparently poised to give Hillary Clinton a second, and possibly devastating, defeat in less than a week.

VOTE-BY-MAIL ballots go out this week in America’s most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.

REPUBLICAN presidential hopefuls faced off in Iowa on Wednesday three weeks before the State decides on the Republican presidential candidate for the 2008 election.

THE first attack advert of the Republican presidential campaign was aired during a blistering debate full of squabbles and personal attacks in St Petersburg, Florida, on Wednesday night.

FORMER New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik surrendered yesterday to face federal corruption charges, in what could prove to be an ongoing embarrassment for presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani.

The hero head of New York’s police at the time of the September 11 attacks is to face trial on corruption charges.

New York mafia bosses discussed killing Rudy Giuliani in 1986 when he was a mob-busting federal prosecutor, according to testimony in the murder trial of a former FBI agent.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush has backed Hillary Clinton to win the Democrat nomination for presidential candidate in next year’s elections.

President Bush has backed Hillary Clinton to win the Democrat nomination for presidential candidate in next year’s elections.

US presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani met Prime Minister Gordon Brown for No 10 talks today.

US actor Fred Thompson officially entered a wide-open Republican presidential race today, vowing to invigorate a dispirited Republican Party and promising to thwart another Clinton from capturing the presidency.

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has said he was not in favour of helping to create a Palestinian state, contradicting current US foreign policy.

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said that he misspoke when he said he spent as much time, if not more, at ground zero exposed to the same health risks as workers combing the site after the September 11 attacks.

NEW YORK CITY firefighters and their families criticised former mayor Rudy Giuliani for his handling of the September 11 terror attacks, in a video released yesterday.

MUCH of the US Republican presidential debate this week focused on Iraq and immigration, as 10 hopefuls aired their views on war, immigration reform and conservation.

One of the 10 Republican US presidential hopefuls was criticised today after he suggested that US foreign policy invited the September 11 terror attacks.