Henrik Stenson registered a sixth successive round in the 60s at a major to move him in sight of back-to-back major victories at Baltusrol last night.

Rory McIlroy remained in pole position to be crowned European number one for the third time in four years as former supermarket shelf-stacker Andy Sullivan claimed the halfway lead in the DP World Tour Championship.

Rory McIlroy remains in pole position to be crowned European number one for the third time in four years

The Purge horror series continues with its third entry already in the works and Purge 2 star Frank Grillo set to step back into this gritty world

A judge has denied a construction firm’s attempt to “spy on” a criminal probe into the Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six and injured seven students.

It is unlikely, surely, that Rory McIlroy will be franking Pádraig Harrington’s theory about how an Irish winner is odds-on this Sunday evening, but the home stable can still boast a few other runners and riders as the Irish Open begins its second lap.

SUMMER 2014 remains as unpredictable as we have come to expect in Ireland so I will be hedging my bets with recommendations for summer drinking over the next few weeks.

Far-right and Eurosceptic parties have made sweeping gains in European Parliament elections, triggering what one prime minister called a political "earthquake" by those seeking to slash the EU's powers or abolish it altogether.

Stephen Gallacher recovered from a nightmare start to become the first player to successfully defend the Omega Dubai Desert Classic today.

The father of two former assistants of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has been arrested for conspiring to sell cocaine and hash as a member of the Calabrian mafia, investigators said yesterday.

Nigella Lawson said she was “disappointed but unsurprised” by the acquittal of her former personal assistants on fraud charges, adding that her experience as a witness was “deeply disturbing”.

Two former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson have been cleared of fraud.

Multimillionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi told a personal assistant accused of defrauding him and former wife Nigella Lawson that he would “destroy” her, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistant “frequently” found rolled-up banknotes with white powder on them in her handbag, she told a court today.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told a court the TV cook allowed their children to smoke cannabis.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has accused them of lying under oath as she gave evidence in her trial.

A personal assistant accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told a court that she saw evidence of regular drug use by the celebrity cook.

The judge in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has issued a rebuke to UK Prime Minister David Cameron over comments he made about the celebrity chef, urging the jury to reach its verdicts on the evidence alone.

Jurors in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi have been warned to ignore comments made by British Prime Minister David Cameron about the celebrity cook.

Charles Saatchi’s accountants did not scrutinise the credit cards used by his and Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, because it was not their job to get involved in the household expenditure, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson told a court today she would rather be "honest and ashamed" than "bullied with lies" after revealing details of her past drug use.

Nigella Lawson has admitted she was “flabbergasted at the extent” of the alleged fraud by the Grillo sisters.

Nigella Lawson arrived at court today as she prepares to give evidence in the trial of two of her former personal assistants.

Art dealer Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being on drugs has been made public.

Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being off her head on drugs has been made public.

Two years after a five-man, five-hole play-off was necessary to decide the Johnnie Walker Championship, extra holes again looked on the cards midway through the final round at Gleneagles.

Paul McGinley’s love/hate relationship with the PGA Centenary course continued with Europe’s Ryder Cup captain delighted to make the cut in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

The leader of the Five-Star Movement has said he wants an online vote on Italy’s membership of the euro, in an interview with a German magazine published yesterday.

The incredible rise of Beppe Grillo’s Five-Star Movement in Italy has left the markets in turmoil.

HIS colour is canary yellow. Not red, not blue, not green. That’s the first thing that hits you when you log on to beppegrillo.it.

A centre-left group of parties appears to have the best chance at forming a coalition government in Italy after an inconclusive national election, but the challenge is steep and comes amid public anger over austerity measures.

Italy’s cost of borrowing surged yesterday as investors dumped the country’s bonds in the wake of the general election.

Italian elections showed, once again, that Italy is a political mess.

Italy faced political paralysis today as near-complete election results showed no clear winner and raised the possibility of a hung parliament.

Italy's crucial elections appear to be heading toward deadlock, according to initial results.

Italy is going to the polls today and tomorrow for a watershed parliamentary election that could shape the future of one of Europe’s biggest economies.

Bo van Pelt’s 60 foot birdie putt on the 18th green has given the American a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the ISPS HANDA Perth International.

The great Italian caricaturist Altan had a cartoon on the front of La Repubblica in recent days, in which an Italian is sinking below the waves, shouting: “I’m drowning!” On the beach, a fat man whose swimsuit sports the German national colours, says: “Zat is how you learn, zpendthrift!”