Patricia Cornwell

Rome’s mayor has registered 16 gay marriages entered into abroad in open defiance of Italy’s Interior Ministry.

St Vincent’s 2-14 Ballinderry 1-13

Romans went to the polls yesterday to elect a mayor of Italy’s capital in a vote which could have repercussions for the fragile national government of prime minister Enrico Letta.

Angry fans booed Lady Gaga after she arrived over an hour late for a public appearance – and then dashed indoors before many had even caught a glimpse of her.

Slightly paraphrased, Jimmy Rabbitte’s immortal quote from The Commitments describes Pat Gilroy’s club.

Nick Watney fired an eight-under-par 62 to set a new course record and take the joint lead heading into the final round of the AT&T National in Pennsylvania.

SITTING here at Augusta National, an arena that serves as a sort of shrine to golf, it may seem an inappropriate time to discuss football – the one played with a pigskin sphere not a round ball and feet – but afford me the opportunity to explain why Dan Marino comes to mind.

Martin Laird insists he never even contemplated failing to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational yesterday.

Andy Roddick booked his place in the semi-finals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships after coming from a set down to beat fellow former world number one Lleyton Hewitt in Memphis today.

Mark Wilson claimed the Sony Open in Hawaii after two consistent rounds on the final day saw him finish two shots ahead of Tim Clark and Steve Marino.

Top seed Marion Bartoli made a shock second-round exit from the WTA Tour Bell Challenge when she was stunned by wild card Rebecca Marino in straight sets in Quebec.

ANDY MURRAY yesterday defied “brutal conditions” to cruise into the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

ALMOST 900 jobs were under threat in Dublin last night after the High Court appointed a provisional liquidator and interim examiner to a leading hotel and bar group and also appointed an examiner to a laundry company.

Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington were two shots off the lead after the first round of the BMW Championship in Illinois today.

Padraig Harrington was in contention going into the final day at The Barclays at Liberty National in New Jersey, hitting a third-day 67 to sit at four under, five shots clear of Paul Goydos and Steve Marino at the top of the leaderboard.

No Tiger Woods in sight, no Padraig Harrington in contention – but what a last day is still in store at the Open Championship.

Padraig Harrington’s bid to make history may effectively be over but Tom Watson’s remarkable attempt to become the oldest ever winner of a major championship continued unabated at Turnberry today.

As Padraig Harrington’s bid for a third straight Open effectively ended, Tom Watson continued his attempt to become the oldest major winner in history at Turnberry today.

IN spite of his status as pre-championship favourite, there was never any certainty Tiger Woods would win his fourth Open and 15th major at Turnberry.

Turnberry turned from a pussycat into a beast today - but while Tiger Woods became its biggest victim, Tom Watson continued magically on his merry way.

Defending champion Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy were set to see out the weekend at the Open Championship this evening after matching rounds of 74 left them three over.

Little-known American Steve Marino today set the early clubhouse target in the second round of the Open as a previously defenceless Turnberry exacted a measure of revenge on the world’s best players.

Ezequiel Lavezzi's advisors have urged Napoli not to deny the player a move to Liverpool.

Reported Liverpool target Ezequiel Lavezzi seems ever more likely to be heading out of Napoli after writing a letter to fans in which he claims to have been treated with “a lack of respect” by the club.

Steve Stricker triumphed at the second extra hole to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after a three-way play-off tonight.

Tim Clark holed a birdie on the final hole of his third round to take a two-stroke advantage into the final day of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

NORTHERN Ireland manager Nigel Worthington insisted his side are “back in the mix” after they completed the double over San Marino in their World Cup qualifying group.

Scott Verplank seized control at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic, moving to the top of the leaderboard after a late surge in the second round at Lake Buena Vista.

Anthony Kim carded a stunning seven-under-par round of 64 to move into a share of the lead at the Canadian Open.

A former drug addict who absconded to Australia seven years ago when due for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for an attempted robbery which resulted in a garda leaving the force has been jailed.

Brian Gay made a late push last night to take over the lead after the third round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic.

KJ Choi signed for a five-under-par 65 on the second day of the Sony Open to open a two-shot lead over Kevin Na.

BRETT FAVRE broke Dan Marino’s National Football League record for career touchdown passes, inspiring the unbeaten Packers to a 23-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

GREEN Bay quarterback Brett Favre marked another NFL milestone as he guided the Packers to a 31-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers.

A brace by new Chelsea signing Claudio Pizarro helped Peru twice come from behind to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Copa America after a 2-2 draw with Bolivia.

Kevin Sutherland fired a seven-under-par 65 to head the field after the opening round of the AT&T Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia.

Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular US entertainers of the 1950s, has died at 93.

RUMOURS of another killer wave sparked mass panic yesterday in the town hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, while the death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing.

Rumours of another killer wave sparked mass panic today in the town hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, while the death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing.

CUBA lay behind the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald and its agents provided the gunman with money and support, an award-winning German director has claimed in a new documentary film.

THE leader of the Italian heavy metal rock band, Beasts of Satan, was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for killing the group’s singer and two women in Satanic ritual murders.

Two members of the Italian heavy metal band Beasts of Satan, who confessed to taking part in three ritual murders, were jailed today.